NOTE: This Project was previously named the Warrior Pipeline Project.

In the Spring of 2022, regulatory approval was granted for a new 42″ high pressure gas pipeline project that will run from the Permian Basin to Ellis County. This project will be owned by Warrior Pipeline, LLC.

Construction of the natural gas pipeline will be implemented in two phases. The first phase—expected to be in service by end-2026—will include construction of about 400 miles of 42-in. OD pipeline with a capacity of 1.5 bcfd. The line will extend from Waha to Maypearl, Tex., south of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex for continued transport to the Gulf Coast. 

As part of Phase I, Energy Transfer also will construct the Midland Lateral, which is expected to be a 42-mile, 36-in. OD lateral to connect Energy Transfer and third-party processing plants in Martin and Midland Counties to the Hugh Brinson pipeline.

The second phase of the project will include the addition of compression to increase the capacity of the new pipeline to about 2.2 bcfd. This second phase could be constructed concurrently with the first phase depending on shipper demand, the company said. 
Overall costs of both phases are expected to be $2.7 billion. 

It is unclear when construction will begin, but installation and operation of the Warrior Pipeline’s project will impact hundreds of landowners in the following counties: Upton, Midland, Glasscock, Sterling, Mitchell, Nolan, Taylor, Callahan, Eastland, Erath, Hood, Somervell, Johnson, and Ellis County.