Williams, Williams Partners Announce FERC Approval to Further Expand Pipeline Capacity to Deliver Natural Gas to Cheniere’s LNG Export Facility at Sabine Pass

TULSA, Okla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Williams (NYSE: WMB) and Williams Partners L.P. (NYSE: WPZ) announced today that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved an application for Gulf Trace, a 1.2 million dekatherm per day expansion of the Transco pipeline system to serve the Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: CQP) Sabine Pass Liquefaction project being developed in Cameron Parish, La. The Sabine Pass LNG export terminal will connect U.S. natural gas supplies with global LNG markets.