Florida Gas Transmission Pipeline

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Florida Gas Transmission Pipeline is a proposed natural gas pipeline.

Location

The pipeline runs from Port Lavaca, Texas, to Miami, Florida.

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Project Details

• Operator: Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, Energy Transfer Partners
• Current capacity: 1060 Million cubic feet per day / 3000 billion cubic meters per day
• Length: 5,500 miles / 8,851 km
• Status: Operating
• Start Year: 1998

Background

The Florida Gas Transmission (FGT) pipeline is an approximately 5,500-mile system that transports natural gas from south Texas to south Florida. FGT is owned by Florida Gas Transmission Company, LLC, a 100% owned subsidiary of Citrus Corp. Citrus Corp is a 50/50 joint venture between Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI) and Energy Transfer Partners. It is supplied by the Destin Gas Pipeline and there is an interconnection with Gulf South Gas Pipeline System and the Southern Natural Gas Pipeline Company at Clay County, Florida.