Eiger Express Pipeline Reaches Final Investment Decision to Transport Growing Natural Gas Production from the Permian Basin to the Gulf Coast Region
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Enbridge (NYSE:ENB) and its partners have reached a final investment decision to construct the Eiger Express Pipeline, a major natural gas transportation infrastructure project. The pipeline will transport 2.5 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas through 450 miles of 42-inch pipeline from the Permian Basin to the Katy area.
The project is a joint venture between WhiteWater, MPLX LP, ONEOK, and Enbridge through their Matterhorn JV (70% ownership), with additional direct stakes held by ONEOK (15%) and MPLX (15%). The pipeline will source supply from multiple Permian Basin connections and is expected to be operational by mid-2028, subject to regulatory approvals.
Positive
- Secured firm transportation agreements with investment grade shippers, ensuring stable revenue
- Large-scale infrastructure with 2.5 Bcf/d capacity addressing growing Permian Basin production
- Strategic partnership structure spreading risk across multiple major industry players
- Multiple supply connection points in both Midland and Delaware Basins enhancing operational flexibility
Negative
- Long construction timeline with operations not starting until mid-2028
- Project subject to regulatory approval risks
- Significant capital investment required for 450-mile pipeline construction
The Eiger Express Pipeline is designed to transport up to 2.5 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of natural gas through approximately 450 miles of 42-inch pipeline from the Permian Basin in
The Eiger Express Pipeline is a joint venture owned
The Eiger Express Pipeline will be constructed and operated by WhiteWater and is expected to be in service in mid-2028, pending the receipt of customary regulatory and other approvals.
About the Matterhorn Joint Venture
The Matterhorn JV is owned by WhiteWater (
About WhiteWater
WhiteWater is an
About I Squared Capital
I Squared Capital is a leading global infrastructure investor managing
About FIC
FIC Partners Management, LP ("FIC") is an investment firm with a focus on critical infrastructure assets across the energy and power use value chains. FIC focuses on investment opportunities that seek to generate long-term capital appreciation in the gas transmission, downstream, power and utilities, renewables, and data/telecommunications industries. We partner with management teams and businesses to help accelerate the development of strategic assets that serve society's growing energy needs and the associated decarbonization of industrial infrastructure. FIC is the renamed firm following the merger of Emerald Bridge Capital, LP and First Infrastructure Capital Advisors, LLC. For more information about FIC, please visit www.FICfund.com.
About ONEOK, Inc.
At ONEOK (NYSE: OKE), we deliver energy products and services vital to an advancing world. We are a leading midstream operator that provides gathering, processing, fractionation, transportation, storage and marine export services. Through our approximately 60,000-mile pipeline network, we transport the natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs), refined products and crude oil that help meet domestic and international energy demand, contribute to energy security and provide safe, reliable and responsible energy solutions needed today and into the future. As one of the largest integrated energy infrastructure companies in
About MPLX LP
MPLX is a diversified, large-cap master limited partnership that owns and operates midstream energy infrastructure and logistics assets and provides fuels distribution services. MPLX's assets include a network of crude oil and refined product pipelines; an inland marine business; light-product terminals; storage caverns; refinery tanks, docks, loading racks, and associated piping; and crude and light-product marine terminals. MPLX also owns crude oil and natural gas gathering systems and pipelines as well as natural gas and NGL processing and fractionation facilities in key
About Enbridge Inc.
At Enbridge, we safely connect millions of people to the energy they rely on every day, fueling quality of life through our North American natural gas, oil and renewable power networks and our growing European offshore wind portfolio. We're investing in modern energy delivery infrastructure to sustain access to secure, affordable energy and building on more than a century of operating conventional energy infrastructure and two decades of experience in renewable power to advance new technologies including hydrogen, renewable natural gas and carbon capture and storage. Headquartered in
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