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Released October 16, 2025 | SUGAR LAND
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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--After hearing all sorts of opposition to the siting of a natural gas compressor station near the city of Conroe, Texas, the owners of the project have opted to locate the station elsewhere, according to news accounts.
Pushback by local residents, city officials and businesses began to mount this summer. On September 15, a judge issued a temporary injunction blocking the construction of the compressor station, saying the noise and pollution from the station would violate a local restrictive covenant. For more on that, see September 18, 2025, article - Texas Judge Temporarily Halts Work on Natural Gas Compressor Station.
The station would be part of WhiteWater Midstream's (Austin, Texas) Blackfin Pipeline--193 miles of intrastate pipeline designed to transport up to 3.5 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of natural gas from the edge of the Eagle Ford Shale to East Texas. Blackfin Pipeline officials agreed to relocate the compressor station just a day before the Conroe City Council was set to decide whether to rescind its building permits for the project, the Houston Chronicle reported last week. The officials did not specify the location of the new site.
To be sure, the great majority of planned natural gas compressor stations manage to skirt such controversy. In fact, Industrial Info is tracking 241 natural gas compressor station projects across the U.S., worth more than $13 billion. Thirty-seven of these projects, worth more than $2 billion, are under construction. Most are in Louisiana and Texas. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Oil & Gas Pipelines Project Database can click here for a list of detailed project reports.
One of the projects now under construction is the Beauregard Parish natural gas compressor station, which is part of Sempra Energy's (San Diego, California) Port Arthur Pipeline Louisiana Connector. About 72 miles of pipeline will run through Cameron, Calcasieu and Beauregard parishes in Louisiana as well as Orange and Jefferson counties in Texas to provide up to 2 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas to the Port Arthur LNG project in Texas.
The Beauregard Parish compressor station will comprise four Solar Titan 250 turbine-driven compression gas packages. Construction kicked off in late 2024 and is planned for completion in mid-2026. Subscribers can click here for the project report and click here for the plant profile.
In Texas, Industrial Info is tracking three natural gas compressor station projects that are part of Kinder Morgan's (Houston, Texas) Gulf Coast Express Pipeline expansion from the Permian Basin to South Texas markets. The project entails an increase of up to 570 million standard cubic feet per day of natural gas on the 445-mile Gulf Coast Express mainline pipeline from Waha, Texas, to multiple mainline connections at the Agua Dulce hub. Subscribers can click here for the project reports.
Not all of the projects under construction are in Texas or Louisiana. TC Energy (Calgary, Alberta) is expected to wrap up a unit addition and modifications this year for the Emporia Natural Gas Compressor Station 05 near Skippers, Virginia. The compressor addition is part of the Virginia Reliability Project, which involves replacing approximately 49 miles of 1950's vintage 12-inch diameter pipeline with 24-inch diameter pipeline with state-of-the-art steel pipe, according to TC Energy.
The compressor unit addition will help to provide an additional 105 million standard cubic feet per day of natural gas between the Emporia Compressor Station in Greensville County and the Petersburg Compressor Station in Prince George County. Subscribers can click here for the project report and click here for the plant profile.
New natural gas pipeline compressor stations are being built at a time when natural gas is in the spotlight, as more power is needed amid the artificial intelligence (AI) and data center building boom. On September 23, the American Gas Association's Potential Gas Committee announced its latest report on U.S. natural gas resources, which showed a 16% increase in recoverable natural gas resources. According to the report, the U.S. has 3,871 trillion cubic feet of technically recoverable natural gas resources, with shale gas accounting for 58%. The total U.S. future natural gas supply, including both reserves and resources, stands at a record 4,562 trillion cubic feet.
Subscribers can click here for a list of detailed project reports mentioned in this article and click here for the related plant profiles.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking more than 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 Trillion (USD).
Pushback by local residents, city officials and businesses began to mount this summer. On September 15, a judge issued a temporary injunction blocking the construction of the compressor station, saying the noise and pollution from the station would violate a local restrictive covenant. For more on that, see September 18, 2025, article - Texas Judge Temporarily Halts Work on Natural Gas Compressor Station.
The station would be part of WhiteWater Midstream's (Austin, Texas) Blackfin Pipeline--193 miles of intrastate pipeline designed to transport up to 3.5 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of natural gas from the edge of the Eagle Ford Shale to East Texas. Blackfin Pipeline officials agreed to relocate the compressor station just a day before the Conroe City Council was set to decide whether to rescind its building permits for the project, the Houston Chronicle reported last week. The officials did not specify the location of the new site.
To be sure, the great majority of planned natural gas compressor stations manage to skirt such controversy. In fact, Industrial Info is tracking 241 natural gas compressor station projects across the U.S., worth more than $13 billion. Thirty-seven of these projects, worth more than $2 billion, are under construction. Most are in Louisiana and Texas. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Oil & Gas Pipelines Project Database can click here for a list of detailed project reports.
One of the projects now under construction is the Beauregard Parish natural gas compressor station, which is part of Sempra Energy's (San Diego, California) Port Arthur Pipeline Louisiana Connector. About 72 miles of pipeline will run through Cameron, Calcasieu and Beauregard parishes in Louisiana as well as Orange and Jefferson counties in Texas to provide up to 2 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas to the Port Arthur LNG project in Texas.
The Beauregard Parish compressor station will comprise four Solar Titan 250 turbine-driven compression gas packages. Construction kicked off in late 2024 and is planned for completion in mid-2026. Subscribers can click here for the project report and click here for the plant profile.
In Texas, Industrial Info is tracking three natural gas compressor station projects that are part of Kinder Morgan's (Houston, Texas) Gulf Coast Express Pipeline expansion from the Permian Basin to South Texas markets. The project entails an increase of up to 570 million standard cubic feet per day of natural gas on the 445-mile Gulf Coast Express mainline pipeline from Waha, Texas, to multiple mainline connections at the Agua Dulce hub. Subscribers can click here for the project reports.
Not all of the projects under construction are in Texas or Louisiana. TC Energy (Calgary, Alberta) is expected to wrap up a unit addition and modifications this year for the Emporia Natural Gas Compressor Station 05 near Skippers, Virginia. The compressor addition is part of the Virginia Reliability Project, which involves replacing approximately 49 miles of 1950's vintage 12-inch diameter pipeline with 24-inch diameter pipeline with state-of-the-art steel pipe, according to TC Energy.
The compressor unit addition will help to provide an additional 105 million standard cubic feet per day of natural gas between the Emporia Compressor Station in Greensville County and the Petersburg Compressor Station in Prince George County. Subscribers can click here for the project report and click here for the plant profile.
New natural gas pipeline compressor stations are being built at a time when natural gas is in the spotlight, as more power is needed amid the artificial intelligence (AI) and data center building boom. On September 23, the American Gas Association's Potential Gas Committee announced its latest report on U.S. natural gas resources, which showed a 16% increase in recoverable natural gas resources. According to the report, the U.S. has 3,871 trillion cubic feet of technically recoverable natural gas resources, with shale gas accounting for 58%. The total U.S. future natural gas supply, including both reserves and resources, stands at a record 4,562 trillion cubic feet.
Subscribers can click here for a list of detailed project reports mentioned in this article and click here for the related plant profiles.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking more than 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 Trillion (USD).
