Empire Gas Pipeline

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Summary Information

  • Source: Chippawa Channel
  • Destination: Syracuse, New York
  • Ownership:
  • Website: http://www.natfuel.com/
  • Length: kilometres (249 miles)
  • Capacity: 750 MMcf per day + 350 MMcf/day
  • Status: Operating

+++ Details

  • The Empire Pipeline begins at an interconnection with the [[[Transcanada Canadian Mainline Gas Pipeline]]] at the border between the United States and Canada in the Chippawa Channel of the Niagara River.
  • The pipeline continues eastward for 157 miles - past Buffalo and Rochester, New York, and ending northwest of Syracuse, New York.
  • In addition, Empire Pipeline has an additional route that starts its east/west line at a point near Rochester, NY and continues 92-miles south to a point of interconnection in Jackson, PA.
  • The Tioga County Extension extended the Empire Connector to producer gathering systems located in Jackson, PA

+++ History

  • 1993 - Empire Pipeline started operations
  • 2008 - The 77-mile Empire Connector Pipeline was placed into service
  • 2011 - Tioga County Extension Project completed

+++ Other Information

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+++ Links

  1. [[[EIA Natural Gas Pipeline Projects 2000-2009]]]
  2. [[[EIA Natural Gas Pipeline Projects 2010-2014]]]