Frequently Asked Questions

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The Blackfin Pipeline is designed to transport up to 3.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day from Colorado County to Jasper County in the East Texas area.

Over the past four years, 4 new pipelines transporting gas from the Permian Basin have been constructed, delivering 9 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas to Gulf Coast markets. Blackfin Pipeline is a project fully underwritten by transportation service agreements to help distribute this significant additional supply to natural gas markets along the Gulf Coast.

The pipeline will start near Sheridan, Texas, crossing northeast through the Greater Houston area, and ending in East Texas near Temco, Texas.

The Blackfin Pipeline will transport natural gas produced in the Permian Basin located in West Texas and southeast New Mexico. As one of the most prolific oil and gas fields in the U.S., the Permian Basin produces more than 16 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day.

If you have not been contacted by a representative of Blackfin Pipeline, the pipeline is not currently planned to go through your property. To those landowners contacted, we are committed to being good neighbors and look forward to working together, considering your feedback in the proposed route and the project’s overall design.

We follow best management practices during construction to minimize erosion and sedimentation. We also return the area of impacts to preexisting contours, ensure vegetation is reestablished, and return the work areas to as close to previous conditions as possible.

The Blackfin Pipeline will employ more than 2,000 skilled workers during the construction phase of the project and create 30 permanent jobs in Texas.

The pipe used to construct the Blackfin Pipeline will vary in size, up to 48 inches in diameter.

The pipeline will typically be 3 feet below the surface and a minimum of 5 feet under road crossings.

As typical with natural gas transmission pipelines, the Blackfin Pipeline will have a permanent easement of 50 feet, plus approximately 95 feet of additional workspace during the construction phase.

Construction is currently expected to begin in Q3 2024 and conclude by Q3 2025, with an in-service date of Q4 2025.

While the project does have the right of eminent domain, it is only used as absolute last resort. We are committed to being good neighbors and incorporating feedback from all relevant stakeholders in both the proposed route and the project’s overall design.

Once construction is complete, our teams will work to restore the disturbed area to as near to its original condition as possible in accordance with the easement agreement.