Williams to expand US mid-Atlantic natgas pipeline
Williams Partners said Monday that the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved a proposal to expand its Transco natural gas pipeline to provide an additional 142,000 dekatherms of incremental firm transportation capacity to serve growing markets in the mid-Atlantic region by November 2012.
The Mid-Atlantic Connector expansion project is designed to provide power generation and local distribution customers in Virginia and Maryland with incremental firm transportation capacity from a Transco interconnection with East Tennessee Natural Gas in Rockingham County, N.C.
"The Mid-Atlantic Connector expansion project will increase the availability of clean energy in this growing region of the United States," said Randy Barnard, president of Williams' natural gas pipeline business.
"We appreciate our customers' participation in this project and we look forward to working with them to provide reliable natural gas service for years to come."
The expansion will consist of approximately three miles of new pipeline and upgrades to existing compressor facilities in Virginia.
The capital cost of the project is estimated to be $55 million.
The Transco pipeline is a 10,000-mile pipeline system which transports natural gas to markets throughout the northeastern and southeastern US.
The current system capacity is approximately 9.6 million dekatherms/day.
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