Brazos Midstream (Brazos) has commissioned Sundance II, a 300 MMcf/d (8.4 x 106 m3/d) cryogenic natural gas processing facility in Martin County, Texas, and the largest cryogenic plant constructed by the company to date. Together with Sundance I, a 200 MMcf/d (5.6 x 106 m3/d) facility that began operations in mid-2024 (See “Brazos Midstream Expands Midland Basin Footprint,” September 18, 2024), the Sundance processing complex provides critical processing capacity in the core of the Midland Basin.
Brazos also announced that it has initiated construction on a new processing complex located in Glasscock County, Texas, which initially includes Cassidy I, a 300 MMcf/d cryogenic natural gas processing facility. With completion expected by year-end 2026, Cassidy I will increase Brazos’ total natural gas processing capacity in the Midland Basin to 800 MMcf/d (22.6 x 106 m3/d). In anticipation of additional processing demand driven by producer customers’ drilling programs, Brazos has secured grid power and other related infrastructure to execute on timely and capital efficient expansion opportunities at the Cassidy processing complex.
Brazos is also extending its gathering system with over 70 miles (112 km) of high-pressure 20-in. (50-cm) and 24-in. (61-cm) natural gas gathering pipeline currently under construction, providing incremental capacity to constrained areas in Reagan, Glasscock, Midland, and Upton counties. Upon completion in mid-2026, Brazos’ Midland footprint will include approximately 525 miles (845 km) of natural gas gathering pipelines and 16 compressor stations. The Midland business is underpinned by long-term acreage dedications covering more than 375,000 acres (151,757 ha) from top-tier Permian producer customers already in full-scale development.
“In less than 24 months, we have executed on our growth plans in the Midland Basin, the most active and resilient oil and gas producing region in the U.,” said Brad Iles, chief executive officer at Brazos. “As the largest privately held midstream operator in the Permian Basin, we are strategically positioned to support and grow alongside our producer customers and continue investing in midstream infrastructure that provides a more reliable and efficient path to market.”
Headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, the Brazos Midstream entities collectively represent the largest privately held midstream platform in the Permian Basin. On a combined basis, the company’s critical hydrocarbon infrastructure totals approximately 1435 miles (2309 km) of natural gas gathering, natural gas liquids, and crude oil gathering pipelines spanning the most prolific producing counties in the Midland and Delaware Basins; 1 bcf/d (28.3 x 106 m3/d) of total Permian-based processing capacity with expansion projects underway to expand to approximately 1.3 bcf/d (36.8 x 106 m3/d) by year end 2026; and 75,000 barrels of crude oil storage.
