Pipeline Handover: Kinetica Sells Off 24 Miles
Published Date: 9/17/2025
Notice
Summary
Kinetica Energy Express wants to sell and stop using about 24 miles of pipeline in Louisiana to save money on upkeep they don’t need. This change affects local energy transport and could shift pipeline ownership to Crescent Louisiana Midstream. If you want to speak up or get involved, you’ve got until the set deadline to file your protest or intervention.
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Sale and Abandonment of 24.37 Miles Pipeline
On September 4, 2025, Kinetica Energy Express filed to abandon by sale about 24.37 miles of Line 526A-200 (8-, 18-, and 24-inch diameters) that runs from mainline valve 526 in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana to the Main Pass 35 platform in Louisiana state waters, seeking to sell it to Crescent Louisiana Midstream, LLC.
Public Filing Deadline to Participate
Anyone may file a protest, motion to intervene, or comment about this project with no fee by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on November 12, 2025. The Commission gives guidance on how to file electronically (eFiling/eComment) or by paper and provides help through its Office of Public Participation.
Automatic Authorization If No Timely Protest
If no protest is filed by the deadline or if a filed protest is withdrawn within 30 days after the allowed protest time, the proposed abandonment will be deemed authorized effective the day after the protest period ends. Protests must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on November 12, 2025 and must meet 18 CFR 157.205(e) requirements.
Company Says Sale Will Cut O&M Expenses
Kinetica states the proposed abandonment and sale will eliminate the need for future operating and maintenance expenses that are not necessary to meet its firm transportation obligations.
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