EIA: natural gas intrastate pipeline capacity additions outpaced interstate additions in 2023

Intrastate pipelines are within a single state (that is, they do not cross state lines) and are regulated by state agencies. Interstate pipelines cross state and international borders and are regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

Interstate pipeline capacity additions have declined since 2018 and totalled less than 1.0 billion ft³/d last year. New capacity on pipelines crossing state lines accounted for 14% of total new capacity in 2023 compared with 65% in 2017.

Nearly all the intrastate pipeline capacity additions in 2023 were located in Texas and Louisiana to serve natural gas demand in US Gulf Coast markets, including LNG export demand.

Intrastate projects included:

Enterprise Products Partners’ Acadian Haynesville Extension: A 0.4 billion ft³/d capacity expansion with added compression on the Acadian System, which delivers natural gas from the Haynesville producing region in northwestern Louisiana to US Gulf Coast markets.

Kinder Morgan’s Eagle Ford Project: A new 2.0 billion ft³/d pipeline that begins at the Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline compressor station in Freer, Texas; extends to the Kinder Morgan Tejas Pipe-line system near Sinton, Texas; and delivers natural gas from the Eagle Ford producing region to US Gulf Coast markets.

DTE Midstream’s Louisiana Energy Access Project (LEAP) Expansion Phases 1 and 2: A combined expansion of 0.7 billion ft³/d achieved by looping and compression of the LEAP system, which transports natural gas from the Haynesville producing region to US Gulf Coast markets.

Kinder Morgan’s Permian Highway Pipeline Expansion: A 0.6 billion ft³/d capacity expansion with added compression on the Permian Highway Pipeline, which transports natural gas from the Permian Basin to US Gulf Coast and Mexico markets.

Howard Energy Partners’ (HEP) Spears Expansion Project: A new 1.0 billion ft³/d pipeline that begins at HEP’s existing facilities in Webb County, Texas; extends to the Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline compressor station in Freer, Texas; and delivers natural gas from the Eagle Ford producing region to US Gulf Coast markets.

WhiteWater Midstream’s Whistler Pipeline Expansion: A 0.5 billion ft³/d expansion on the Whistler Pipeline, which transports natural gas from the Permian Basin to Agua Dulce, Texas, with connections to US Gulf Coast markets, including the Corpus Christi LNG terminal.

In 2023, the United States added 0.9 billion ft³/d of natural gas interstate pipeline capacity, about 3% less than in 2022.

Interstate projects included:

TC Energy’s North Baja Xpress Project: A 0.5 billion ft³/d expansion, consisting mostly of new compressors and metre station up-grades, on the North Baja Pipeline in Arizona and California that transports natural gas from the Rocky Mountains and from the Permian Basin in West Texas and eastern New Mexico to Arizona, California, and Mexico.

TC Energy’s Alberta Xpress Project: A 0.2 billion ft³/d expansion with a new compressor station in Louisiana on TC Energy’s ANR Pipeline, which transports natural gas from the Midwest to the US Gulf Coast.

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company’s (TGP) East 300 Upgrade: A 0.1 billion ft³/d upgrade with new compressor stations along TGP’s 300 Line system in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

WBI Energy Transmission’s Grasslands South Expansion: A new 15 mile lateral pipeline providing 0.1 billion ft³/d of incremental capacity to deliver natural gas from the Bakken producing region in North Dakota to an interconnection in Wyoming.

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