DCP Midstream plant now in service

DCP Midstream Partners LP‘s Lucerne 2 natural gas processing plant is now in service. The plant, which processes 200 million cubic feet per day, increases DCP Midstream Partners’ processing capacity in the DJ Basin to about 400 million cubic feet per day, the company says.

The Lucerne 2 plant is the largest of a nine-plant system in the DJ Basin that DCP Midstream Partners owns and operates. According to the company, it has increased its gathering and processing capacity in the DJ Basin by 80 percent over the last 24 months.

According to a press release, the Lucerne 2 plant connects to the Front Range Pipeline for natural gas liquids takeaway to Mont Belvieu, Texas.