Does anyone need to tell you this? High concentrations of off-spec gas in the New Mexico Permian are a royal pain in the arse for producers. On the other hand, it’s proving to be a gift that keeps giving for Delaware midstream operators building the specialized infrastructure to clean up this gas to make it safe and marketable....

Back in 2020, Houston-based Piñon Midstream set out to cure a massive headache for producers in Perm Town’s most prolific eastern flank of the Delaware in N.M., and Texas—namely, the lack of infrastructure to gather and treat pervasive sour gas. Solving that problem would no doubt be a grand introduction into the nation’s hottest play. Solving another would be even grander. ...