Williams' Willow Creek Gas Processing Facility Reaches Full Processing Operations
September 29 2009 - 9:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
TULSA, Okla., Sept. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Williams
(NYSE:WMB) announced that the 450-million-cubic-feet-per-day
(MMcfd) Willow Creek natural gas processing plant in western
Colorado's Piceance Basin has achieved full processing operations.
The plant began operations on Aug. 7. "This state-of-the-art
facility reinforces our commitment to building large-scale,
reliable infrastructure in key basins," said Alan Armstrong,
president of Williams' midstream business. "With Willow Creek we
bring the same intense focus on safety and reliability as we do
with all our assets," Armstrong said. "Our team completed the plant
on time and with no lost-time accidents during construction. It was
also completed within approximately 1 percent of the original
budget, which is significant given the inflated construction cost
environment during the majority of the project," Armstrong said.
Construction of the Willow Creek facility began November 2007 and
finished in July 2009. It consists of a single-train amine treating
and cryogenic plant located in Rio Blanco County, Colo.,
approximately 25 miles northwest of Williams' facilities in
Garfield County. The plant's volumes originate from Williams'
natural gas production in the Piceance Basin. The volumes currently
being processed are being delivered to the Willow Creek plant via
the Parachute Lateral, the company's 30-inch diameter gathering
pipeline. The volumes are delivered into the Parachute Lateral
downstream of Williams' Parachute processing plant. After
processing at Willow Creek, the Parachute Lateral then delivers the
gas north to the Greasewood and White River Hubs. The Willow Creek
plant is currently recovering approximately 20,000 barrels per day
of natural gas liquids (NGLs). Once the Willow Creek plant is
processing gas volumes that have not already been processed at the
Parachute plant, the expectation for peak NGL production is nearly
30,000 barrels per day. At peak production, the Willow Creek plant
will boost the volume of NGLs recovered by Williams in the basin by
more than five times the previous levels. About Williams (NYSE:WMB)
Williams, through its subsidiaries, finds, produces, gathers,
processes and transports natural gas. Williams' operations are
concentrated in the Pacific Northwest, Rocky Mountains, Gulf Coast,
and Eastern Seaboard. More information is available at
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e-mail list. Contact: Jeff Pounds Williams (media relations) (918)
573-3332 Richard George Williams (investor relations) (918)
573-3679 Portions of this document may constitute "forward-looking
statements" as defined by federal law. Although the company
believes any such statements are based on reasonable assumptions,
there is no assurance that actual outcomes will not be materially
different. Any such statements are made in reliance on the "safe
harbor" protections provided under the Private Securities Reform
Act of 1995. Additional information about issues that could lead to
material changes in performance is contained in the company's
annual reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
DATASOURCE: Williams CONTACT: Jeff Pounds, media relations,
+1-918-573-3332, or Richard George, investor relations,
+1-918-573-3679, both of Williams Web Site:
http://www.williams.com/
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