Creole Trail Pipeline

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Creole Trail Pipeline is an operating natural gas pipeline.

Location

The pipeline runs from Beauregard Parish, Louisiana to the Sabine Pass LNG facility in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.

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Project Details

• Operator: Cheniere Creole Trail Pipeline, L.P
• Owner: Cheniere Energy (100%)
• Parent Company: Cheniere Energy
• Capacity: 1,500 million cubic feet per day
• Length: 94 miles
• Diameter: 42 inches
• Status: Operating
• Cost: US$800 million
• Start Year: 2008
• Associated Infrastructure: Creole Trail LNG Terminal

Background

The Creole Trail Pipeline is operated by Cheniere Creole Trail Pipeline, L.P., a subsidiary of the Cheniere Pipeline Company.

In May 2006, FERC published the final Environmental Impact Statement for the construction and operation of the Creole Trail Project.

Connection to Sabine Pass LNG

The pipeline connects to the Sabine Pass LNG facility in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. In February 2018 the Federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration ordered a seven-day shutdown for a storage tank at the facility in which supercold natural gas leaked between the tank's inner and outer walls, on Jan. 22, 2017 An investigation of the leak uncovered 11 similar incidents that had occurred between 2008 and 2016. "This incident is a reminder that the expansion of LNG projects poses a grave threat to our communities and our climate," said Nathan Matthews, a staff attorney for the Sierra Club, which released a copy of the report to the public after discovering it on Friday. "It's a relief that no one was hurt, but allowing the facility to continue to operate until it's clear how widespread these issues are would be extremely reckless."

Expansion Project

According to the U.S.'s Energy Information Administration (EIA), a reversal project was proposed in 2018. It would have cost US$610,000,000, adding an additional 104.3 miles and 1,500 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) of natural gas transmission capacity using 42-inch pipeline.

According to the EIA, the status of expansion to pipeline is unclear and in June 2020 EIA changed the status to cancelled. The expansion project is thus presumed cancelled.

• Section One:

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• Section Two:

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• Section Three:

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• Operator: Cheniere Creole Trail Pipeline, L.P.
• Parent Company: Cheniere Energy
• Capacity: 1500 Million cubic feet per day
• Length: 104.3 miles / 167.9 km
• Diameter: 42 inches
• Status: Cancelled
• Start Year:
• Cost: US $610 million

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