Houston Gas Pipeline (HPL) System

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Houston Gas Pipeline (HPL) System is a natural gas pipeline.

Location

HPL is an intrastate pipeline system in eastern Texas and the western Gulf of Mexico. It has multiple start and end points.

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Project Details

• Operator: Energy Transfer Partners
• Owner: Energy Transfer Partners
• Current capacity: 5300 Million cubic feet per day
• Length: 3800 miles / 6116 km
• Status: Operating
• Start Year:

Background

The HPL System is an extensive network of intrastate natural gas pipelines, an underground Bammel storage reservoir, and related transportation assets. The system has access to multiple sources of historically significant natural gas supply reserves from South Texas, the Gulf Coast of Texas, East Texas and the western Gulf of Mexico, and is directly connected to major gas distribution, electric and industrial load centers in Houston, Corpus Christi, Texas City and other cities located along the Gulf Coast of Texas.

In 2001, AEP Energy Services Gas Holding Co., a subsidiary of American Electric Power Company acquired Houston Gas Pipeline from Enron Corp. In January 2005 Energy Transfer Partners announced the acquisition of Houston Pipeline from American Electric Power Company.