Energy Transfer’s diverse operations throughout Texas reach every major basin and distribution hub, transporting a vital mix of energy products that are ultimately used to heat homes, fuel vehicles, power manufacturing, and produce thousands of everyday products. In the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) area, Energy Transfer’s assets are interconnected with customers in the Fort Worth Basin/Barnett Shale as well as distribution companies that supply gas for local residential and industrial markets.
One key facility in the DFW area is Energy Transfer’s Cyrogenic Gas Plant in Godley, Texas. Located southwest of Fort Worth, the Godley Plant receives natural gas from our gathering pipelines in North Texas and Oklahoma. It processes the natural gas to remove water and CO2, and then cools the gas to condense liquid hydrocarbons from the natural gas stream. These condensed hydrocarbon liquids (mostly ethane and propane) are then transported by our Lone Star NGL pipeline system to fractionators at our Mont Belvieu Terminal.
The plant boasts environmental benefits by capturing the remaining residue gas (mainly methane) that is not condensed into NGLs. The residue gas is sent to our Cleburne compressor station for distribution to local DFW customers such as the Wolf Hollow Power Plant that use it as a fuel source for residential and industrial applications.
The Godley Plant was the second gas processing facility built by Energy Transfer (the first being La Grange Plant in Central Texas) in response to the growing demand in the Fort Worth Basin. The plant’s first cryo unit was put into service in October 2006, followed by a second and third in 2007, and a fourth in 2008. Additional construction included new stabilizer units in 2013 and 2018, and a truck loading rack in 2014. Over the years, additional pipeline connectivity and enhanced ethane recovery have brought the Godley Plant’s total capacity to 700 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscfd).
