Optimized Process Designs at Work on More Than $4 Billion in Projects

Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firm Optimized Process Designs LLC (OPD) (Katy, Texas) is at work on projects valued at more than $4 billion, mostly in the natural gas processing and natural gas liquids (NGL) fractionation sectors. While the company's projects range as far north as North Dakota, most of them are concentrated in Texas, particularly near the Gulf Coast and Permian Basin.

EPIC Midstream Holdings LP (San Antonio, Texas) is wrapping up construction on a 700-mile NGL pipeline running from the Permian Basin and Eagle Ford Shale to the Texas Gulf Coast. Among the pipeline's final destinations is a grassroot NGL fractionation facility near Corpus Christi being constructed by OPD for EPIC. The plant will be able to process 100,000 barrels per day (BBL/d) of NGLs from the pipeline. Construction on the $800 million fractionation facility began in early 2018 and is expected to wrap up later this year, along with the pipeline. For more information, see Industrial Info's project reports on Phase II and Phase III of the pipeline and the fractionation facility.

OPD also has a number of projects in the Mont Belvieu, Texas, area, including the construction of two NGL fractionators for Targa Resources Corporation (NYSE:TRGP) (Houston, Texas). Construction of the company's seventh fractionator is expected to kick off this quarter and will add processing capacity of 110,000 BBL/d, bringing total plant capacity to 710,000 BBL/d. Construction of an eight fractionator, also with a processing capacity of 110,000 BBL/d, is set to begin early next year and wrap up by yearend. The projects have a combined total investment value (TIV) of $826 million. For more information, see Industrial Info's project reports on Fractionator 7 and Fractionator 8.

Among OPD's biggest projects in Mont Belvieu is the construction of a second iso-butane dehydrogenation unit at Enterprise Products Partners LP's (NYSE:EPD) (Houston) complex. The project is expected to be completed by the end of this year. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report and September 27, 2019, article - Enterprise Products Presses Ahead with Second PDH Project, LyondellBasell Shelves Own U.S. PDH Plans.

In the Permian Basin, OPD is at work on two natural gas processing trains for Energy Transfer LP (NYSE:ET) (Dallas, Texas) at the company's Panther complex. Construction on Train 2 began earlier this year and is expected to wrap up this quarter. The 200 million-cubic-foot-per-day train will bring the plant's processing capacity to 400 million cubic feet per day. Construction on a third train is expected to kick off later this year and be completed next summer, bringing total plant capacity to 600 million cubic feet per day. The projects have a combined TIV of $300 million. For more information, see Industrial Info's project reports on Train 2 and Train 3.

OPD is at work on a few natural gas processing projects in North Dakota for ONEOK Incorporated (NYSE:OKE) (Tulsa, Oklahoma). The largest of these is the construction of the grassroot Demicks Lake processing facility near Watford City. Construction on the $400 million plant began about a year ago and is in the process of wrapping up. The plant will be able to process 200 million cubic feet per day of natural gas from Bakken Shale. OPD already is at work on a second train for the plant, which will double processing capacity. Construction on Train 2 is expected to be completed early next year. For more information, see Industrial Info's project reports on the grassroot plant and Train 2 addition.

OPD recently began construction on a second train at ONEOK's Bear Creek processing facility near Killdeer, North Dakota. The train will have a processing capacity of 200 million cubic feet per day, and construction is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2020. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.

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