Project Profile
Value: US$400 million
Location: Tennessee to growing markets in the Northeast, USA
Transportation capacity: 636,000 dekatherms per day of natural gas
Start-up Year: November 1, 2013
Tennessee, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, is proposing to construct the Northeast Upgrade Project, which, when complete, will allow an additional 636,000 dekatherms per day of natural gas to be transported along Tennessee’s 300 Line in Pennsylvania and delivered to growing markets in the northeast. On May 29, 2012, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a Certificate Order that the Northeast Upgrade Project is in the public convenience and necessity. To create this additional firm transportation capacity, Tennessee proposes to upgrade its existing 24-inch diameter 300 Line by constructing five, 30-inch diameter pipeline loops and modifying four existing compression stations. A pipeline loop is a segment of pipeline installed adjacent to an existing pipeline and connected to the existing pipeline at both ends. These five loops will close out the remaining unlooped segments of Tennessee’s existing 300 Line east of Bradford County, Pennsylvania, into New Jersey.
The Northeast Upgrade Project, along with the company’s 300 Line Project, will add about 1 billion cubic feet per day of new firm transportation capacity that will provide safe and reliable transportation of clean-burning, domestic natural gas supplies to key Northeast markets. The Northeast Upgrade Project is expected to cost approximately US$400 million with a majority of the capital spending occurring in 2013. The Northeast Upgrade Project began in Spring 2010 and is expected to be completed Nov. 1, 2013 The Northeast Upgrade Project will transport natural gas produced in the Marcellus Shale supply area to northeast markets.
Operators:
Kinder Morgan (Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C): Operator with 100% interest