Southern Union Gas
Services
Southern Union Gas Services was founded more than 50 years ago as Sid Richardson
Energy Services Co and has a solid tradition of providing dependable service to
gas producers.
History
As World War II ended, the Age of the Automobile began, and cities started using
natural gas for lights and fuel. Wildcatter and philanthropist Sid W. Richardson
and his nephew and partner Perry R. Bass recognized a burgeoning market for
natural gas and its by-products, gasoline and butane. In September 1948,
Richardson and Bass began construction of the Keystone Plant at Kermit, Texas.
Designed to process natural gas from the Ellenburger oil reserves of West Texas,
the plant satisfied two very real needs of the time – “the utilizationof natural
gas, which oil producers did not want, and the removal of condensable
hydrocarbons, which the pipelines did not want.”
As more and more wells were drilled in the area, the company’s gathering lines
into the plant consistently increased. In 1977, affiliate Richardson Products
Company opened offices in Houston, offering marketing services for natural gas
and gas liquids.
The company made a giant leap north into New Mexico when in 1990 it purchased El
Paso’s Lea County Gathering System and Jal Plant. The company linked the Jal
Plant with its Keystone Plant, offering area producers a total capacity of
approximately 300 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) and outlets to three
pipeline systems.
In October 1998, the company continued its growth, this time going south from
Kermit. The company acquired KN Energy’s 600 + miles of Walton and Santa Rosa
gathering systems, closed the accompanying processing plants and routed the gas
to the Keystone Plant.
Also in 1998, consistent with its efforts to provide customers with integrated
solutions to their energy needs, the company expanded its marketing and product
development functions. Richardson Products Company relocated its Natural Gas
group to Fort Worth, increased its trading staff, and added active risk
management. The Natural Gas Liquids marketing group maintains the company’s
presence in Houston.
The company’s acquisition of the Western Mi Vida Gas Gathering and Treating
facilities, increased not only the company’s gathering area but also its
capabilities. Traditionally, the firm has gathered primarily low-pressure rich
associated gas. Purchased in June 1999, the Mi Vida system includes
high-pressure, large-diameter lines designed for lean gas that needs treating
but little or no processing. The company’s most recent acquisition, the Koch
Midstream West Texas gathering and processing assets, was completed in December
2000. This acquisition added nearly 1,000 miles of pipeline and additional
processing and treating facilities to its system.
With the Mi Vida, Coyonosa, Tippett, Keystone and Jal plants, Southern Union Gas
Services offers the most efficient handling of natural gas, whatever the
composition. Now controlling a vast network in West Texas and Southeast New
Mexico, Southern Union Gas Services proudly continues to meet the ever-changing
needs of its customers while maintaining its leadership as a service-oriented
company.
Gathering and Processing
Southern Union Gas Services provides multi-faceted opportunities for its
customers, beginning with efficient, cost-effective well connections and
continuing through state-of-the-art gas processing to final marketing of natural
gas liquids and pipeline-quality residue gas. The expertise of Southern Union
Gas Services includes a complete spectrum of services required by gas producers
and suppliers:
• Field gathering and compression
• Treating, dehydration, sulfur recovery and other conditioning
• Gas processing and marketing of products
• Accurate, timely accounting and payment services
• Company stability and staff professionalism
With approximately 450 MMcf/d of cryogenic processing capacity among five
interconnected plants, an additional 930 MMcf/d high-pressure treating capacity
and a 4,000-mile network of pipelines throughout the heart of the Permian Basin,
Southern Union Gas Services is well-positioned and intends to be the gas
producers’ gatherer and processor of choice.
Contact Us
Corporate Headquarters:
Southern Union Gas Services
301 Commerce Street, Ste. 700
Fort Worth, TX 76102
817-302-9400 Telephone
817-302-9350 Fax
for Contracts, Gas Supply, Business Development and Gas Operations
Southern Union Gas Services
500 West Texas Ave., Suite 920
Midland, Texas 79701
432-570-6031 Telephone
432-570-6078 Fax
for Gas Supply or Gas Engineering
Facilities
Midland, TX Office
Southern Union Gas Services
500 West Texas Ave., Suite 920
Midland, Texas 79701
432-570-6031
Monahans Office
Southern Union Gas Services
1507 W. 15th Street
Monahans, TX 79756
432-943-1100
Jal #3 Plant
Southern Union Gas Services
P.O. Box 1311
Jal, NM 88252
505-395-2068
Keystone Plant
Southern Union Gas Services
Drawer R
Kermit, TX 79745
432-586-3431
Lea County Gathering System
Southern Union Gas Services
610 S. Commerce Street
P.O. Box 1226
Jal, NM 88252
505-395-2116
West Teas Gathering / Halley
Southern Union Gas Services
P.O. Box 964 Kermit, TX 79745
432-586-2939
Coyonosa Plant
Southern Union Gas Services
P.O. Box 25
Coyonosa, TX 79730
916-343-2752
Tippett Plant
Southern Union Gas Services
P.O. Drawer 44 McCamey, TX 79752
432-652-3971
Grey Ranch Plant
Southern Union Gas Services
P.O. Drawer UU
McCamey, TX 79752
432-336-3171