Energy Transfer said recently it is suspending development of its 16.45 million tonne/year Lake Charles LNG plant to allocate capital to its backlog of natural gas pipeline projects that the company believes provides superior risk-return profiles.
Among these projects is subsidiary Transwestern Pipeline’s planned Desert Southwest expansion. Initially proposed to move 1.5 Bcfd of gas from various Permian Basin receipt points to markets in New Mexico and Arizona, Energy Transfer expanded the pipeline’s proposed capacity to 2.3 Bcfd and will now use 48-inch pipe instead of 42-inch.