据管道&天然气杂志网5月25日报道，美国能源开发公司(U.S. Energy Development Corporation)日前宣布，该公司完成了一个价值61.7万美元的管道项目，涉及鹰福特页岩的LLM South B、LLM South C、LLM North a、Sola Vaca Norte a (SVNA)、 Hideaway Ranch a和Hideaway Ranch E中游基础设施开发项目。
这些项目代表了这家总部位于德克萨斯州的勘探和生产公司致力于推进其环境、社会和公司治理努力的诸多方式之一。
该管道项目是美国能源公司为减少燃烧而采取的一种积极主动的方法，从而减少公司的碳足迹，并从本质上使其利益相关者受益。通常，铺设管道的经济性并不能证明出售天然气所获得的价值是合理的，这会导致天然气燃烧。随着德州铁路委员会 (Texas Railroad Commission)继续向上游公司施加压力，要求其减少天然气燃烧，美国能源公司(U.S. Energy)认为该项目是 一个机会，可以通过消除鹰福特地区天然气燃除来抢占先机。
美国能源运营副总裁Kevin Duncan表示，这对美国能源公司来说是一个令人兴奋的消息，因为减少燃烧一直是我们在过去六个月里的一项倡议。将LLM、SVNA和Hideaway Ranch A & E管道连接在一起，可以消除一些最重要的天然气生产商的燃烧。
自2020年12月以来，该项目和类似开发项目已使油田燃烧量减少了88%。该公司的目标是到2021年底消除该盆地的燃烧。
郝芬 译自 管道&天然气杂志网
原文如下：
U.S. Energy Development Completes Midstream Infrastructure Project in Eagle Ford Shale
U.S. Energy Development Corporation announced the completion of a $607,000 pipeline project involving the LLM South B, LLM South C, LLM North A, Sola Vaca Norte A (SVNA), Hideaway Ranch A and Hideaway Ranch E midstream infrastructure development projects in the Eagle Ford Shale.
These projects represent align="justify"> The pipeline project is a proactive approach by U.S. Energy to reduce flaring, thereby decreasing the firm's carbon footprint and inherently benefitting its stakeholders. Often the economics of laying pipelines do not justify the value gained from selling the gas, which results in the gas being flared. As the Texas Railroad Commission continues to increase pressure align="justify"> "This is an exciting announcement for U.S. Energy as flaring reduction has been an initiative of ours for over the past six months," U.S. Energy's Vice President of Operations Kevin Duncan said. "Tying in the LLM, SVNA and Hideaway Ranch A & E pipelines eliminates the flares from some of our most significant gas producers."
Since December 2020, this project and similar developments have reduced field flaring by a total of 88%. The firm's goal is to eliminate its flaring in the basin by the end of 2021.