Energy Transfer Partners LP has completed the 160-mile Texas Independence Pipeline, which increases the partnership’s takeaway capacity in Texas by an incremental 1.1 Bcf/d, it said Monday. The partnership also said it has completed the Rulison expansion project in Colorado.

The 42-inch diameter Texas Independence serves the Bossier and Barnett Shale resource plays in east and north-central Texas. Originating just west of Maypearl, TX, and ending near Henderson, TX, the pipeline connects the partnership’s existing central and north Texas infrastructure to its East Texas pipeline network. With the addition of compression, the project may be expanded to transport volumes in excess of 1.75 Bcf/d.

Energy Transfer announced the $485 million project in spring 2008 (see Daily GPI, April 3, 2008).

“The completion of the Texas Independence Pipeline is another exciting milestone for us as it is our third 42-inch natural gas pipeline in Texas that allows natural gas from Waha, the Barnett Shale and Bossier Sands to reach markets throughout east and southeast Texas,” said Roy Patton, a partnership senior vice president. “While we continue to build necessary infrastructure in the Fort Worth Basin, our efforts remain equally focused on expanding our system into other emerging natural gas fields, including the Fayetteville and Haynesville, where previously announced pipeline projects proceed as scheduled.”

The Rulison expansion includes the 10-mile, 24-inch diameter Rulison pipeline and the Holmes Mesa compressor station in Garfield County, CO. These projects are designed to increase the capacity of the partnership’s South Parachute-Rifle pipeline system. The project will also create a new outlet for producers to access the Meeker processing plant at the White River Hub. The Rulison pipeline will initially add more than 70 MMcf/d of capacity, with the ability to expand to more than 200 MMcf/d. The Holmes Mesa compressor station has more than 9,000 hp.

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