Gulf Coast Express Pipeline

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Gulf Coast Express Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline in Texas, operated by DCP Midstream, Targa Resources Corp.. It entered service in 2019. It runs 497.5 miles of 36", 42" pipe.

Gulf Coast Express Pipeline
General information
KindPipeline project[1]
Project typeNew build[1]
StatusIn service[1]
CommodityNatural gas[1]
Operator
Owner and operator
Owners
StateTexas[1]
In service25 September 2019[1][3]
Contractors
Technical information
Length497.5 mi[1]
Pipe size36", 42"[1][2]
Capacity1980 MMcf/d additional capacity (EIA)[1] or 1.92-bcfd capacity (OGJ, Jan 2018)[2] or approximately 2.0 billion cubic feet per day[3][sources disagree]
Cost$1750 million (EIA estimate; no dollar year given)[1] or roughly $1.7 billion[2][sources disagree]
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Gulf Coast Express Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline in Texas, operated by DCP Midstream, Targa Resources Corp.. It entered service in 2019. It runs 497.5 miles of 36", 42" pipe.

Contractorsedit

ContractorWorkScopeSpreadYears
Pumpco, Inc.[4]PrimeSpread 2: 62.32 miles of 42-inch, 0.600-inch wall; rock ditching fleetSpread 21 November 2018 – 1 July 2019
Pumpco, Inc.[4]PrimeSpread 3: 64.75 miles of 42-inch, 0.600-inch wall; rock ditching fleetSpread 31 November 2018 – 1 July 2019
Pumpco, Inc.[5]PrimeIIR listing: Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline awards Pumpco (G/C) about 75 miles of 42-inch (Spread 3) and 117 miles (Spread 4), Del Rio to Agua Dulce, TX; construction commenced Feb 2019, completion Sep 2019 (the firm's own page numbers its spreads 2 and 3)1 February 2019 – 1 September 2019
Troy Construction[6]PrimeSpread 1: 42.8 miles of 36-inch (Midland, TX) and 82.2 miles of 42-inch (Crane, TX)Spread 1
Troy Construction[7]PrimeIndustrial Info (July 2018) lists Troy on the estimated $650 million Spread 2 of the Gulf Coast Express, 180 miles from Rankin to Del Rio, and on an estimated $250 million 50-mile lateral from Midland to Rankin, TX

Spreads

SpreadPrime contractorDates
Spread 1[6]Troy Construction
Spread 2[4]Pumpco, Inc.1 November 2018 – 1 July 2019
Spread 3[4]Pumpco, Inc.1 November 2018 – 1 July 2019

Sources disagree

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FactValues given
Capacity
  • 1980 MMcf/d additional capacity (EIA)[1]
  • 1.92-bcfd capacity (OGJ, Jan 2018)[2]
  • approximately 2.0 billion cubic feet per day[3]
Cost
  • $1750 million (EIA estimate; no dollar year given)[1]
  • roughly $1.7 billion[2]

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Referencesedit

  1. “U.S. natural gas pipeline projects (Natural Gas Pipeline Projects)”. U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  2. “Gulf Coast Express construction to start”. Oil & Gas Journal. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  3. “Gulf Coast Express Pipeline Placed in Service Ahead of Schedule”. Kinder Morgan, Inc. (Business Wire release). 24 September 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  4. “Kinder Morgan GCX 42” 127 Miles - Pumpco”. Pumpco, Inc. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  5. “Industrial Info Resources project report on the Whistler grassroot natural gas pipeline (Exhibit GPLDC-1b, South Dakota PUC docket HP22-001)”. Industrial Info Resources (as filed with the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission). 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  6. “Pipeline Construction | Troy Companies”. Troy Construction. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  7. “Troy Construction Takes On More than $1 Billion in Natural Gas Pipeline Projects”. Industrial Info Resources. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2026.

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