Comanche Trail Pipeline

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Comanche Trail Pipeline, also known as the Waha-San Elizario Gas Pipeline is an operating natural gas pipeline running through Texas, USA to the Mexico border.

Location

The pipeline runs from Waha field 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

• Operator: Comanche Trail Pipeline LLC
• 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$2.5 million
• Start Year: 2017
• Financing: US$508 million in debt financing from MUFG, BBVA, Mizuho Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Caixa Bank, ING, Intesa San Paolo and Banco de Sabadell

Background

The pipeline is owned by the consortium of Energy Transfer, MasTec, and Carso Energy. Carso Energy is owned by billionaire Carlos Slim, who also owns 15.4% of the New York Times.

The pipeline is owned and operated by the consortium of Energy Transfer, MasTec, and Carso Energy. Carso Energy is owned by billionaire Carlos Slim, who also owns 15.4% of the New York Times.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.

Financing

In November 2015, the project received US$508 million in debt financing from MUFG, BBVA, Mizuho, Sumitomo Mitsu, Caixa Bank, ING, Intesa San Paolo and Banco de Sabadell.