Port Arthur Gas Pipeline

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Port Arthur Gas Pipeline is a proposed natural gas pipeline in the southeastern United States. The Louisiana section is also called the Port Arthur Louisiana Connector and the Texas section is also called the Port Arthur Texas Connector.[1]

Location

The pipeline runs from Jefferson County, Texas, to St Landry Parish, Louisiana.[2][3]

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Project details

Louisiana Connector details

Construction on this project was initially slated for 2022, but as of December 2022 there was no evidence that ground had been broken.

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Texas Connector details

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  • Operator: Port Arthur Pipeline LLC[4]
  • Owner: Sempra Energy[5]
  • Capacity: 2 billion cubic feet per day[5]
  • Length: 34.2 miles / 69.5 kilometers[5]
  • Diameter: 42-inches[8]
  • Status: Proposed[4]
  • Start year: 2023[4] (delayed)
    • Originally 2022[5]
  • Associated Infrastructure: Port Arthur LNG Terminal[4]

Background

The Port Arthur Pipeline is split into three parts, according to Sempra's website: Port Arthur Pipeline – Texas Connector, Port Arthur Pipeline – Louisiana Connector, and Port Arthur Pipeline – Louisiana Connector (PAPLC) Extension Project.[9] The Port Arthur Gas pipeline will be operated by Port Arthur LNG, a subsidiary of Sempra Energy. The proposed pipeline will measure 165 miles in length and 42 inches in diameter, which will run a proposed LNG storage site in Port Arthur, Texas, in Jefferson County, and will end near St. Landry Parish in Louisiana.[10] The pipeline will carry approximately 2 billion cubic feet of natural gas. The pipeline and the Port Arthur facility will cost around $8 billion.[11]

In April of 2019, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved the construction of the project.[12] In June of 2019, the Port Arthur Pipeline, a subsidiary of Sempra Energy, told FERC that the plan was altered to call for a 166-mile, 48-inch-diameter pipeline with a transportation capacity of 2.5 Bcf/d. The Sempra subsidiary had initially proposed a 131-mile, 42-inch-diameter pipeline with a capacity of 2 Bcf/d.[13]

Construction of both sections is expected to begin in the 2022, with commercial operations expected to begin in 2024.[4]

As of March 2023 there was no evidence that construction had begun, so the project is presumed to be further delayed.

Expansion Projects

Louisiana Connector Amendment Project

The expansion project proposes building a new pipeline compressor station in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana instead of Allen Parish, Louisiana as was originally proposed in the Louisiana Connector Project. The project does not involve laying any additional pipeline. The new compressor station will result in an additional 70 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d). It has already been approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Agency (FERC).[4]

  • Operator: Port Arthur Pipeline LLC[4]
  • Owner: Sempra Energy[5]
  • Capacity: 70 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d)[4]
  • Length: 0.0 new kilometers, capacity expansion only[4]
  • Cost: US$89 million[4]
  • Status: Proposed[4]
  • Start Year: 2024[4]
  • Associated Infrastructure: Port Arthur LNG Terminal[4]

Louisiana Connector Extension Project

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An additional 252-mile pipeline was proposed to extend the pipeline's reach into northeastern Louisiana, called the Port Arthur Pipeline Louisiana Connector (PAPLC) Extension Project. Construction was expected to begin in 2022, and the pipeline was slated to go into operation 6–9 months upon completion of construction, pending FERC approval.[14]

As of 2023 no evidence for construction or further development of the project can be seen, and it is considered shelved.

  • Owner: Sempra Energy
  • Parent company: Sempra Energy
  • Capacity: 2 bcfd[7]
  • Length: 252 mi[14]
  • Diameter: 48 inches[14]
  • Status: Shelved
  • Start year:
  • Cost:

Articles and resources

References

  1. ↑ Port Arthur Gas Pipeline, Sempra Energy website, accessed September 2017
  2. ↑ Sempra LNG. "PORT ARTHUR PIPELINE". portarthurlng.com. Retrieved 28 February 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ National Energy and Petrochemical Map , FracTracker, February 28, 2020
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 Natural Gas Data, Pipeline Projects Energy Information Agency, accessed July 12, 2021
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Port Arthur LNG — Pipeline, Sempra LNG, accessed Nov. 2, 2021.
  6. ↑ [https://sempralng.com/port-arthur-pipeline-louisiana-connector Port Arthur Pipeline – Louisiana Connector, Sempra LNG, accessed July 12, 2021
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "https://semprainfrastructure.com/what-we-do/energy-networks/port-arthur-pipeline-louisiana-connector". {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ↑ Natural Gas Data, Pipeline Projects Energy Information Agency, July 21, 2020
  9. ↑ Sempra Natural Gas. "Natural Gas Infrastructure". SempraLNG. Retrieved 28 February 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ↑ Port Arthur Pipeilne - Louisiana Connector, Sempra Energy, accessed January, 2018
  11. ↑ Kaitlin Rust, Proposed pipeline will run through several parishes in SWLA, KPLC, May 2, 2017
  12. ↑ Port Arthur LNG moves closer to FID with FERC authorization Oil and Gas Journal, April 18, 20197
  13. ↑ Corey Paul, Sempra eyes pipeline expansion to feed further phase at Port Arthur LNG SPG Global, June 21, 2019
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 "Port Arthur LNG proposes 252-mile pipeline into northeast Louisiana". KNOE News. Retrieved 2021-11-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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