Gulf South Pipeline
Gulf South Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline system that transports gas between south and east Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida which is owned by a limited partnership. The system connects to Henry Hub in Louisiana. Its FERC code is 11. The pipeline was formerly owned by the United Gas Pipe Line Company, a subsidiary of United Gas Corporation.
Over the years, United Gas Pipe Line was acquired by a number of companies: Pennzoil, MidCon Corporation, LaSalle Energy Corporation and Koch Industries. In August 1993, the pipeline was renamed Koch Gateway Pipeline, and in 2001, Koch contributed Koch Gateway Pipeline to a joint venture with Entergy Corporation, re-christening the pipeline as Gulf South Pipeline Company. On December 29, 2004, Loews Corporation purchased Gulf South Pipeline.
The company was willing to assert its rights in court, and was a party in several Supreme Court cases:
- United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. Mobile Gas Service Corp., 350 U.S. 332
- United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. Memphis Light, Gas, and Water Division, 358 U.S. 103
- United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. Ideal Cement Co., 369 U.S. 134
- United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. Federal Power Commission, 385 U.S. 83
- Federal Power Commission v. United Gas Pipe Line Co., 386 U.S. 237
- Federal Power Commission v. United Gas Pipe Line Co., 393 U.S. 71
- United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. Mccombs, 442 U.S. 529
The company was also involved in several appeals to the Supreme Court which were not granted certiorari.
