Louisiana Gas Boost: Feds Eye Compressor Station Upgrades
Published Date: 4/17/2025
Notice
Summary
Gulf South Pipeline is planning to upgrade the Parks Line and build a new compressor station in Louisiana to boost gas capacity and reliability. This will affect local communities and energy users by improving energy flow starting late 2025. The government will review the environmental impact and expects to finish by December, keeping things on track and transparent.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Adds 236,000 Dth/day Gas Capacity
Gulf South proposes to add 236,000 dekatherms per day (Dth/d) of natural gas capacity by restoring the Parks Line MAOP and building the Sorrento Compressor Station. The Parks Line would operate at its certificated maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) of 1,000 pounds per square inch (psi).
Local Construction Replacing 4.5 Miles
The Project would replace eleven pipeline segments equal to 4.5 miles of the 30-inch-diameter Parks Line in St. Martin Parish and build a new 12,510-horsepower Sorrento Compressor Station with related pipelines (two 0.29-mile discharge lines and 1.06 miles of 20-inch pipeline). Landowners and local communities in the project area will be directly affected by these construction activities.
Rural Tap Reestablished, Inactive Tap Removed
The Project would reestablish an unmetered rural tap at milepost 54.93 and remove one inactive tap at milepost 52.76 on the Parks Line. This explicitly restores a rural service connection in the project area.
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