Atlas Pipeline Partners brings Stonewall plant into service

Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. (APL) has brought the Stonewall processing plant in the Arkoma section of the Woodford Shale into service. The plant is set to add capacity to APL's SouthOK system. The Partnership is also accelerating plans to potentially increase the capacity at Stonewall, given increasing activity by Arkoma Basin and South Central Oklahoma Oil Province (SCOOP) producers.

The Stonewall plant, a new cryogenic processing facility on the SouthOK system, has been brought into start-up operations with an initial processing capacity of 120 million ft³/d. The plant was constructed under the Centrahoma joint venture, which is a joint venture with MarkWest Energy Partners, in which APL owns 60%.

Due to the increase in activity in Southern Oklahoma, APL is expecting to accelerate the timeframe of the planned 80 million ft³/d expansion at the new Stonewall plant, bringing its total processing capacity to 200 million ft³/d. This expansion will come through additional refrigeration and compression at the plant and will result in total gross processing capacity of 580 million ft³/d on the SouthOK system. The capital required to facilitate this expansion is approximately US$ 8 - 10 million, net to APL, and will also be constructed by Centrahoma. Additionally, construction is continuing on the project to connect the Velma and Arkoma portions of the SouthOK system, which is expected be complete in September of 2014.

Patrick McDonie, President and Chief Operating Officer of the Partnership, commented, "In Southern Oklahoma, we are happy to announce the Stonewall plant is up and running and expect an increased pace of utilisation of the incremental processing capacity given the permits filed in the Arkoma section of the Woodford shale and positive views on the emerging SCOOP play near Velma."

Adapted from press release by Rosalie Starling

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