Trunkline Gas Pipeline
| Part of the Global Gas Infrastructure Tracker, a Global Energy Monitor project. |
Trunkline Gas Pipeline is an operating natural gas pipeline.[1]
Location
The pipeline runs from the Gulf coast of Texas and Louisiana through Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky to deliver gas in Illinois and Indiana.
Project Details
Main Line
- Operator: Trunkline Gas Company
- Parent Company: Energy Transfer
- Capacity: 1500 Million cubic feet per day
- Length: 2,443.75 miles / 3,932 km
- Status: Operating
- Start Year: 1947
Pipeline Modifications Project (Lake Charles LNG)
- Operator: Trunkline Gas Company[2]
- Owner: Trunkline Gas Company[3]
- Parent company: Energy Transfer[4]
- Capacity: 2,600 MMcf/d[2]
- Length: 18 mi[2]
- Diameter: 24, 42 inches[3]
- Status: Construction[2]
- Start year: 2031[2]
- Cost: US$579 million[2]
Background
Main Line
The Trunkline Pipeline is operated by Trunkline Gas Company, a subsidiary of Energy Transfer Partners L.P. It connects to the Henry Hub, Egan Hub, and Perryville Hub. Its FERC code is 30.[5]
The pipeline project started on March 12, 1947, when independent owners of South Texas gas reserves incorporated Trunkline Gas Supply Company. In 1949–1950, the project was taken over by Panhandle Eastern energy company.[6]
In 1998, the pipeline was acquired by CMS Energy from Duke Energy, which absorbed Panhandle Eastern few years earlier.[7]
In 2012, it was announced that a 770-mile section of the pipeline would be converted to crude oil pipeline to transport Canadian and Bakken Shale oil from Patoka, Illinois, to St. James, Louisiana.[8] This project was cancelled.[9] In 2014, the Energy Transfer Crude Oil Pipeline Project (ETCOP) was announced. ETCOP will use 678 miles of the existing 30-inch Trunkline, which will be converted and reversed. In addition, 66 miles of new pipeline will be built. In Patoka, Illinois, the ETCOP will connect with the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline. ETCOP will run through Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana, and its terminus will be near Nederland, Texas. The pipeline would have a capacity of 450,000–570,000 barrels per day.[9][10] The ETCOP and the Bakken pipeline began operating in second quarter 2017.[11]
Pipeline Modifications Project (Lake Charles LNG)
As part of the Lake Charles LNG Terminal, Trunkline Gas Company, LLC filed in 2014 to construct 11.44 miles of new pipeline and approximately 6.45 miles of new pipeline loop on the existing mainline system. The project is to enable bi-directional flow with piping modifications at Longville CS in Beauregard Parish, LA, Pollock CS in Grant Parish, LA, Shaw CS in Bolivar, MS, and Epps CS in West Carroll Parish, LA, to serve Lake Charles LNG and other LNG facilities in the LA Gulf area.[2]
In December 2019, the project was granted extension until December 2025 to complete construction and place into service.[12] On February, 2022, Trunkline Gas Company, LLC, Lake Charles LNG Export Company, LLC, and Lake Charles LNG Company, LLC filed a motion requesting a three-year extension of time to complete the construction of the project and begin operations, until December 16, 2028.[13] Following which the extension was granted by the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.[14]
Some of the facilities entered service in January 2024, but the full project deadline is 2031.[2]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ Trunkline Gas Pipeline, Wikipedia, accessed September 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 "Natural Gas - Pipeline Projects". eia.gov. 2025-07-01. Retrieved 2025-09-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 "FERC Order granting extension of time request" (PDF). Oil and Gas Watch. 06 May, 2022. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Lake Charles LNG | GLOBAL ENERGY SUPPLY". energytransferlng.com. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
- ↑ [1], FERC, accessed January 2018
- ↑ Castaneda, Christopher J.; Smith, Clarance M. (2003). Gas Pipelines and the Emergence of America's Regulatory State: A History of Panhandle Eastern Corporation, 1928–1993. Cambridge University Press. pp. 128–131. ISBN 9780521567329.
- ↑ "CMS Buys Panhandle, Trunkline to Feed Midwest Power". Natural Gas Intelligence. 1998-11-09. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
- ↑ Smith, Christopher E. (2013-02-20). "Enbridge, Energy Transfer to convert Trunkline segment to crude service". Oil & Gas Journal. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "ETP to build Bakken crude line to Nederland". Argus Media. 2014-06-25. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
- ↑ "Energy Transfer Crude Oil Pipeline Project (ETCOP)" (PDF). Energy Transfer Partners. September 2014. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
- ↑ Energy Transfer Crude Oil Pipeline (ETCOP), Enbridge website, accessed September 2017
- ↑ Letter Order to Trunkline Gas Company, LLC; Lake Charles LNG Company, LLC; and Lake Charles LNG Export Company, LLC; Docket Nos. CP14-119-000, CP14-120-000, and CP14-122-000 (issued December 5, 2019) (Letter Order).
- ↑ "Federal Register :: Request Access". www.federalregister.gov. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
- ↑ "FERC Order granting extension of time request" (PDF). Oil and Gas Watch. 06 May, 2022. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
Related GEM.wiki articles
External resources
External articles
Wikipedia also has an article on Trunkline Pipeline (Trunkline Pipeline). This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License].
