Kinder Morgan to build pipeline, O&G facility in Gonzales

GONZALES, GONZALES COUNTY – Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L.P. is set to extend the Kinder Morgan Crude and Condensate pipeline farther into the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas.

KMP will invest approximately $74 million to build an 18-mile, 24-inch diameter lateral pipeline northwest from its DeWitt Station to a new facility in Gonzales County, where KMP will construct 300,000 barrels of storage, a pipeline pump station and truck offloading facilities.

The lateral will have a capacity of 300,000 barrels per day and will enable Kinder Morgan to batch Eagle Ford crude and condensate from the new Gonzales Station via KMCC to its delivery points on the Houston Ship Channel and/or the soon to be completed Sweeny Lateral pipeline serving the Phillips 66 Sweeny Refinery in Brazoria County.

The project is expected to be completed in early 2015.

KMP recently completed phase one of the 185-acre Battleground Oil Specialty Terminal Company (BOSTCO) project on the Houston Ship Channel. Phase two of the BOSTCO project is underway and expected to begin service in the fourth quarter of next year.

Source: Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L.P.