Howard Energy Partners

What Howard Energy Partners does

Howard Energy Partners (HEP) is a privately held, San Antonio-headquartered midstream energy infrastructure company founded in 2011 by Mike Howard. HEP operates an integrated platform spanning natural gas gathering, processing, transmission, and storage; crude oil and refined products terminals; rail and marine logistics; and specialty petrochemical transportation. The company's core asset base includes approximately 9,300+ miles of pipeline across Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Pennsylvania, and Mexico (post-Superior Midstream acquisition); nearly 1 Bcf/d of cryogenic processing capacity; roughly 2.5 million barrels of tank storage; and the 450-acre Port Arthur terminal complex. Key facilities include the FERC-regulated Midship Pipeline in Oklahoma's Anadarko Basin, the cross-border Nueva Era Pipeline into Mexico operated as a JV with Grupo Clisa, the Javelina off-gas processing facility in Corpus Christi partnered with Infinium for CO2-to-electrofuel conversion, and the newly acquired 120-mile EPIC Ethylene Pipeline. HEP is also developing carbon capture and sequestration services through the Howard Low Carbon Solutions division, with DOE and CarbonSAFE grants supporting CO2 transport and storage initiatives alongside Talos Energy and the Port of Corpus Christi.

HEP generates revenue primarily through fee-based, usage-based contracts: capacity reservation fees and throughput tariffs on FERC-regulated interstate pipelines, plus negotiated long-term contracts on gathering, processing, terminaling, and storage assets. Customers are enterprise-scale energy counterparties — natural gas producers in the Permian/Delaware, Eagle Ford, and SCOOP/STACK basins, LNG export facilities along the U.S. Gulf Coast, power generation companies (including those serving AI data center demand), industrial users in northern Mexico, petrochemical operators such as Gulf Coast Growth Ventures, and renewable diesel producers such as Diamond Green Diesel (Valero). The company pursues growth through a combination of disciplined organic projects (e.g., the 2023 Spears expansion, Port Arthur terminal expansion, and Stateline Train 3 expansion) and programmatic M&A, completing four acquisitions across 2025–2026. Capital is sourced from senior notes offerings (approximately $1.35 billion priced in 2024–2025), DOE grants, and ongoing ownership by founder Mike Howard with Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) as a significant institutional investor.

Operationally, HEP reports 99.9% commercial runtime in 2025, 14 consecutive years of Top Workplace recognition, and a 4% voluntary turnover rate below industry averages. The company is led by a tenured executive team including Chairman & CEO Mike Howard (also on the National Petroleum Council and the boards of Atlas Energy Solutions, Jonah Energy, INGAA, and TXOGA), EVP & COO Brandon Burch, EVP & CFO Herbie Goldstein, and EVP & General Counsel TJ Campbell. Governance is reinforced by energy-policy and industry director additions including Dr. Scott W. Tinker and Steve Mawer. Strategic posture emphasizes long-term shipper relationships, regulatory-anchored stability, and selective expansion into lower-carbon logistics services.

Name

Howard Energy Partners

Legal name

Howard Energy Partners, LLC

Website

https://howardenergypartners.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Midstream Energy Infrastructure

NAICS

Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas (486210), Pipeline Transportation of Refined Petroleum Products (486910), Fuel Dealers (45721)

SIC

Natural Gas Transmisison & Distribution (4923), Wholesale-Petroleum Bulk Stations & Terminals (5171), Pipe Lines (No Natural Gas) (4610)

akta.pro primary industry

Midstream Commercial Services (Capacity Marketing, Balancing & Scheduling) (EUAAACAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Gas Pipeline & Midstream Asset Management (EUAEAMAF), Blending, Additization & Terminal Operations (In-Terminal Blending, Dyeing, Bio-blending) (EUALAEAJ), Hazardous Liquids & Specialty Chemical Terminals (Methanol, Solvents, Sulfur) (EUALAEAL)

Keywords

• Midstream energy infrastructure
• Natural gas pipelines
• Gas processing services
• Crude oil terminals
• Energy logistics services

Headquarters

HQ city

San Antonio

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Pipeline Transportation: Fee-based revenue from transporting natural gas, crude oil, and other hydrocarbons through company-owned pipeline infrastructure. Revenue based on capacity reservations and throughput volumes under long-term shipper contracts.
2. Natural Gas Gathering and Processing: Gathering raw natural gas from production fields and processing to remove impurities and extract natural gas liquids. Revenue from processing fees and NGL sales.
3. Terminal and Storage Services: Tank storage, terminalling, rail and marine logistics services for refined products, crude oil, renewable diesel, and petrochemical feedstocks. Revenue from storage fees and throughput charges.
4. Specialty Pipeline Services: Transportation of specialty products including ethylene through dedicated pipeline systems with synergies to adjacent processing facilities.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Howard Energy Partners operates an integrated midstream energy infrastructure platform that gathers, processes, transports, stores, and delivers natural gas, crude oil, natural gas liquids, refined products, ethylene, and renewable fuels from production basins to end markets. The platform includes FERC-regulated and intrastate pipelines, cryogenic processing plants, terminal and storage facilities, and rail/marine logistics assets serving enterprise customers including natural gas producers, LNG exporters, power generators, refiners, petrochemical companies, and industrial users across the U.S. and Mexico.

Product overview

Howard Energy Partners is a diversified midstream energy infrastructure company operating a portfolio of critical energy assets across the United States and Mexico. The company's integrated platform includes approximately 5,532 miles of pipelines spanning natural gas gathering, transmission, and processing; cryogenic processing facilities; terminal and storage infrastructure; and rail and marine logistics. Key assets include the Midship Pipeline (FERC-regulated 200-mile natural gas transmission system), Nueva Era Pipeline (cross-border Mexico connection), Superior Midstream gathering network (3,700 miles acquired 2026), and the Javelina processing facility (off-gas recycling with carbon capture partnership). The company also operates Stateline Crude Pipeline, GT Pipeline, and multiple terminal facilities in Port Arthur and Corpus Christi. HEP's platform is designed to connect producers to Gulf Coast LNG facilities, power generation, industrial users, and emerging data center demand markets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Howard Low Carbon Solutions: A division of Howard Energy Partners focused on carbon management solutions including carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) projects
• Javelina

Products and services

• Natural Gas Gathering Services Wellhead-to-market natural gas gathering operations across the Permian (Delaware Basin), Eagle Ford (South Texas), SCOOP/STACK (Oklahoma), Kansas, and Marcellus (Pennsylvania) for upstream oil and gas producers requiring takeaway infrastructure.
• Cryogenic Natural Gas Processing Cryogenic gas processing plants with nearly 1 Bcf/d aggregate capacity that reduce flaring, recover NGLs, and produce specification natural gas for downstream pipelines, refineries, and petrochemical customers.
• Midship Pipeline Transportation FERC-regulated 200-mile, 36-inch natural gas transmission pipeline in the SCOOP/STACK plays of Oklahoma's Anadarko Basin with capacity of 1.1 Bcf/d (expandable to 1.4 Bcf/d), connecting production to Gulf Coast and Southeast demand markets.
• Nueva Era Pipeline (Cross-Border Natural Gas) 200-mile cross-border natural gas pipeline from South Texas to the Monterrey industrial sector in northern Mexico, operated as a joint venture with Grupo Clisa and delivering up to 50% lower carbon intensive fuel versus traditional sources.
• EPIC Ethylene Pipeline Transportation 120-mile, 12-inch bidirectional ethylene pipeline connecting Gulf Coast Growth Venture's petrochemical complex in Corpus Christi to storage facilities in Markham, Texas, with synergies to the Javelina plant for treating and fractionation.
• Javelina Off-Gas Processing and Carbon Recycling Off-gas processing facility that recovers olefins, hydrogen, and NGLs from refinery gas streams and partners with Infinium to convert captured CO2 into net-zero electro-fuel, providing emissions recycling solutions for refinery customers.
• Terminal and Storage Services Approximately 2.5 million barrels of tank storage and terminal operations across Port Arthur and Corpus Christi supporting crude oil, refined products, petrochemical feedstocks, renewable diesel, sustainable aviation fuel, and specialty products such as Refinery Grade and Polymer Grade Propylene.
• Rail and Marine Logistics Multi-modal terminal logistics including approximately 16 miles of rail track with unit train service, barge docks, and deepwater dock throughput capacity for Panamax-class vessels to move crude oil, refined products, and specialty chemicals.
• Howard Low Carbon Solutions (CCS Services) Industrial carbon capture, CO2 transportation, and sequestration services for refineries, petrochemical operators, and other industrial emitters, including pore space development (over 13,000 acres contracted) under the Coastal Bend Carbon Management Partnership with Talos Energy and Port of Corpus Christi.
• Superior Midstream Natural Gas Gathering and Processing Acquired Tulsa-based natural gas gathering and processing business with approximately 3,700 miles of gathering pipelines and associated processing infrastructure across Oklahoma, Kansas, the Texas Panhandle, and East Texas.

Quantifiable outcome

• 99.9% commercial runtime achieved in 2025
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and strategic.

• Superior MidstreamcoreOthers · 1 May 2026Acquisition of Superior Midstream, a Tulsa-based natural gas gathering and processing company with approximately 3,700 miles of gathering pipelines across Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas Panhandle, and East Texas.
• Cheniere EnergyminorOthers · 13 February 2025Acquisition of Midship Pipeline equity interests from Cheniere Energy subsidiary. Cheniere is primarily known for LNG export operations.
• EPIC Midstream HoldingsminorOthers · 8 January 2025Acquisition of EPIC's ethylene pipeline, a 120-mile bidirectional pipeline connecting Corpus Christi petrochemical complex to Markham, Texas storage facilities.
• Kinder MorgancoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 July 2023Joint expansion project with Kinder Morgan's Tejas Pipeline to deliver nearly 2 Bcf/d of Eagle Ford natural gas production to Gulf Coast markets. Dos Caminos joint venture constructing 62-mile pipeline connecting to Kinder Morgan's system.
• NextEra EnergycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 July 2023Joint venture Dos Caminos with NextEra Energy affiliate for South Texas natural gas pipeline expansion (Spears project) including 62-mile, 36-inch pipeline and treating/compression facilities.
• U.S. Department of EnergystrategicGTM or Marketing Partner · 30 May 2023DOE awarded $3 million funding to evaluate feasibility of transporting up to 250 million tons per year of CO2 from Gulf Coast sources via pipeline. Part of broader carbon management initiatives.
• Devon EnergycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint venture partnership with Devon Energy to own and operate large-scale natural gas gathering and processing infrastructure in the Stateline region of the Delaware Basin. Also provides crude oil gathering services in the region.
• Grupo ClisacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint venture with Mexico-based Grupo Clisa for the Nueva Era Pipeline, a 200-mile cross-border natural gas pipeline delivering South Texas natural gas to Monterrey, Mexico industrial sector.
• InfiniumstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Infinium at Corpus Christi to capture CO2 from the Javelina processing facility and transform it into net-zero emissions electro-fuel, making Javelina among the first clean hydrogen facilities along the US Gulf Coast.
• Talos EnergystrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Talos Energy for carbon capture and sequestration opportunities with the Port of Corpus Christi. Includes $9 million CarbonSAFE Phase II grant for geologic data collection for CO2 storage.
• Port of Corpus ChrististrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Port of Corpus Christi for industrial carbon management solutions. The Coastal Bend Carbon Management Partnership has contracted over 13,000 acres of pore space for CO2 sequestration.

Scale indicators18 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights8 records

Direct peers

• Energy Transfer: Major diversified midstream operator with natural gas, NGL, crude, and refined products pipelines across Texas, Oklahoma, and the Gulf Coast; HEP's COO Brandon Burch previously held senior operations roles at Energy Transfer, and the companies compete for similar producer and LNG export customers.
• MPLX: Major midstream MLP sponsored by Marathon Petroleum with extensive natural gas, NGL, and crude pipelines plus terminal assets; comparable in scale and integrated platform to HEP, particularly on the liquids terminal side including renewable diesel handling at Port Arthur.
• Targa Resources: Leading natural gas and NGL midstream operator with significant Permian, Eagle Ford, and Gulf Coast gathering, processing, and downstream infrastructure; HEP's Delaware Basin JV and South Texas assets directly overlap with Targa's gathering and processing footprint.
• EnLink Midstream: Major natural gas and NGL midstream operator with gathering, processing, transportation, and storage assets across Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and the Permian; directly comparable to HEP's Permian and Gulf Coast franchise.
• Crestwood Equity Partners: Privately-controlled midstream partnership with natural gas gathering, processing, NGL, and crude operations in the Permian, Bakken, and other key basins; comparable business mix and private-equity-style ownership structure to HEP.
• Kinder Morgan: Largest U.S. natural gas pipeline operator with extensive Gulf Coast infrastructure; HEP has a direct JV with Kinder Morgan on the Dos Caminos/Spears expansion project, making them both collaborators and direct competitors for Gulf Coast natural gas transportation volumes.
• ONEOK: Large natural gas and NGL midstream operator with extensive pipelines and processing in key U.S. basins; competes with HEP for Permian gas and NGL volumes, particularly for downstream Gulf Coast and export markets.

Broad incumbents

• Williams Companies: Largest U.S. natural gas pipeline operator focused on long-haul transmission, storage, and gathering across the Gulf Coast, Mid-Atlantic, and Rockies; overlaps with HEP's transmission business at the LNG export and power generation nexus.
• Plains All American Pipeline: Major crude oil midstream operator with extensive pipeline, gathering, and terminal assets across North America; comparable to HEP's crude gathering (Stateline Crude) and terminals franchise, recently expanded through EPIC Crude acquisition.
• Enterprise Products Partners: One of the largest U.S. midstream operators with a fully integrated natural gas, NGL, crude, and petrochemical network; competes with HEP across Gulf Coast NGL fractionation and export logistics but at significantly greater scale and breadth.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors2 records

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M&A1 record

Investments

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