EIA: most planned natural gas pipeline capacity additions in 2026 and 2027 originate in Texas

The projects in Texas will provide additional takeaway capacity out of the Permian Basin and debottleneck the Waha Hub, supplying natural gas to LNG export terminals, as well as residential, power, and industrial users.

The largest of the pipeline projects currently under construction and projected to enter service by the end of this year include:

• Rio Bravo Pipeline Project: a 138-mile pipeline originating in Texas with a capacity of up to 4.5 billion ft³/d, which will deliver feedgas to NextDecade’s under-construction Rio Grande LNG export terminal. NextDecade is targeting an in-service date in the second half of this year.
• Blackcomb Pipeline: a 365-mile, 2.5 billion ft³/d pipeline currently under construction and slated to enter service in 3Q26. The pipeline originating in Texas will deliver Permian supply from the Waha hub to the Agua Dulce hub, further clearing the Waha bottleneck.
• Hugh Brinson Pipeline: a total 2.2 billion ft³/d project increasing takeaway capacity from the Permian Basin in Texas. The developer expects phase 1 of this project to begin flowing in 4Q26, and phase 2 to begin operations in 1Q27.

In Louisiana, the Port Arthur Pipeline Louisiana Connector is expected to begin service in the second half of 2026 with 2 billion ft³/d of capacity. By the end of 2027, Pelican Pipeline is expected to come online in Louisiana, bringing the total additional capacity to 8.4 billion ft³/d.

Virginia has the third most capacity additions over the next two years, with 1.6 billion ft³/d expected to come online in 2027 via Williams’s Southeast Supply Enhancement Project, an expansion of its exiting Transcontinental Pipeline from Virginia to Alabama.

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