Williams ups capacity on Transco Pipeline to meet Mid Atlantic demand
Mon, 25 January 2010
A unit of Williams has carried out agreements for a proposed Transco Pipeline expansion project to provide an additional 1.3 Bcf of natural gas transportation capacity to the Mid Atlantic region, United States, by November 2012.
Subject to approval by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the Mid Atlantic Connector expansion will consist of around 5 km of pipeline looping and upgrades to existing compressor facilities in Virginia. The total cost of the project is estimated to be $US55 million.
The proposed project is intended to provide service on Williams' Transco natural gas pipeline from an interconnection with East Tennessee Natural Gas in Rockingham County, North Carolina, to delivery points as far north as Maryland.
Other supply points along the project’s path include interconnections with Columbia Gas Transmission, Dominion Transmission and Dominion Cove Point.
The Transco natural gas pipeline system extends 16,898 km from South Texas to New York and serves more than 40 million homes in northeastern and southeastern United States. The current system capacity is approximately 8.6 Bcf/d.
