Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America LLC (NGPL) announced the launch of a 14-day non-binding open season to measure interest in the potential expansion of its Gulf Coast mainline pipeline system. The open season began on 18th February and will run until 4th March 2014.
NGPL, operated by Kinder Morgan, Inc., is one of the largest interstate pipeline systems in the US, with approximately 9200 miles of pipeline, more than 1 million compression horsepower and 280 billion ft3 of working gas storage. The expansion project would increase NGPL’s capacity by up to 750 000 Dth/d of gas, which would be transported from the Rockies Express Pipeline (REX) interconnection at Moultrie, Illinois, to points on the pipeline network’s southern leg, including existing and growing markets in South Texas and Louisiana. The potential expansion would include the reversal of compressor stations and minor pipe replacements and upgrades along the pipeline.
“This project will help satisfy the needs of both producers and end-use customers as gas production increases in the Utica and Marcellus shale and markets continue to grow in Louisiana and South Texas,” said David Devine, President of Kinder Morgan Natural Gas Pipelines, Central Region.
Adapted from press release by Rosalie Starling