Tiger Pipeline
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Tiger Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline in Texas and Louisiana. It was built and entered service in 2010. It runs 175 miles of 42" pipe.[1]
| Tiger Pipeline | |
|---|---|
| Also called | ETC Tiger Pipeline[3], Tiger |
| General information | |
| Project type | New build[2] |
| Status | In service[2] |
| Commodity | Natural gas[2] |
| Operator | Energy Transfer Partners[3] or ETC Tiger Pipeline, LLC[3][sources disagree] |
| Owner and operator | |
| States | Texas, Louisiana[2][3] |
| Announced | 27 January 2009[4] |
| Approved | 7 April 2010[3][5] |
| Construction started | 2010 |
| In service | December 2010[2] |
| FERC docket | CP09-460[3] |
| FERC pre-filing docket | PF09-9[3] |
| Contractors | |
| Technical information | |
| Length | 175 mi[2][3] |
| Pipe size | 42"[2] |
| Capacity | 2000 MMcf/d (FERC project list)[2][3] |
| Horsepower added | 119,680 hp[5] |
| Cost | $1200 million (EIA estimate; no dollar year given)[2] or $1,195,590,343 estimated cost (certificate order)[5][sources disagree] |
| On ProvenHand | |
| Hands listed | 0 |
Tiger Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline in Texas and Louisiana. It was built and entered service in 2010. It runs 175 miles of 42" pipe.[1]
Contractorsedit
| Contractor | Work | Prime or sub | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henkels & McCoy[1] | 78 miles of mainline | ||
| Michels Corporation[1] | 97 miles of mainline | ||
| Pedero Pipe Support Systems USA[6] | Pipeline foam (trench breakers and pillows) | Under Henkels & McCoy, Inc. | Breakers, listed as Tiger Pipeline in Louisiana |
| Michels Pipeline, Inc.[7] | Pipeline construction (role not stated) | Listed on the firm's 2014 pipeline page (as Michels Pipeline Construction) among five of the largest pipeline projects it had recently worked on; role and years not stated | |
| Henkels & McCoy, Inc.[1] | Prime | Spreads 1 and 2 (78 miles; the first section ends at the compressor station in Bienville Parish, Louisiana) | |
| Michels[1] | Prime | Spreads 3 and 4 (97 miles, from the Bienville Parish compressor station to Franklin Parish, Louisiana) | |
| Henkels & McCoy, Inc.[8] | Prime | Named as the contractor on the Tiger Pipeline in Louisiana (Energy Transfer) by its pipe-support supplier's project page (foam breakers) |
NDT
| Firm | Hired by | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| AUT Specialists LLC[1] | Henkels & McCoy, Inc. | Awarded the non-destructive examination contract by Henkels & McCoy in June 2010 (listed on the page as sub-contractor) |
Spreads
| Spread | Prime contractor |
|---|---|
| Spread 1[1][9] | Henkels & McCoy, Inc. |
| Spread 2[1][9] | Henkels & McCoy, Inc. |
| Spread 3[1][9] | Michels |
| Spread 4[1][9] | Michels |
Crossings
| Feature | Method |
|---|---|
| Bee Bayou[1] | HDD |
Sources disagree
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| Fact | Values given |
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Referencesedit
- “ETC Tiger Pipeline Project (project page)”. Offshore Technology (offshore-technology.com). 24 June 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
- “U.S. natural gas pipeline projects (Natural Gas Pipeline Projects)”. U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
- “FERC: Approved Major Pipeline Projects (1997-Present)”. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Archived from the original on 1 July 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
- “Energy Transfer Partners Announces Plans to Construct Haynesville Pipeline (Form 8-K, Exhibit 99.1)”. Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (SEC filing). 27 January 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
- “Order Issuing Certificates, ETC Tiger Pipeline, LLC, Tiger Pipeline (CP09-460)”. FERC (order). 7 April 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
- “Tiger Pipeline in Louisiana – Pedero”. Pedero Pipe Support Systems USA. Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
- “Pipeline: Mainline (Michels Pipeline Construction)”. Michels Corporation. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
- “Pedero project page: Tiger Pipeline in Louisiana (operator Energy Transfer, contractor Henkels)”. Pedero Pipe Support Systems USA. Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2026.
- “Weekly Construction Status Report No. 1 (April 7-14, 2010), ETC Tiger Pipeline Project (CP09-460)”. ETC Tiger Pipeline, LLC (filed with FERC). 16 April 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
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