能源传输有限合伙企业正式承诺建设一条价值16亿美元的管道，将天然气从路易斯安那州东部输送至密西西比州，此举正值数据中心和出口终端推动该燃料需求激增之际。
Energy Transfer LP formally committed to building a $1.6 billion pipeline that will move natural gas from eastern Louisiana across Mississippi, a move that comes as data centers and export terminals boost demand for the fuel.
据该公司周二发布的声明，这条长215英里（346公里）的南密西西比管道项目日输送能力将高达12亿立方英尺。能源传输预计将运营该项目并持有51%股份，其余股份来自客户。
By Emma Sanchez The 215-mile (346-kilometer) South Mississippi Pipeline project will have the capacity to ship as much as 1.2 billion cubic feet of gas per day, the company said in a statement Tuesday. Energy Transfer expects to operate the project and own 51%, with the rest of the stake coming from customers.
声明称，该项目将“让发货人更便利地获取美国东南部多个盆地的天然气”。
The project will “give shippers greater access to natural gas from multiple basins across the southeastern US,” according to the statement.
随着液化天然气出口终端沿墨西哥湾海岸建设，以及为AI数据中心供电的新电厂投运，天然气消费量飙升，能源传输和其他管道运营商正争相投入天然气输送管道。这种基建热潮引发担忧，即数据中心的建设热潮将抵消美国发电领域15年来实现的温室气体减排成果。
Energy Transfer and other pipeline operators are rushing to put gas conduits into service as consumption of the fuel soars, driven by liquefied natural gas export terminals along the Gulf Coast and new power plants serving AI data centers. The infrastructure boom is stoking concern that the data center buildout will undo 15 years worth of greenhouse gas reductions from US electricity generation.
总部位于达拉斯的该公司股价在纽约常规交易开始前上涨了0.8%。
The Dallas-based company’s shares rose 0.8% before the start of regular trading in New York.
能源传输正在为该项目举行具有约束力的公开征集期，以获取更多客户承诺，征集期将于11月25日结束。该管道预计将于2030年投入运营。
Energy Transfer is holding a binding open season for additional customer commitments to the project, which is set to end Nov. 25. The pipeline is expected to start up in 2030.
声明还称，能源传输在其中西部的“漫游者”管道系统上增设了设备以提高天然气输送量，该扩建项目将于11月1日投入运营。此外，该公司还签署了两项协议，为密苏里州正在建设的两座电厂提供每天150,000百万英热单位的天然气运输服务。
Energy Transfer also added equipment to boost gas flows on its Rover Pipeline system in the Midwest, which the expansion coming online Nov. 1, according to the statement. It also entered into two agreements to provide 150,000 million British thermal units per day of gas transportation to two power plants under construction in Missouri.