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Atlas Bolsters Permian Basin Processing; Opens Edwards Plant

Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. has successfully brought into service its previously announced 200 million cubic feet per day Edward processing plant in the Permian Basin (access the project here via Shale Experts' Infrastructure Database).
The addition of the Edward facility increases the name-plate processing capacity on APL's WestTX system from 455 MMCFD to 655 MMCFD, an increase of approximately 44%. The incremental capacity, located in Upton county near the Benedum plant, is fully integrated into the WestTX system and can process producer volumes from anywhere across APL's best-in-class footprint.
Due to the continuing high level of dedicated producer activity across the Partnership's WestTX system, the initial utilization of the Edward processing plant's 200 MMCFD of processing…
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