Kinder Morgan will build a 1.5-Bcf/d natural gas pipeline, the Trident Intrastate, to move gas from the Houston area to the LNG and industrial corridor near Port Arthur, Texas. (Source: Shutterstock)
Kinder Morgan will build a 1.5-Bcf/d natural gas pipeline, the Trident Intrastate, to move gas from the Houston area to the LNG and industrial corridor near Port Arthur, Texas, the company said Jan. 22.
The company expects the $1.7 billion, a 216-mile pipeline, originating in Katy, Texas, to begin service in first-quarter 2027, pending receipt of required permits and approvals.
CEO Kim Dang said that for several quarters the company has pointed to “expected significant new natural gas demand for LNG, power plants and emerging opportunities such as artificial intelligence operations, cryptocurrency mining, data centers and industrial re-shoring.”
“These expectations are being realized,” Dang said in Kinder Morgan’s fourth-quarter 2024 earnings press release. “Our commercial teams have secured contracts to underpin three large natural gas projects - South System Expansion 4, Mississippi Crossing and Trident, totaling approximately $5 billion (KM share) in project costs. These projects are all progressing and are expected to contribute to significant future growth once in service.”
The new pipeline follows several new natural gas pipelines announcements in the second half of 2025.
In December, Energy Transfer (ET) reached a final investment decision (FID) on the Hugh Brinson Pipeline, which will eventually deliver 2.2 Bcf/d of volumes.
In October, Kinder Morgan reached an FID on the Gulf Coast Express expansion, which will transport natural gas throughout the southern U.S.
And in July, WhiteWater Midstream announced that a final investment decision (FID) had been reached for the Blackcomb Pipeline. The project, with a capacity of 2.5 Bcf/d, is expected to connect the Permian Basin to the Agua Dulce gas hub near Corpus Christi, Texas, by the second half of 2026.
The FIDs came as the 2.5-Bcf/d Matterhorn Express pipeline began service in the fourth quarter and filled up faster than any other natural gas line in the Permian Basin’s history.
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