For the first time in years, the Permian Basin’s chronic natural gas takeaway constraint is beginning to ease — and in a big way. Today, we discuss the major Permian gas pipeline projects scheduled to come online in 2026-27, how much new capacity they will provide, and consider what it all means.

Fly Like An Eagle – With New Permian Takeaway Capacity Coming Online, Gas Production Could Soar

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Friday, August 14, 2026. Fly Like An Eagle With New Permian Takeaway Capacity Coming Online, Gas Production Could Soar 。 Published by Lindsay Schneider 。 For the first time in years, the Permian Basin's chronic natural gas takeaway constraint is beginning to ease, and in a big way.

Major pipeline projects entering service this year and next will add roughly 5.3 BCF per day of new egress capacity from the Waha area, led by the Gulf Coast Express, or GCX, Expansion, Hubrinson Pipeline, and Blackcomb Pipeline. That build-out should materially improve Waha pricing and reduce the risk of severe in-basin discounts, but it also raises a new set of questions.

In today's RBN blog, we'll discuss the major Permian gas pipeline projects scheduled to come online in 2026 and 27, how much new capacity they will provide, and consider what the shift means for Waha prices, Gulf Coast balances, and the U.S. natural gas market. This is the first blog in a series examining the outlook for the major U.S. producing basins.

The Permian, a major topic of discussion at our upcoming School of Energy, Fundamentals, is the country's largest oil-producing basin and one of the biggest drivers of U.S. gas growth, which makes it the natural place to begin. Its crude oil-focused wells produce large and growing volumes of associated gas, but getting that gas out of West Texas has become one of the market's biggest challenges and a major constraint on oil production.

Fly Like An Eagle – With New Permian Takeaway Capacity Coming Online, Gas Production Could Soar

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Fly Like An Eagle – With New Permian Takeaway Capacity Coming Online, Gas Production Could Soar

Read the full transcript

The candid version is on a podcast, not the earnings call.

The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.