Oracle reroutes natural gas pipeline after New Mexico regulators reject plan twice

When your state permit gets rejected once, you regroup. When it gets rejected twice, you find a different route entirely. That’s exactly what Energy Transfer LP is doing with its Green Chile Project pipeline in New Mexico, pivoting to federally managed land after the state’s land commissioner said no for the second time. The pipeline is designed to feed Oracle’s Project Jupiter, a sprawling AI data center campus in Dona Ana County that covers roughly 1,400 acres. The reroute pushes the project’s in-service date from August 15, 2026, to February 1, 2027, a delay of about five and a half months. Two rejections, one persistent pipeline New Mexico Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard first rejected Energy Transfer’s application to route the 17.8-mile pipeline across state-owned land back in March 2026. The company came back with what was presumably a more compelling pitch. Garcia Richard rejected it again in July 2026. The pipeline is designed to transport up to 400 million cubic feet per day of natural gas. Rather than pursue a third attempt at winning over state regulators, Energy Transfer has revised its plans to route the pipeline across land administered by the US Bureau of ...