據管道&天然氣雜志網5月25日報道，美國能源開發公司(U.S. Energy Development Corporation)日前宣布，該公司完成了一個價值61.7萬美元的管道項目，涉及鷹福特頁巖的LLM South B、LLM South C、LLM North a、Sola Vaca Norte a (SVNA)、 Hideaway Ranch a和Hideaway Ranch E中游基礎設施開發項目。

　　這些項目代表了這家總部位于德克薩斯州的勘探和生產公司致力于推進其環境、社會和公司治理努力的諸多方式之一。

　　該管道項目是美國能源公司為減少燃燒而采取的一種積極主動的方法，從而減少公司的碳足跡，并從本質上使其利益相關者受益。通常，鋪設管道的經濟性并不能證明出售天然氣所獲得的價值是合理的，這會導致天然氣燃燒。隨著德州鐵路委員會 (Texas Railroad Commission)繼續向上游公司施加壓力，要求其減少天然氣燃燒，美國能源公司(U.S. Energy)認為該項目是 一個機會，可以通過消除鷹福特地區天然氣燃除來搶占先機。

　　美國能源運營副總裁Kevin Duncan表示，這對美國能源公司來說是一個令人興奮的消息，因為減少燃燒一直是我們在過去六個月里的一項倡議。將LLM、SVNA和Hideaway Ranch A & E管道連接在一起，可以消除一些最重要的天然氣生產商的燃燒。

　　自2020年12月以來，該項目和類似開發項目已使油田燃燒量減少了88%。該公司的目標是到2021年底消除該盆地的燃燒。

　　郝芬 譯自 管道&天然氣雜志網

　　原文如下：

　　U.S. Energy Development Completes Midstream Infrastructure Project in Eagle Ford Shale

　　U.S. Energy Development Corporation announced the completion of a $607,000 pipeline project involving the LLM South B, LLM South C, LLM North A, Sola Vaca Norte A (SVNA), Hideaway Ranch A and Hideaway Ranch E midstream infrastructure development projects in the Eagle Ford Shale.

　　These projects represent one of many ways the Texas-based exploration and production firm is committed to advancing its environmental, social and corporate governance efforts.

　　The pipeline project is a proactive approach by U.S. Energy to reduce flaring, thereby decreasing the firm's carbon footprint and inherently benefitting its stakeholders. Often the economics of laying pipelines do not justify the value gained from selling the gas, which results in the gas being flared. As the Texas Railroad Commission continues to increase pressure on upstream companies to reduce flaring, U.S. Energy saw this project as an opportunity to get ahead of the curve by eliminating its Eagle Ford area flaring.

　　"This is an exciting announcement for U.S. Energy as flaring reduction has been an initiative of ours for over the past six months," U.S. Energy's Vice President of Operations Kevin Duncan said. "Tying in the LLM, SVNA and Hideaway Ranch A & E pipelines eliminates the flares from some of our most significant gas producers."

　　Since December 2020, this project and similar developments have reduced field flaring by a total of 88%. The firm's goal is to eliminate its flaring in the basin by the end of 2021.