PLANNEDProjects in development (Projects added for the current month are highlighted and in bold face type) GAS – The Americas Th e ASAP Project is a 737-mile long, 36-inch diameter new gas-fi red compressor unit and piping modifi cations; natural gas pipeline originating at Prudhoe Bay and modifi cations to the existing Ceredo Compressor Station U.S. terminating near Point MacKenzie with a spur pipeline to in Wayne County requiring two new gas-fi red compressor Fairbanks. Th e pipeline is designed to develop a long-term units and piping modifi cations; and modifi cations to the AGL RESOURCES – (5/16) energy solution for Fairbanks, South Central Alaska, and existing Elk River Compressor Station in Kanawha County AGL Resources has proposed the Suwanee to Friendship other communities along the route. requiring one new gas-fi red compressor unit and piping Pipeline that will begin just south of Buford Highway CH2M HILL will provide an integrated-team program modifi cations. (around Peavy Trail) in north Gwinnett County and management platform. Th ey will provide experienced Th e company plans to formally fi le with FERC in then will continue east for approximately 12 miles to the program management personnel as well as systems, April 2016. Contingent on regulatory approval, Columbia intersection of Th ompson Mill Road and Spout Springs processes, and tools to support AGDC in fi nalizing the anticipates initiating construction in the fall of 2017, with a Road in south Hall County. Pre-construction activities are pipeline and processing plant designs as well as needed targeted in-service date of October 31, 2018. underway and must be completed before the fi nal route is permitting, licensing and land actions. Major areas of scope selected. Pipeline construction is expected to begin in Fall to be supported include owner’s engineering oversight, (4/16) Columbia Pipeline Group’s proposed Leach XPress 2016. project controls, safety, permitting, licensing, quality, project involves construction of approximately 160 miles of procurement, logistics and other services during the natural gas pipeline and compression facilities in southeastern ALASKA LNG PROJECT – (6/15) development phase of the ASAP. Ohio and West Virginia’s panhandle. Th e roughly $1.4 billion Project: Alaska LNG AGDC expects construction of the pipeline to begin in investment will enable the safe transport of approximately 1.5 Type: Project includes the construction of a mid-2016 and the ASAP Project to ship its fi rst gas by late Bcf of natural gas from the heart of the Appalachian supply 48-inch pipeline and is in an early phase 2020. Th e development phase is expected to cost about $355 basin to natural gas consumers served by the Columbia Gas of development called pre-front-end million, while the construction will cost around $7.7 billion. and Columbia Gulf pipeline systems. When completed, engineering and design the new Leach XPress pipeline and compressor system will Miles: 800 COLUMBIA GAS TRANSMISSION – (5/16) supply this region with domestic, clean-burning natural gas Location: Prudhoe Bay, AK – Nikiski, AK Columbia Gas Transmission, a subsidiary of Columbia for generations to come. Start: 2019 Pipeline Group, has proposed a pipeline modernization Columbia has already begun extensive outreach to Completion: 2024 project for Fairfi eld and Franklin counties in Ohio. landowners and communities in areas where the Leach Comments: The Alaska LNG Project is anchored by Th e B-System Project includes the construction of XPress project will be constructed. Prior to construction, the Prudhoe Bay and Point Thomson approximately seven miles of new pipeline and the this project will undergo a comprehensive and transparent fi elds. These fi elds are expected to deliver replacement of an existing 13.8-mile pipeline. Th e project environmental review overseen by the Federal Energy on average about 3.5 billion cubic feet also involves the retirement of a 17.6-mile pipeline and Regulatory Commission. Th roughout the review period, of gas per day with about 75% from the upgrades to ancillary B-System equipment and facilities, the Leach XPress project team will continue to work closely Prudhoe Bay fi eld and 25% from the Point including replacing a total of 3,500 feet of pipeline at two with landowners, local offi cials and communities to provide Thomson fi eld diff erent interconnect locations. up-to-date information and ensure community involvement Th e project is part of Columbia’s ongoing Modernization in the process. AMERICAN MIDSTREAM PARTNERS LP – Program to replace aging infrastructure, upgrade natural Columbia anticipates initiating construction in late 2016, (4/16) gas compression systems and increase pipeline reliability. with a targeted in-service date during the second half of American Midstream Partners LP announced that Th e B-System has been slated for modernization because 2017. American Midstream LLC is commencing a non-binding it includes vital natural gas supply lines for the Columbus open season for a proposed 45-mile extension of the metro area, as well as for several towns and cities along the CONSTITUTION PIPELINE CO. LLC – (REV Magnolia Intrastate pipeline to transport up to 500,000 developing U.S. Route 33 corridor southeast of Columbus. 5/16) Dth/d of natural gas for delivery to a major interstate Upgrades to the B-System will allow Columbia’s pipeline (AP) New York environmental regulators have rejected pipeline beginning in 2019. integrity engineers to employ state-of-the-art internal a critical permit needed for a major natural gas pipeline Th e proposed Magnolia Extension would connect the inspection devices called “smart pigs” that improve safety project, saying the project fails to meet standards that existing Magnolia Intrastate pipeline to Tennessee Natural and reliability by providing detailed information regarding protect hundreds of streams, wetlands and other water Gas Pipeline’s 500 Line, providing transport of natural the condition and operability of the pipelines. resources in its path. gas under 20-year, fi rm transport agreements to Williams’ Th e company fi led with FERC and construction is slated Th e Department of Environmental Conservation said Transco pipeline through an existing interconnect. Th e for 2018. it won’t issue a water quality permit for the 124-mile proposed pipeline is intended to off er supply diversity Constitution Pipeline from Pennsylvania’s shale gas fi elds to to growing demand areas in the Southeast market, and COLUMBIA PIPELINE GROUP – (2/16) eastern New York. Th e agency said the project’s construction specifi cally, address infrastructure constraints associated Columbia Pipeline Group is proposing to construct and would aff ect 251 streams and 500 acres of valuable forest as with the rapid development of natural gas from the operate approximately 165 miles of various diameter well as extensive wetlands. Marcellus and Utica Shale formations in the Appalachian pipeline, three new compressor stations, modifi cations Th e Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved Basin. Th e anticipated in-service date for the Magnolia to three existing compressor stations and one regulating the pipeline project in 2014 contingent on the state permit, Extension is 2019. station. Th e Mountaineer XPress project would provide an which is required by the federal Clean Water Act. Th e additional 2.7 Bcf/d capacity of fi rm transportation service project had all needed permits for a segment in Pennsylvania ANR PIPELINE – (7/16) from the Marcellus and Utica production areas to markets and had already cleared trees there in preparation for Project: Southeast Mainline on the Columbia Gas Transmission system, including construction. Type: Project includes pipeline reversal markets in western West Virginia, TCO Pool, and other Constitution Pipeline Co., a partnership formed by Miles: 320 mutually agreeable points. Cabot Oil & Gas, Williams Partners and Piedmont Natural Location: Indiana - Eunice, Louisiana Th e Mountaineer XPress project will facilitate continued Gas Co., can appeal the state decision to the U.S. Circuit Comments: Project will have an additional capacity of use of a domestically-produced, low-cost source of energy Court of Appeals. 1,000 MMcf/d that yields signifi cantly lower emissions than its alternatives Th e Department of Environmental Conservation said while reducing the nation’s dependence on foreign providers. that in addition to its review of Constitution’s application CH2M HILL – (11/13) In addition the construction of the new pipeline, the and supporting materials, the agency also considered more Th e Alaska Gasline Development Corp. (AGDC) and project will include the following major components: new than 15,000 public comments before reaching its decision. CH2M HILL announced that CH2M HILL was selected compressor stations constructed in Calhoun, Doddridge, to provide integrated-team program management for the and Jackson counties; modifi cations to CPG’s existing Lone CROSSTEX NGL PIPELINE LP – (7/13) Alaska Stand Alone Pipeline (ASAP) Project. Oak Compressor Station in Marshall County, requiring one Crosstex NGL Pipeline LP announced the start of a 10 Pipeline News November 2016 • www.pipeline-news.com PLANNEDProjects in development binding open season for volume commitments for interstate DTE ENERGY – (REV 1/15) Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners is responsible for common carrier transportation service on a new natural DTE Energy and Southwestern Energy Co. signed an constructing and operating the