Commercial operations on a 30-inch segment of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline from Nederland, Texas to Lake Charles, Louisiana have been started by the Bayou Bridge Pipeline LLC, a firm jointly owned by subsidiaries of Phillips 66 Partners LP, Energy Transfer Partners LP and Sunoco Logistics Partners LP.
Energy Transfer is the owner of the Panhandle Eastern Pipeline company that includes operations in Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas. Its general partner is also owned by Energy Transfer Equity, the same firm that is in the process of merging with Tulsa-based Williams Cos.
Bayou Bridge has agreed to connect to Phillips 66 Partners’ Clifton Ridge terminal and Citgo’s Lake Charles refinery at Lake Charles, Louisiana. At St. James, the company has agreed to connections to Plains Marketing, L.P.’s and NuStar Energy L.P.’s crude oil terminals.
Bayou Bridge is on schedule with respect to a 24-inch segment to St. James and commercial operations for the segment are expected to begin in the second half of 2017.
Energy Transfer owns 62,500 miles of natural gas and natural gas liquids pipelines and owns and operates one of the largest and most diversified portfolios of energy assets in the U.S. In addition to owning Panhandle Easter Pipeline, ET owns Lone Star NGL LLC and has 67.7 million common units in Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P.
