Federal regulators have cleared Energy Transfer LP (ET) to start service on the 1.65 Bcf/d Gulf Run natural gas pipeline system in Louisiana, opening a path to meet increasing demand along the Gulf Coast and in international markets. 

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The project is underpinned by a 1.1 Bcf/d commitment from anchor shipper Golden Pass LNG, which is under construction on the Texas coast. FERC, which authorized the project last year, approved ET’s request to start service.  

The 42-inch, 135-mile system will receive natural gas from ET’s intrastate and interstate pipeline network, including production from the Haynesville, Marcellus, Utica and Barnett shales and the Permian Basin. Gulf Run consists of two zones, one connecting the Carthage Hub to the Perryville markets, and another that...