Enbridge seeks support for Texas — Louisiana gas pipeline expansion

Oct 13 (Reuters) — Enbridge's Texas Eastern Transmission said it is seeking customer interest for its proposed Katy to Gillis Expansion Project, a natural gas transportation project that could provide up to 2 billion cubic feet per day of capacity. The project is designed to move natural gas from the Katy Hub in Texas to growing demand markets in southwest Louisiana. The project would be developed in collaboration with Mustang Express Pipeline LLC and would combine transportation services on the Mustang Express and Texas Eastern systems. The proposed project is expected to enhance access to LNG export facilities and industrial and power generation markets along the US Gulf Coast, Enbridge said in a statement. The non-binding open season started on October 7 and will close on October 30, during which prospective customers can submit transportation requests. An open season lets potential customers indicate how much pipeline capacity they would like to reserve before a company decides whether to move ahead with a project. Subject to securing sufficient commercial support and required approvals, the project is targeting an early 2031 in-service date. (Reporting by Vedika Thorat in Beng