{"id":314652,"date":"2025-11-24T10:42:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T14:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/noticias\/exxonmobil-expands-bahia-pipeline-with-new-strategic-investment\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T11:51:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T15:51:56","slug":"exxonmobil-expands-bahia-pipeline-with-new-strategic-investment","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/exxonmobil-expands-bahia-pipeline-with-new-strategic-investment\/","title":{"rendered":"ExxonMobil expands Bahia pipeline with new strategic investment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>ExxonMobil has announced a significant investment to expand the capacity of its natural gas liquids pipeline. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/articulo\/how-is-gas-made-formation-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/articulo\/como-se-produce-el-gas-proceso-de-formacion\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">natural gas liquids pipeline<\/a><\/strong> Bahia natural gas liquids pipeline, operated by Enterprise Products Partners. This action <strong>raises daily transportation by 400,000 barrels<\/strong> to a total capacity of 1 million barrels per day. <\/p>\n\n<p>The operation extends the infrastructure into Eddy County, New Mexico. There, it will integrate with ExxonMobil&#8217;s natural gas processing plant, strengthening what is now called the &#8220;Cowboy Connector&#8221; system. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bahia Pipeline Adds 92 Key Miles<\/h2>\n\n<p>This agreement is part of a 40% stake that ExxonMobil has acquired in the Bahia pipeline, in a strategy that seeks to consolidate its presence in the midstream sector. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/articulo\/decarbonization-of-the-midstream-sector\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/articulo\/descarbonizacion-del-sector-midstream\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">midstream sector<\/a><\/strong>. The plan calls for a 92-mile extension that will connect directly to strategic assets in the Permian Basin, extending its reach to Mont Belvieu, the Gulf Coast fracking hub. <\/p>\n\n<p>Thanks to this alliance, the efficient <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/articulo\/liquefied-natural-gas-in-latin-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/articulo\/gas-natural-licuado-en-america-latina\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">efficient transportation of unprocessed NGL<\/a><\/strong> to facilities where essential inputs for chemical and manufacturing industries are obtained. It also strengthens export routes from the region to global markets. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NGL boom redefines priorities<\/h2>\n\n<p>Enterprise notes that this move is in response to a projected increase of more than 30% in NGLs production. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ir.enterpriseproducts.com\/news-releases\/news-release-details\/enterprise-announces-expansion-and-extension-bahia-ngl-pipeline\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ir.enterpriseproducts.com\/news-releases\/news-release-details\/enterprise-announces-expansion-and-extension-bahia-ngl-pipeline\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">more than 30% increase in NGL production in the Permian Basin between 2024 and 2030.<\/a><\/strong> production in the Permian Basin between 2024 and 2030. ExxonMobil, for its part, believes that this investment optimizes its operational integration, while supporting sustained production growth. <\/p>\n\n<p>The transaction is expected to close in early 2026 and the expanded infrastructure is expected to be operational by the last quarter of 2027.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate.exxonmobil.com\/what-we-do\/energy-supply\/connecting-us-industry-growth#Investinginexpansion\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/corporate.exxonmobil.com\/what-we-do\/energy-supply\/connecting-us-industry-growth#Investinginexpansion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ExxonMobil<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Photo: Shutterstock<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The capacity of the Bahia pipeline will increase from 600,000 to 1 million barrels per day thanks to this expansion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9014,"featured_media":314611,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13026,13036],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-314652","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-energy","categoria_noticias-oil-and-gas"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/314652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9014"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/314652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=314652"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=314652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}