Gas demand in Southwestern Louisiana is set to rocket upward in the coming years as LNG facilities ramp up feedgas. Venture Global’s CP2 and Woodside’s Louisiana LNG will come into service before 2029, and will compete for feedgas with Golden Pass and Port Arthur Phases 1 and 2, which are going into service immediately on the other side of the Sabine River. Several pipeline systems have gone into service recently to provide a more direct route for gas to Southwest Louisiana, notably Louisiana Energy Gateway and Momentum NG3 in the past few months. Now Boardwalk has a proposal for a new line to bring gas from Northeast Texas to this fast-growing LNG-liquefying region.
Boardwalk announced a binding open season on Thursday on the Texas Gateway project. The new line will provide 1.5 Bcf/d of capacity into the nation’s key LNG producing region. It includes 155 miles of greenfield pipeline (yellow line in map below) starting at Gulf South’s existing Carthage Header. Carthage is in the heart of the Texas portion of the Haynesville shale, where production is expected to grow in coming years, spurred by LNG growth demand. The greenfield pipe would tie Gulf South’s existing Index 129 system near the coast. The project is targeting November 2029 for the in-service date.
