Kinder Morgan Inc. confirmed Monday that the 2 Bcf/d Permian Highway Project (PHP), designed to move West Texas supply to the Texas coast, remains on schedule for completion in early 2021.

Permian Highway Pipeline

In an opinion piece published last week in the Houston Chronicle, CEO Steven Kean said management had determined the “best option” for the 42-inch diameter, 430-mile system would be a two-mile reroute around the Blanco River.

Kinder is facing multiple challenges to PHP. In July management indicated a reroute was underway. At that time PHP was about 80% mechanically complete, with mainline compression 97% complete.

PHP, which has faced pushback from landowners and city/county authorities in the iconic region better known as the Hill Country, has undertaken measures to avoid impacting...