Trunkline Pipeline

Trunkline Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline system which brings gas from the Gulf coast of Texas and Louisiana through Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Kentucky to deliver gas in Illinois and Indiana. It connects to the Henry Hub, Egan Hub, and Perryville Hub. The total length of the system is {{convert|3059|mi}} and its capacity is {{convert|1.5|e9cuft/d|abbr=off}}. It is operated by Trunkline Gas Company, a subsidiary of Energy Transfer Partners. Its FERC code is 30.[https://web.archive.org/web/20130120011541/http://ferc.gov/industries/gas/gen-info/pipecode.asp]

The pipeline project started when on March 12, 1947, independent owners of South Texas gas reserves incorporated Trunkline Gas Supply Company. In 1949–1950, the project was taken over by Panhandle Eastern energy company.

{{Cite book

| last1 = Castaneda | first1 = Christopher J.

| last2 = Smith | first2 = Clarance M.

| title = Gas Pipelines and the Emergence of America's Regulatory State: A History of Panhandle Eastern Corporation, 1928–1993

| publisher = Cambridge University Press

| pages = 128–131

| year = 2003

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=1XmrYBkj_rgC&pg=PA128

| isbn = 9780521567329}}

In 1998, the pipeline was acquired by CMS Energy from Duke Energy, which absorbed Panhandle Eastern few years earlier.

{{Cite news

| title = CMS Buys Panhandle, Trunkline to Feed Midwest Power

| work = Natural Gas Intelligence

| date = 1998-11-09

| url = http://www.naturalgasintel.com/articles/93163-cms-buys-panhandle-trunkline-to-feed-midwest-power

| accessdate = 2016-11-05}}

In 2012, it was announced that a {{convert|770|mi|adj=on}} section of the pipeline will be converted to crude oil pipeline to transport Canadian and Bakken oil from Patoka, Illinois, to St. James, Louisiana.

{{Cite news

| title = Enbridge, Energy Transfer to convert Trunkline segment to crude service

| first = Christopher E. | last = Smith

| work = Oil & Gas Journal

| date = 2013-02-20

| url = http://www.ogj.com/articles/2013/02/enbridge--energy-transfer-to-convert-trunkline-segment-to-crude-.html

| accessdate = 2016-11-05}}

This project was cancelled. In 2014, the Energy Transfer Crude Oil Pipeline Project (ETCOP) was announced. ETCOP will use {{convert|678|mi}} of the existing {{convert|30|in|mm|adj=on}} Trunkline, which will be converted and reversed. In addition, {{convert|66|mi}} of new pipeline will be built. In Patoka, the ETCOP will be connected with the Dakota Access Pipeline. The pipeline runs through Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana, and its terminus will be near Nederland, Texas. The pipeline will have a capacity of {{convert|450000|-|570000|oilbbl/d}}.

{{Cite news

| title = ETP to build Bakken crude line to Nederland

| work = Argus Media

| date = 2014-06-25

| url = http://www.argusmedia.com/pages/NewsBody.aspx?id=911716

| accessdate = 2016-11-05}}

{{Cite news

| title = Energy Transfer Crude Oil Pipeline Project (ETCOP)

| publisher = Energy Transfer Partners

| date = September 2014

| url = http://www.energytransfer.com/documents/ETCOP_FactSheet10.pdf

| accessdate = 2016-11-05

}}