Project Profile
Value: US$300 million
Location: From Harrison County, Ohio, to Kinder Morgan’s Cochin Pipeline near Riga, Michigan, USA, then via Cochin east to Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Capacity: Initial 50,000 barrels per day (bpd) of capacity (expandable to more than 75,000 bpd)
Length: 210 miles
Start-up Year: 2014
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP through its subsidiary, Kinder Morgan Cochin LLC, has signed a letter of intent with NOVA Chemicals Corp. to develop a new products pipeline from the Utica shale play. Under the agreement, Kinder Morgan Cochin will develop, construct, own, and operate a 210 mile, 10 inch-diameter pipeline from multiple fractionation facilities in Harrison County, Ohio, to Kinder Morgan’s Cochin Pipeline near Riga, Michigan, where the company will then move product via Cochin east to Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
The proposed US$300 million Kinder Morgan Utica To Ontario Pipeline Access (UTOPIA) would transport previously refined or fractionated natural gas liquids (NGLs), including ethane and propane. The pipeline is expected to have an initial 50,000 barrels per day (bpd) of capacity, which is expandable to more than 75,000 bpd. A mid-year 2017 in-service date is anticipated, pending NOVA’s execution of a definitive agreement during the binding open season process (which is expected in 2014) and timely receipt of necessary permitting and regulatory approvals. This proposal will complement the company’s existing transportation solutions for NGLs produced in the Utica, allowing producers to choose between mixed NGLs to the Gulf Coast or previously fractionated NGLs to nearby demand centers. The project is expected to be immediately accretive to cash available to KMP unitholders upon completion.
Operators:
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP (through its subsidiary, Kinder Morgan Cochin LLC): Operator
NOVA Chemicals Corp.