Thunder Creek Gas Pipeline Completes in Wyoming's Powder River Basin

Devon Energy Corporation and KN Energy, Inc., partners in Thunder Creek Gas Services, LLC, have completed the 126-mile Thunder Creek natural gas pipeline in northeast Wyoming. The pipeline, which extends between Gillette and Glenrock, Wyoming, has a design capacity of approximately 450 million cubic feet of gas per day. This significant development increases gas gathering capacity in the Powder River Basin, which is becoming one of the most active onshore U.S. natural gas exploration areas due to its coalbed methane and conventional gas potential.

Key Takeaways:

• The Thunder Creek gas pipeline is a 126-mile pipeline completed in the Powder River Basin of northeast Wyoming, connecting Gillette and Glenrock.
• The pipeline has a design capacity of approximately 450 million cubic feet of gas per day.
• KN Energy, Inc. is the nation's sixth-largest integrated natural gas company, with operations in 16 states and a leadership position in gas gathering, processing, and transportation facilities in the Rocky Mountain, Mid-Continent, and U.S. Gulf Coast regions.
• Devon Energy Corporation owns approximately 250,000 net acres in the Powder River Basin, in addition to its substantial San Juan Basin coal seam gas development.
• Devon Energy Corporation is one of the top 10 public independent oil and gas companies in the United States and Canada, as measured by oil and gas reserves.

Statistics:

• 126-mile length of the Thunder Creek natural gas pipeline
• 450 million cubic feet of gas per day design capacity of the pipeline
• 250,000 net acres owned by Devon Energy Corporation in the Powder River Basin
• Approximately 16 states with operations by KN Energy, Inc.
• 450 million cubic feet of gas per day design capacity of the Thunder Creek pipeline

Sources:

• "Devon Energy Corporation" and KN Energy, Inc., partners press release, Sept. 9 (no date, no timestamp) //PRNewswire/
• "Devon Energy Corporation" and KN Energy, Inc., partners, "Thunder Creek Gas Pipeline Completes" press release, Sept. 9 (no date, no timestamp)