Energy Transfer LP (ET) on Tuesday said a 400,000 b/d expansion of the Lone Star Express Pipeline has been completed, boosting eastbound natural gas liquids deliveries from the Permian Basin.

The 352-mile, 24-inch diameter pipeline, completed ahead of schedule and on budget, originates in Winkler County, TX, and connects to the existing Lone Star Express 30-inch diameter pipeline at the Morgan Junction in Bosque County, south of Fort Worth, TX.

The Lone Star system goes on to connect to ET’s Mont Belvieu facility on the Gulf Coast, where the company brought online the seventh fractionator earlier this year. Mont Belvieu now has a total fractionation capacity of more than 900,000 b/d.

The Lone Star expansion was a major component of ET’s 2020 capital program, which was...