Energy Transfer Partners

Energy Transfer LP is an American company engaged in natural gas and propane pipeline transport. It is organized under Delaware state laws and headquartered in Dallas, Texas. It was founded in 1995 by Ray Davis and Kelcy Warren, who remains Chairman and CEO.[2][3] It owns a 36.4% interest in Dakota Access, LLC, the company responsible for developing the Dakota Access Pipeline.[1][4]

Energy Transfer LP
TypeDelaware-domiciled master limited partnership
NYSE: ET
IndustryPetroleum industry
Founded1995 (1995)
FounderKelcy Warren
Ray Davis
HeadquartersDallas, Texas, U.S.
Key people
Kelcy Warren,Chairman
Thomas E. Long, Co-CEO
Marshall S. (Mackie) McCrea, III, Co-CEO
Bradford D. Whitehurst, CFO
Rick Perry, Director
ProductsPipeline transport
RevenueDecrease $38.954 billion (2020)
Decrease -$647 million (2020)
Total assetsDecrease $95.144 billion (2020)
Total equityDecrease $31.388 billion (2020)
Number of employees
11,421 (2020)
SubsidiariesSunoco
Lake Charles LNG
Websitewww.energytransfer.com
Footnotes / references
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Corporate structure

Energy Transfer owns controlling interests in Sunoco LP, 100% of Sunoco Logistics Partners Operations L.P., the general partner of USA Compression Partners L.P., 100% of Lake Charles LNG, which owns an LNG import terminal and regasification facility near Lake Charles, Louisiana, 9,400 miles (15,100 km) of natural gas transportation pipelines with approximately 21 billion cubic feet (590 million cubic meters) per day of transportation capacity and 3 natural gas storage facilities in Texas and 12,200 miles (19,600 km) of interstate natural gas pipelines with approximately 10.3 billion cu ft (290 million m3) per day of transportation capacity, 36.4% of the Dakota Access Pipeline and the Energy Transfer Crude Oil Pipeline, 60% of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline, 50% of the Florida Gas Transmission pipeline, 100% of the Trunkline Pipeline, 100% of the Transwestern Pipeline, 100% of the Panhandle Eastern, 100% of the Sea Robin Pipeline, the Revolution Pipeline, the Mariner East pipelines, and 32.6% of the Rover pipeline.[1] As of 2022, it controlled 11,600 miles of pipelines and two storage facilities in the state of Texas.[5]

History

The company was founded by Kelcy Warren and Ray Davis in 1995.[2] In 2011, the company along with Regency Energy Partners purchased midstream assets from Castleton Commodities International for $2 billion.[6]

In October 2012, Sunoco, Inc., became a wholly owned subsidiary of the company. It acquired the general partner interests, 100% of the incentive distribution rights, and a 32.4% limited partnership interest in Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P., which operates a geographically diverse portfolio of crude oil and refined products pipelines, terminating and crude oil acquisition and marketing assets.[1] The same year it acquired Southern Union Company.

In August 2014, the company acquired Susser Holdings Corporation, which operated Stripes Convenience Stores, a chain of 580 stores located in Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma, which were re-branded under the Sunoco and A-Plus names.[7]

In January 2015, the company acquired Regency Energy Partners for $11 billion.[8]

In October 2018, the company was renamed as Energy Operating L.P. after it was acquired by Energy Transfer Equity.[9] In September 2019, the company acquired SemGroup for $5 billion.[10] In January 2020, former Energy Secretary Rick Perry rejoined the company's board.[11]

In August 2023, it was announced Energy Transfer had signed a definitive agreement to acquire its Houston-headquartered rival, Crestwood Equity Partners for approximately $7.1 billion.[12]

Dakota Access Pipeline
Main articles: Dakota Access Pipeline and Dakota Access Pipeline protests

Dakota Access, LLC is owned 36.4% by the company[1] and built the Bakken pipeline, also known as the Dakota Access Pipeline.[4][13] In April 2016, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, United States Department of the Interior, and Advisory Council on Historic Preservation requested a full Environmental Impact Statement of the pipeline.[14] In July 2016, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe filed an injunction against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to stop building the pipeline.[15][16] A group of young activists from Standing Rock ran from North Dakota to Washington, D.C. to present a petition in protest of the construction of the pipeline and launched an international campaign called ReZpect Our Water.[17] In October 2016, Dakota Access Pipeline protests erupted at a construction site near the Cannonball River in North Dakota, resulting in the arrest of hundreds and the use of force by a private security company, North Dakota State and county police, and the North Dakota National Guard[18].[19]

In August 2017, Energy Transfer sued environmental groups Greenpeace USA, BankTrack and Earth First! under the Patriot Act.[20] Energy Transfer accused these activists of attempting to profit via eco-terrorism.[21] Banktrack responded that the case is a strategic lawsuit against public participation without merit and that it is legal to inform the public and banks about projects with 'actual negative social, environmental and human rights impacts.'[22] In 2019 a federal court in North Dakota dismissed the racketeering and defamation lawsuit filed by Energy Transfer Partners LP, the builder of the 1,000-mile Dakota Access Pipeline, against Greenpeace USA, EarthFirst and BankTrack for their pipeline protests.[18] The lawsuit alleged Greenpeace USA misled the public with false claims about the Standing Rock Sioux tribes' sacred sites and the likelihood the pipeline would contaminate the Missouri River in North Dakota. In contrast, a 2018 Greenpeace report said Energy Transfer pipelines and those owned by the company's subsidiaries "spilled over 500 times in the last decade."[23]

References
  1. "Energy Transfer LP 2020 Form 10-K Annual Report". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
  2. Sizemore, Charles. "Kelcy Warren". Forbes.
  3. "Kelcy L. Warren". Bloomberg L.P.
  4. O'Connell, Patrick M. (January 4, 2018). "Dakota Access pipeline a mix of angst, potential for those near central Illinois tank farm". Chicago Tribune.
  5. Osborne, James (4 May 2022). "Are pipeline companies too powerful? Texas' unusual gas market faces fight over winter storm costs". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  6. Mason, Josephine; Craft, Diane (11 May 2015). "TIMELINE-Castleton: From Louis Dreyfus energy arm to commodities powerhouse". Reuters.
  7. "Energy Transfer Partners and Susser Holdings Announce Successful Completion of Merger". Business Wire (Press release). August 29, 2014.
  8. Gopinath, Swetha (January 26, 2015). "Energy Transfer Partners to buy Regency unit for $11 billion". Reuters.
  9. Morwa, Rida (4 December 2018). "Energy Transfer LP: Safe 8.5% Yield And Enormous Upside Potential". Seeking Alpha. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  10. "Energy Transfer to acquire SemGroup in $5-billion deal". Oil & Gas Journal. September 16, 2019.
  11. "Ex-Energy Secretary Rick Perry rejoins Energy Transfer's board". Dallas News. 2020-01-04. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  12. Kumar, Arunima (2023-08-16). "Energy Transfer to buy Crestwood in $7.1 billion pipeline deal". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
  13. Petroski, William (25 August 2014). "Should farmers make way for the Bakken pipeline?". Iowa City Press-Citizen.
  14. "Dakota Access Pipeline: Three Federal Agencies Side With Standing Rock Sioux, Demand Review". Indian Country Today Media Network. 28 April 2016. Archived from the original on 4 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  15. "Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief" (PDF) (1:16-cv-01534-Document 1). United States District Court for the District of Columbia. 27 July 2016. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  16. "Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Memorandum in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction Expedited Hearing Requested" (PDF) (1:16-cv-1534-JEB). United States District Court for the District of Columbia. 4 August 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  17. Amundson, Barry (29 July 2016). "Standing Rock tribe sues over Dakota Access pipeline permits". Grand Forks Herald. Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  18. "U.S. court dismisses Energy Transfer Partners lawsuit against Greenpeace". Reuters. 2019-02-15. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  19. Tolan, Sandy (October 28, 2016). "North Dakota pipeline activists say arrested protesters were kept in dog kennels". Los Angeles Times.
  20. Volcovici, Valerie (August 22, 2017). "Energy Transfer sues Greenpeace over Dakota pipeline". Reuters.
  21. Harris, Andrew M.; Loh, Tim (August 22, 2017). "Energy Transfer Suit Claims Greenpeace Incites Eco-Terrorism". Bloomberg News.
  22. "BankTrack statement on Dakota Access Pipeline lawsuit filed by ETP/ETE". BankTrack.
  23. "'They're billin' us for killin' us': activists fight Dakota pipeline's final stretch". the Guardian. 2018-10-17. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
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