Natural gas service has commenced on the pipeline from Delhi, Louisiana, to the Transcontinental pipeline station in Butler, Alabama. Interim service had begun on the pipeline from Bennington, Oklahoma, to Delhi in April.
President of Kinder Morgan Natural Gas Pipelines Group Steve Kean said “We are delighted that the final leg of the MEP is in service."
The MEP is a joint venture between Kinder Morgan Energy Partners and Energy Transfer Partners.
Energy Transfer’s Interstate Pipeline Group Senior Vice President Lee Hanse said “The completion of this final segment of MEP affords shippers and producers in the Barnett Shale, Bossier Sands and other producing regions access to markets in the eastern United States.”
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MEP has multiple receipt and delivery points along the pipeline system, which originates in southwest Oklahoma, crossers northeast Texas, northern Louisiana and central Mississippi, ending in Alabama.
Capacity is currently at 1.25 Bcf/d in Zone 1, which interconnects with the Columbia Gulf Transmission system in Delhi, and up to 0.84 Bcf/d in Zone 2, which interconnects with the Transcontinental Gas Pipeline System in Butler.
An expansion of the pipeline is expected to be completed in 2010, which will further increase the MEP’s capacity to approximately 1.8 Bcf/d in Zone 1 and 1.2 Bcf/d in Zone 2.
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