With the end of the year upon us, the global energy market has been through a tough 2025, dominated by the new wave of sanctions on Russian energy companies due to the war in Ukraine. However, following a new Delaware deal proposed by the US, those sanctions may be lifted in the near future. That has not stopped one of America’s newest energy companies, Cardinal Midstream, from expanding its presence in the Delaware Basin through several new gas gathering lines as well as a significant processing expansion.
Cardinal Midstream’s focus has been on the gas sector in North America
The Dallas-based company was founded in 2022 with a specific goal of focusing on developing the gas and LNG sector in the North American region. The company’s leadership has nearly 100 years of combined experience in the energy market in the US, and has recently revealed that it has successfully completed a new pipeline in the Delaware Basin, one of the United States’ largest gas deposits.
Gas and LNG production have been on a steady upward trajectory, following a myriad of nations turning to the sector amid calls to phase out coal production in the coming years. The global energy market has been contemplating measures to achieve the stringent clean energy and emission targets. The renewable energy sector is the best bet to get there; however, the industry lacks the required infrastructure and, more importantly, the funding.
In steps the gas processing sector to fill the gap between the oil and coal sectors and the renewable energy market, providing essential gas for energy demand across the world, marking a turning point for the international energy market. With the new year edging ever closer by the day, Cardinal Midstream has set itself up for a positive start to 2026.
Cardinal has boosted its presence in the Delaware Basin with a new development plan
The Texas-based company recently announced it has completed a new 36 miles of new large-diameter, high- and low-pressure natural gas gathering pipelines in New Mexico and Texas, marking a significant increase in the firm’s presence in the North American energy market. Taking this new addition into account, the energy company now owns and operates approximately 150 miles of natural gas infrastructure in the region.
The Delaware Basin has seen several new projects being planned or commissioned in recent years and months as the United States expands natural gas processing under a new directive from President Donald Trump, calling for more energy projects that will increase the nation’s energy generation capacity over his second term in office.
Cardinal also announced the substantial expansion of its Pecos River Processing Complex in Loving County, expected to add 220 million cubic feet per day of natural gas processing capacity once the expansion is completed in early 2026. Cardinal is expanding its operations in the Permian Basin as well, underscoring the company’s ambitions for the future.
“The Delaware Basin continues to see unprecedented growth with production expected to increase for years to come. These significant expansion projects provide high-quality energy infrastructure that ensures reliable midstream services for our customers’ future development.” – Doug Dormer, Cardinal Chief Executive Officer
The firm has also been acquiring other companies’ energy assets in the Delaware Basin
Cardinal has been on a shopping spree of sorts in recent years, acquiring Medallion Midstream’s Delaware Basin natural gas and processing business in 2023. Since then, the company has completed multiple pipeline and compressor station expansions, noting the expanding natural gas sector in the United States. The development of the company’s assets in the Delaware Basin comes as the US and Japan finalize a new financing deal intended to boost the US’s energy generation capacity for the years to come.
