As we ring in the New Year, we take a moment to reflect on our milestones and community stewardship across our footprint in the U.S. We’re proud to share a brief snapshot of those successes. Read on for 23 reasons to celebrate ‘23!
Business Milestones
1. We had strong performances across our operations, including record volumes through our NGL pipelines, fractionators and NGL & Refined Products terminals, as well as record volumes in our crude segment. In addition, volumes in our intrastate and midstream segments remained near records.
2. Total NGL export volumes grew each quarter, setting a new Partnership record. In total, we continue to export more NGLs than any other company and maintain an approximate 20% market share of worldwide NGL exports, as well as nearly 40% of U.S. exports.
3. We acquired Crestwood Equity Partners. These assets complement our downstream fractionation capacity at Mont Belvieu, as well as our hydrocarbon export capabilities from both our Nederland and Marcus Hook terminals.
4. In Q1 of 2023, we closed on our acquisition of Lotus Midstream Operations LLC which owned and operated Centurion Pipeline, a fully-integrated crude pipeline system in the Permian Basin.
5. Announced in mid-2023, we ranked as one of the top 50 largest corporations in the United States on the Fortune 500 list by revenue for the 2022 fiscal year. We’re proudly ranked #43.
Community Stewardship
6. Together with Sunoco LP, we presented the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center with more than $2 million in support of pediatric cancer research at MD Anderson Children’s Cancer Hospital.
7. Our partnership with the Dallas Stars includes annual support of nonprofit projects with the Dallas Stars Foundation. This year, we teamed up to build a new playground at the Wesley Rankin Community Center to support children in an under-resourced area of West Dallas.
8. As part of our ongoing commitment to fighting hunger, we donated to local hunger relief organizations in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Oklahoma City, and Philadelphia, totaling more than $540,000.
9. We donated $250,000 to Mercy Street Dallas, a nonprofit organization that offers mentoring and sports programs to bring positive change to the lives of children in under-resourced West Dallas communities.
10. We support the American Red Cross and its mission to deliver vital services – from disaster relief, emergency assistance, blood donation services and disaster preparedness education. In 2023, we donated $530,000 to support these efforts.
11. Our Energy Transfer First Responder Fund awarded more than $209,000 in grants in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and New Jersey, which funded personal protective equipment, all-terrain vehicles, gas meters, facility upgrades, radio infrastructure and more for first responders. Since 2016, our First Responder Fund has supported emergency response organizations with more than $1.8 million in grants.
12. For a third year, we were a national sponsor of Carry The Load with a $100,000 donation to support their cross-country Memorial March in honor of the sacrifices made by our military, veterans & first responders.
Industry Recognition
13. Energy Transfer’s Dual Drive Technologies received the 2023 Gulf Energy Information Excellence Award for Innovation in Pipeline Engineering. The EPA and the TCEQ recognize Dual Drive Technologies as a leader in reducing emissions and greenhouse gases.
14. Our Charmain and founder, Kelcy Warren, was recognized three times in 2023 for his innovative leadership and contributions to the energy industry. He was inducted into the Hart Energy Hall of Fame, and honorably received the D CEO Energy Legacy Award and the TXOGA Distinguished Service Award.
15. Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals (ETMT), which operates more than 35 marketing terminals in 11 states, was proud to receive the Safety Excellence Award for the 12th year from the International Liquid Terminals Association (ILTA). The ILTA Safety Excellence Award recognizes companies that show an average total recordable incident rate of 0.75 or less in the reporting year.
16. The Pipeline Research Council International (PRCI) recognized our SVP Operations, Eric Amundsen, with the Distinguished Service Award for his contributions to collaborative industry safety.
Employee Volunteering
17. Each December, our employees across the U.S. visit local cemeteries to participate in wreath-laying ceremonies with Wreaths Across America to honor and remember our fallen veterans.
18. Employees helped plant 50 trees at White Rock Lake Park in Dallas as part of our $28,000 sponsorship of the Texas Trees Foundation. Their “Branching Out” tree planting program aims to create healthier communities by planting trees at Dallas Parks.
19. Every year, groups of employees in Houston, San Antonio and Dallas volunteer to build beds for children in-need with Sleep In Heavenly Peace. Our donations cover costs of materials so that employees can saw, drill, sand and assemble beds that get delivered locally.
20. We’re proud of our dedicated group of Houston employees who volunteer each year with Rebuilding Together Houston to help a low-income homeowner complete much-needed home repairs. Volunteers repaired trim, scraped paint, caulked and painted the exterior, replaced exterior lattice, and more.
21. Energy Transfer and Sunoco have supported Philabundance for two decades as one of its largest annual funders. Employees in the Philadelphia region enjoy volunteering to sort and package food at the Philabundance warehouse.
22. As part of our grade-level sponsorship at Yellowstone Schools, our Houston employees host storybook reading lunch parties throughout the school year. Yellowstone Schools serves students from low-income families in Houston’s historic Third Ward, providing them with a high-quality education and support programs they otherwise would not have access.
23. In honor of Earth Day, we participated in lake cleanup days at Loyalhanna Lake in Westmoreland County, PA, and Raystown Lake in Huntingdon County, PA, in coordination with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Our employee volunteers also helped build fish habitat structures at Raystown Lake.
