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Williams and TransCanada Propose Natural Gas Pipeline for Western US

Posted on: Monday, 17 March 2008, 03:00 CDT

Williams and TransCanada have proposed the joint development of Sunstone Pipeline, a new natural gas transmission pipeline that is expected to offer producers and end-users a cost-effective way to move natural gas supply from the Rockies to markets in the western US.

The proposed Sunstone Pipeline is a 618-mile, 42-inch-diameter pipeline with capacity of up to 1.2 billion cubic feet per day. The project, which is proposed for service in 2011, would involve constructing a new pipeline substantially parallel to the existing Williams Northwest Pipeline system between the Opal Hub in Wyoming and Stanfield, Oregon. Williams's Northwest system interconnects at Stanfield with TransCanada's Gas Transmission Northwest (GTN) pipeline system.

The project provides the option to deliver gas to markets served by the Northwest and GTN pipeline systems. Sunstone's open season commences March 17, 2008, and will run through April 30, 2008. GTN will hold an additional open season to offer existing capacity available on its pipeline system between Stanfield and GTN's terminus near Malin, Oregon, near California's northern border.

Phil Wright, president of Williams's gas pipeline business, said: "The proposed Sunstone Pipeline project is designed to ensure that our customers have access to abundant and diverse natural gas supplies in the region. We have been reliably delivering natural gas to the Pacific Northwest for more than 50 years and have established long-standing relationships with the communities along our pipeline corridor."

Source: Datamonitor

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