Gulf Run Pipeline

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Gulf Run Pipeline is a proposed gas pipeline in the United States.

Location

The pipeline will run from Northern Louisiana to the Gulf Coast, from Westdale to the Starks and Gillis areas.

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Project details

• Operator:
• Owner: Gulf Run Transmission LLC
• Parent company: Energy Transfer
• Proposed capacity: 1,650 million cubic feet per day
• Length: 135 miles
• Diameter: 42 inches
• Cost: 540 million USD
• Status: Operating
• Start year: 2022

Background

Enable Midstream Partners proposed to build a new interstate natural gas transmission pipeline in Louisiana and modify its existing assets. The new, 170-mile pipeline would run from Westdale to the Starks and Gillis areas. The modifications to Line CP were planned to enhance and repurpose some of Enable’s existing, under-utilized infrastructure in northern Louisiana. The project represented at least a $500 million investment and would provide a direct connection from the Haynesville Shale to the Gulf Coast. The project initiated the Federal Energy Regulatory Committee (FERC) pre-filing review process in April 2019. Pending receipt of applicable permits and regulatory approvals, construction would begin by 2022. The anticipated completion date was 2022.

In February 2020, Enable Midstream filed an amended application to build the pipeline with less capacity, after which FERC scaled back its planned review of the project from an environmental impact statement to an environmental assessment.

In June 2021, Enable received FERC approval to construct and operate the pipeline project. It was planned to partly serve the Golden Pass LNG Terminal being built by ExxonMobil and Qatar Petroleum on the Texas coast. A 20 year supply commitment for 1.1 Bcf/d of gas is in place with Golden Pass.

In December 2022, Energy Transfer LP announced that its subsidiary, Gulf Run Transmission LLC "received FERC approval to place the Gulf Run pipeline in service delivering domestically produced natural gas from key U.S. producing regions to meet the rapidly growing demand along the Gulf Coast and international markets." The pipeline started operations in December 2022.

Legal Actions

In 2024, Energy Transfer "filed a lawsuit to block the New Generation Gas Gathering (NG3) project from crossing its Gulf Run Pipeline." Energy Transfer also filed legal action against two other rivals, DT Midstream and Williams for their Louisiana Energy Access Project (LEAP) and Louisiana Energy Gateway Project (LEG), respectively. DT Midstream lost its court case in April and completed an alternative route to avoid further delays, while Williams was granted permission to continue with the LEG project in the second half of 2024. In August 2024, construction of the NG3 project was back on track, after the "parties eventually settled the matter, and Louisiana's 42nd District Court granted a motion "dismissing all claims asserted by all parties" on June 10, clearing the way for construction to continue."