Company Website:
http://www.williamslp.com
TULSA, Okla. -- (Business Wire)
Williams
Partners L.P. (NYSE: WPZ) and Williams
(NYSE:WMB) reported an explosion and fire at approximately 2 p.m.
Mountain Time at their natural gas processing facility in Lincoln
County, Wyo., near the town of Opal. There were no reported injuries or
damage to property outside the facility.
The facility was immediately shut down and emergency procedures were
activated. All personnel were safely evacuated from the facility.
First-responders evacuated an area that includes the town of Opal and
closed Highway 30 in proximity to the plant. Williams is making
accommodations for the displaced residents.
The company’s top priority right now is ensuring the safety of our
employees and surrounding community, as well as cooperating with the
local authorities and regulatory agencies.
Natural-gas gathering from surrounding producing areas is temporarily
suspended as a result of the incident. The company is evaluating
alternatives so that natural gas production can resume as soon as
possible.
The Opal facility processes natural gas gathered from wells in the area
in preparation for interstate natural gas pipeline transport. It also
produces natural gas liquids from the natural gas. The Opal plant has an
inlet capacity of 1.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day. Recent
daily volumes have been approximately 1 billion cubic feet of natural
gas.
The incident is known to have affected TXP-3, one of the five cryogenic
processing trains that comprise the Opal facility. It is too early to
determine the extent of damage to the facility or a timeline for return
to service. Once it is safe to return to the plant, Williams will
conduct a thorough investigation into the cause of the incident in
cooperation with regulators.
About Williams (NYSE: WMB)
Williams is one of the leading energy infrastructure companies in North
America. It owns interests in or operates 15,000 miles of interstate gas
pipelines, 1,000 miles of NGL transportation pipelines, and more than
10,000 miles of oil and gas gathering pipelines. The company's
facilities have daily gas processing capacity of 6.6 billion cubic feet
of natural gas, NGL production of more than 200,000 barrels per day and
domestic olefins production capacity of 1.35 billion pounds of ethylene
and 90 million pounds of propylene per year. Williams owns approximately
66 percent of Williams Partners L.P. (NYSE: WPZ), one of the largest
diversified energy master limited partnerships. Williams Partners owns
most of Williams' interstate gas pipeline and domestic midstream assets.
Williams also owns Canadian operations and certain domestic olefins
pipelines assets, as well as a significant investment in Access
Midstream Partners, L.P. (NYSE: ACMP), a midstream natural gas services
provider. The company's headquarters is in Tulsa, Okla. For more
information, visit www.williams.com,
where the company routinely posts important information.
About Williams Partners L.P. (NYSE: WPZ)
Williams Partners L.P. is a leading diversified master limited
partnership focused on natural gas transportation; gathering, treating,
and processing; storage; natural gas liquid (NGL) fractionation; and oil
transportation. The partnership owns interests in three major interstate
natural gas pipelines that, combined, deliver 14 percent of the natural
gas consumed in the United States. The partnership's gathering and
processing assets include large-scale operations in the U.S. Rocky
Mountains and both onshore and offshore along the Gulf of Mexico.
Williams (NYSE: WMB) owns approximately 66 percent of Williams Partners,
including the general-partner interest. More information is available at www.williamslp.com,
where the partnership routinely posts important information.
Portions of this document may constitute "forward-looking statements"
as defined by federal law. Although the company believes any such
statements are based on reasonable assumptions, there is no assurance
that actual outcomes will not be materially different. Any such
statements are made in reliance on the "safe harbor" protections
provided under the Private Securities Reform Act of 1995. Additional
information about issues that could lead to material changes in
performance is contained in the company's annual reports filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
Contacts:
Williams Partners
Media Contact:
Tom Droege,
918-573-4034
or
Investor Contacts:
John Porter,
918-573-0797
or
Sharna Reingold, 918-573-2078
Source: Williams Partners
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