Northwind Midstream Expands Operations at Titan Treating Complex

Northwind Midstream Partners recently completed the following construction efforts at its Titan Treating Complex:

• 150 MMcf/d of high-circulation amine treating capacity
• Two acid-gas disposal and carbon sequestration wells
• More than 200 miles of NACE-standard, large-diameter pipelines
• 41,750 hp of compression at five compressor stations

In addition to expanding the Titan Complex, Northwind also increased the low- and high-pressure natural gas gathering and compression network in Lea County, NM. The pipeline system is designed to transport natural gas with high CO₂ and H₂S contents. The Phase 1 expansion project, set to be complete by mid-2025, will increase total treating capacity to 200 MMcf/d, with final investment decision- and customer-approved plans to further expand total treating capacity to 400 MMcf/d by 2026.

“We believe that Lea County, NM is one of the premier oil producing regions in North America, and that reliable energy infrastructure is the key to unlocking its development potential,” said David Capobianco, CEO of Five Point Energy. “Sustainably managing off-spec hydrocarbon production through treating and sequestration has and will continue to be paramount for the industry. In short order, Northwind’s system has enabled its customers to unlock new development horizons and extend the boundary for known horizons, with demand for its offerings rapidly accelerating.”

Titan Treating Facility under construction; image credit: Northwind

Northwind also constructed and placed four additional NACE standard compressor stations into service, handling approximately 200 MMcf/d of natural gas. The company’s system and construction efforts are driven long-term commitments across 165,000 dedicated acres from public/private independent oil and gas producers in the basin.

“Increased off-spec gas gathering, treating, and sequestration capacity is vital to the oil and gas industry’s continued success in Lea County,” said Matt Spicer, CEO of Northwind Midstream Partners. “The expanded Titan facility and associated pipelines and compression commissioned by Northwind provide our upstream producer partners a safe and economical solution for off-spec gas. Our facilities and infrastructure enable producers to effectively develop the benches in the Northern Delaware Basin while also reducing emissions.”

News from Lea County, NM

In June 2024, Piñon Midstream secured monitoring, reporting, and verification plan approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the permanent storage of CO₂ in two acid gas injection (AGI) wells at the Dark Horse Treating Facility in Lea County, NM. The wells offer sequestration redundancy for operators in the Delaware Basin using Piñon’s Dark Horse facility to mitigate flaring and access local drilling inventory.

The AGI wells—Independence AGI 1 and Independence AGI 2—are Devonian wells reaching depths approximately 3.4 miles below the surface into rock formations. These formations are located several thousand feet below water aquifers and existing Delaware Basin oil and natural gas-producing formations. The wells are approved for a combined 20 million cubic feet per day of CO₂ and H₂S injection, equivalent to approximately 250,000 metric tons of CO₂ and 110,000 MT of H₂S per year.

And in August 2024, Enterprise Products Partners (Enterprise) signed a definitive agreement to acquire Piñon Midstream in a debt-free transaction of $950 million, which closed in Q4 2024. According to Enterprise’s estimations, Lea County, NM, and Winkler County, TX, have more than 7,500 remaining well locations with access to six geologic production benches.