Comanche Trail Pipeline

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Comanche Trail Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline running through Texas, USA to the Mexico border.

Location

The pipeline runs through Pecos, Reeves, Culberson, Hudspeth, and El Paso counties to the Texas-Mexico border in San Elizario, Texas, just south of El Paso, Texas.

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Project Details

• Parent Company: Carso Energy (51.00%), MasTec (33.00%), Energy Transfer Partners (16.00%)
• Capacity: 1,100 million cubic feet per day
• Length: 195 miles / 313.8 km
• Diameter: 42-inches
• Status: Operating
• Cost: US$3 million
• Start Year: 2017

Background

The 42-inch intrastate pipeline traverses 195 miles through Pecos, Reeves, Culberson, Hudspeth, and El Paso counties to the Texas-Mexico border in San Elizario, Texas, just south of El Paso, Texas. The Comanche Trail Pipeline is designed to transport 1.1 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas and presently includes seven delivery taps along its route.