Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line (Transco)

Summary Information

• Source: South Texas
• Destination: New York City
• Ownership: Williams
• Website: http://www.williamslp.com/
• Length: kilometres (10,000 miles)
• Capacity: 8.6 billion cubic feet per day
• Status: Operating

+++ Details

• The Transco pipeline is a 10,000-mile pipeline system which transports natural gas to markets throughout the northeastern and southeastern United States. The current system capacity is approximately 8.6 billion cubic feet per day
• The mainline extends nearly 1,800 miles between South Texas and New York City
• Transco has natural gas storage capacity in four underground storage fields located on or near its pipeline system or market areas and operates two of these storage fields.
• Transco also has storage capacity in a LNG storage facility
• The pipeline is supplied by the [[[Canyon Chief Natural Gas Pipeline]]], [[[Viosca Knoll Gas Pipeline System]]] & [[[Garden Banks Gas Pipeline]]]
• The pipeline connects to the [[[Midcontinent Express Gas Pipeline]]] near Butler, Ala. and to [[[Gulf South Gas Pipeline System]]]
• It connects to the [[[East Tennessee Natural Gas Pipeline]]] near Eden, N.C.
• An expansion of the pipeline will supply the [[[Sabine Pass Lng Terminal Project]]]
• There is a connection to the [[[Henry Natural Gas Hub]]]

+++ History

• 1996 - Southeastern Expansion II
• 1997 - Pocono Expansion, Maiden Lateral Expansion, Sunbelt Project
• 1998 - Cherokee Project, Mobile Bay Lat Expansion I, BASF Lateral
• 1999 - Cardinal Pipeline, Pine Needle LNG Link
• 2000 - SouthCoast Expansion
• 2001 - MarketLink Phase I,
• 2002 - Leidy East Expansion, MarketLink Phase II, Sundance Expansion,
• 2003 - Trenton-Woodbury Loop, Momentum Phase I,
• 2004 - Momentum Phase II
• 2005 - Central New Jersey Expansion Project
• 2007 - Leidy to Long Island Expansion, Potomac Expansion
• 2008 - Sentinel Expansion Phase I
• 2009 - Sentinel Expansion Phase 2
• 2010 - Elba Express Interconnects, Mobile Bay South Expansion, Delta Lateral Project, North Expansion Phase I
• 2011 - Mobile Bay South II Expansion, North Expansion Phase 2
• 2012 - Mid-South Expansion Phase 1, Bayonne Delivery Lateral Project, Mid-South Expansion Phase 1, Bayonne Delivery Lateral
• 2013 - Mid-Atlantic Connector Expansion, Northeast Supply Link Project, Mid-South Expansion Phase 2
• 2014 - Virginia Southside Expansion, Northeast Connector
• 2014 - Williams announces expansion to supply [[[Sabine Pass Lng Terminal Project]]]
• 2014 - FERC publishes EIS for Leidy Southeast Expansion Project

+++ Other Information

• The Leidy Southeast Expansion Project will deliver more gas to the North Eastern markets

Links

1. EIA Natural Gas Pipeline Projects
2. Williams Partners L.P. Seeks FERC Approval to Provide Additional Natural Gas Service to Mid-Atlantic by 2012
3. Williams Partners Plans to Further Expand Transco Pipeline Capacity by 1.2 MMdth to Deliver Natural Gas to LNG Export Facility at Sabine Pass
4. Environmental Assessment for the Leidy Southeast Expansion Project (CP13-551) Issued
5. Energy Transfer Equity to Combine with Williams