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Natural Gas Transmission: capital spending and supply chain

SIC 4922 · 14 companies with filed cash-flow statements

Capital spending, 12 months$30.0B
Operating cash flow$47.8B
Capex / cash flow63%
Capex / revenue11.1%
Top 3 share60%

Analysis

14 companies in Natural Gas Transmission (SIC 4922) spent $30.0B on capital projects over their latest twelve months, 63% of the $47.8B their operations generated; the three largest spenders — ET, WMB, EPD — account for 60%.

Capital spending is 11.1% of the industry's $270.6B of annual revenue.

By the industry's asset mix most of it goes to structures (56%); about $2.3B is imported.

The largest supplier of that spending is power and communication structures ($18.6B).

Its largest supplying industries, by the input-output tables: plate work and fabricated structural product manufacturing ($15.0B), monetary authorities and depository credit intermediation ($9.4B), nonresidential maintenance and repair ($5.3B).

Charts

Natural Gas Transmission: capital spending by company, latest twelve monthsNatural Gas Transmission: capital spending by company, latest twelve monthsET$7.5BWMB$6.1BEPD$4.5BTRGP$4.1BKMI$3.7BWES$1.0BBoardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP$682MKGS$474MKNTK$460MAROC$417MDTM$405MNGL$395M
Filed cash-flow statements (SEC XBRL).
Natural Gas Transmission: what the capital spending buys (US part)Natural Gas Transmission: what the capital spending buys (US part)Other$4.7BStructures$20.0BEquipment$10.2BSoftware$639M
Capital spending × the industry’s asset mix (BEA fixed assets): grade C, an industry average applied to filed figures.
Natural Gas Transmission: the industries that build and sell what it buysNatural Gas Transmission: the industries that build and sell what it buysPower and communication structures$18.6BMining and oil and gas field mach…$8.2BTransportation structures and hig…$1.2BOther support activities for mini…$865MCoal mining$616MOther nonmetallic mineral mining …$425MMaterial handling equipment manuf…$420MStone mining and quarrying$392MElectric power generation, transm…$378MAir conditioning, refrigeration, …$374M
BEA fixed assets: investment by asset type → supplying industry. Estimates (grade C).
Natural Gas Transmission: its first-tier supplying industriesNatural Gas Transmission: its first-tier supplying industriesPlate work and fabricated structu…$15.0BMonetary authorities and deposito…$9.4BNonresidential maintenance and re…$5.3BElectric power generation, transm…$5.1BImports$4.9BInvestigation and security servic…$4.6BAll other miscellaneous professio…$3.9BEmployment services$3.6BOther durable goods merchant whol…$3.1BScenic and sightseeing transporta…$2.4B
Purchased inputs × the industry’s input mix (BEA Use table), US part: grade C.
Natural Gas Transmission: where the industry's cash came from (+) and went (−)Natural Gas Transmission: where the industry's cash came from (+) and went (−)Other financing (in)$110.6BNet debt repaid−$109.3BOperating cash flow$49.2BOther financing (out)−$42.9BNet borrowing$37.8BCapital spending−$30.2BDividends−$8.5BOther investing (out)−$7.4BCash drawn from the balance s…$3.9BPaid to partners−$2.5BCash added to the balance she…−$1.1BBuybacks−$889MSales of assets & businesses$859MOther investing (in)$720M
The companies’ cash-flow statements, latest four quarters or fiscal year: every figure filed (grade A).

Capital spending by company

CompanyCapital spendingOperating cash flowCapex / OCFPeriod
ET Energy Transfer LP$7.5B$13.6B55%TTM to Q3 2026
WMB Williams Companies$6.1B$6.0B102%TTM to Q2 2026
EPD Enterprise Products Partners L.P.$4.5B$9.3B48%TTM to Q3 2026
TRGP Targa Resources$4.1B$5.1B82%TTM to Q3 2026
KMI Kinder Morgan$3.7B$6.7B54%TTM to Q3 2026
WES Western Midstream Partners, LP$1.0B$2.1B48%TTM to Q3 2026
Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP$682M$1.0B66%TTM to Q3 2026
KGS Kodiak Gas Services$474M$479M99%TTM to Q2 2026
KNTK Kinetik Holdings$460M$724M63%TTM to Q3 2026
AROC Archrock$417M$720M58%TTM to Q3 2026
DTM DT Midstream$405M$938M43%TTM to Q3 2026
NGL NGL Energy Partners LP$395M$464M85%TTM to Q2 FY27
USAC USA Compression Partners, LP$217M$489M44%TTM to Q3 2026
SMC Summit Midstream$86.3M$131M66%TTM to Q2 2026

Customers and suppliers named in annual reports

SupplierCustomerShare of supplier revenueEvidenceSource
WMBDUK9%Stated in 10-K (sentence)filing
Northwest Pipeline LLCDUK9%Stated in 10-K (sentence)filing
DTMEXE45%Stated in 10-K (sentence)filing
CRGYEPD12%Stated in 10-K (XBRL)filing
HPKET8%Stated in 10-K (sentence)filing
EXEDTM—Stated in 10-K (named, share not stated)filing
MTDREPD—Stated in 10-K (named, share not stated)filing
SUNET—Stated in 10-K (named, share not stated)filing
CMIUSAC—Stated in 10-K (named, share not stated)filing
CATUSAC—Stated in 10-K (named, share not stated)filing
ETSPH30%Stated in 10-K (sentence)filing
ETUSAC—Stated in 10-K (named, share not stated)filing

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Evidence grades: A filed figure · B computed from filed figures · C industry average (BEA input-output and fixed-asset tables) applied to filed figures. Estimates are not the companies’ own records. Not investment advice.