The operator of a 26-mile water line serving the Delaware Basin in west Texas has finished a six-mile extension ahead of schedule. Layne Christensen Company started the project in December and announced it is already for transmission.
The pipeline is near Pecos and runs northward into Reeves County. It has a capacity of 175,000 barrels of water a day and delivers the water to 18 points along the route.
Company executives say with increased oil drilling in thee Delaware Basin, they expect to see continuing demand for water.
Stopped by the government in January because of claims drilling fluid had been lost underground, Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners plans to resume operations under an Ohio river.
ETP said one of the two Rover pipelines is finished in the $4.2 billion project. Completion of the second is close at hand. The company reached agreement with the Federal Energy regulatory Commission to allow construction to continue across Ohio and into Michigan and West Virginia.
But reports indicate Energy Transfer will have to carry out groundwater tests near its sites including the northeast Ohio Tuscarawas River.
