Energy Transfer LP is an American company engaged in natural gas and

propane Propane () is a three-carbon alkane with the molecular formula . It is a gas at standard temperature and pressure, but compressible to a transportable liquid. A by-product of natural gas processing and petroleum refining, it is commonly used a ...

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 Kelcy Lee Warren (born November 9, 1955) is an American billionaire and the chairman and chief executive officer of Energy Transfer Partners. Early life Born in Gladewater, Texas, Warren grew up in White Oak, Texas, the youngest of four sons of ...

, who remains Chairman and CEO. It owns a 36.4% interest in Dakota Access, LLC, the company responsible for developing the

Dakota Access Pipeline The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) or Bakken pipeline is a underground pipeline in the United States that has the ability to transport up to 750,000 barrels of light sweet crude oil per day. It begins in the shale oil fields of the Bakken Forma ...

Corporate structure

Energy Transfer owns controlling interests in

Sunoco Sunoco LP is an American master limited partnership organized under Delaware state laws and headquartered in Dallas, Texas, that is a wholesale distributor of motor fuels. It distributes fuel to more than 5,500 Sunoco-branded gas stations, ...

LP, 100% of Sunoco Logistics Partners Operations L.P., the general partner of USA Compression Partners L.P., 100% of

Lake Charles LNG Lake Charles LNG (former name: Trunkline LNG) is a liquefied natural gas import terminal in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States. It is owned by the subsidiary of Energy Transfer Equity. Together with Royal Dutch Shell Shell plc is a Briti ...

, which owns an LNG import terminal and regasification facility near Lake Charles, Louisiana, of natural gas transportation pipelines with approximately per day of transportation capacity and 3 natural gas storage facilities in Texas and of interstate natural gas pipelines with approximately per day of transportation capacity, 36.4% of the

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. As of 2022, it controlled 11,600 miles of pipelines and two storage facilities in the state of Texas.

History

The company was founded by Kelcy Warren and Ray Davis in 1995. In 2011, the company along with and Regency Energy Partners purchased midstream assets from

Castleton Commodities International Castleton Commodities International, LLC (CCI) is a privately held global merchant firm that is involved in commodity trading and is active in a wide spectrum of global energy markets. Under the name Louis Dreyfus Energy, the company was formed i ...

for $2 billion. In October 2012,

, 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. The same year it acquired

Southern Union Company Southern Union Company was a natural gas utility and energy resources company based in Houston, Texas. In 2012, the company was acquired by Energy Transfer Partners. The company owned and operated more than of gathering and transportation pipel ...

. In August 2014, the company acquired Susser Holdings Corporation, which operated Stripes, a chain of 580+

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s in Texas, New Mexico, and

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, which were re-branded under the Sunoco and A-Plus names. In January 2015, the company acquired Regency Energy Partners for $11 billion. In October 2018, the company was renamed as Energy Operating L.P. after it was acquired by

Energy Transfer Equity 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 Chai ...

. In September 2019, the company acquired SemGroup for $5 billion. In January 2020, former Energy Secretary Rick Perry rejoined the company's board.

Dakota Access Pipeline

Dakota Access, LLC is owned 36.4% by the company and built the Bakken pipeline, also known as the

. 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. In July 2016, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe filed an injunction against the US Army Corps of Engineers to stop building the pipeline. 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 The Dakota Access Pipeline Protests, also called by the hashtag # NoDAPL, began in April 2016 as a grassroots opposition to the construction of Energy Transfer Partners' Dakota Access Pipeline in the northern United States and ended on Februa ...

. In October 2016,

Dakota Access Pipeline protests The Dakota Access Pipeline Protests, also called by the hashtag #NoDAPL, began in April 2016 as a grassroots opposition to the construction of Energy Transfer Partners' Dakota Access Pipeline in the northern United States and ended on Febru ...

erupted at a construction site near the

Cannonball River The Cannonball River ( lkt, Íŋyaŋwakağapi Wakpá) is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately long, in southwestern North Dakota in the United States. It rises in the Little Missouri National Grassland, in the badlands north of Ami ...

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 New Mexico National Guard. In August 2017, Energy Transfer sued environmental groups

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, BankTrack and Earth First! under the Patriot Act. Energy Transfer accused these activists of attempting to profit via

eco-terrorism Eco-terrorism is an act of violence which is committed in support of environmental causes, against people or property. The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) defines eco-terrorism as "...the use or threatened use of violence o ...

. Banktrack responded that the case is a

strategic lawsuit against public participation Strategic lawsuits against public participation (also known as SLAPP suits or intimidation lawsuits), or strategic litigation against public participation, are lawsuits intended to censor, intimidate, and silence critics by burdening them with t ...

without merit and that it is legal to inform the public and banks about projects with 'actual negative social, environmental and human rights impacts.' 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

, against Greenpeace USA, EarthFirst and BankTrack for their pipeline protests. 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."

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* {{Authority control Natural gas companies of the United States Natural gas pipeline companies Crude oil pipelines companies Oil pipeline companies Petroleum in Texas Companies based in Dallas Energy companies established in 1995 Non-renewable resource companies established in 1995 1995 establishments in Texas American companies established in 1995 Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange