Energy Transfer Partners LP’s 1.5-2 bcfd Warrior natural gas pipeline project has commitments for about 25% of its capacity, according to co-chief executive officer and chief commercial officer Mackie McCrea, with the balance under negotiation. McCrea made his remarks during Energy Transfer’s fourth-quarter 2023 earnings call.
McCrea described the 260-mile Warrior as the best positioned of any proposed new pipeline capacity, with “access to almost every major city gate in the state of Texas…all major hubs…and a lot of power plants,” while noting that “another pipeline [will be] needed in the next two-and-a-half years.”
Warrior would run from the Permian basin to Energy Transfer interconnects southwest of Ft. Worth, Tex., for continued transport to the Gulf Coast. Plans include a combination of repurposing underutilized pipe and building loops within existing rights of way (OGJ Online, June 5, 2023). The company says it could complete construction within 2 years of reaching final investment decision.
Whitewater, EnLink Midstream LLC, Devon Energy Corp., and MPLX LP are developing the 2.5-bcfd Matterhorn Express pipeline between the Waha, Tex., hub and another hub in Katy, Tex., near Houston. The project’s website notes a third-quarter 2024 in-service date for the 490-mile, 42-in. OD pipeline.