Williams Northeast Supply Project
During the past 50 years, Williams' Transco pipeline has been quietly, safely and reliably delivering natural gas to its customers through its 10,500-mile pipeline system, extending from Texas to New York. The
Transco pipeline is a major transporter of
natural gas in the northeast United States, delivering much of the natural gas consumed in this region.
Williams is in the preliminary stages of investigating an expansion of its existing Transco pipeline to provide growing East Coast markets with unprecedented access to abundant domestic natural gas supplies. The Northeast Supply Project would connect growing domestically-produced natural gas supplies originating from the Rockies, Appalachia and the emerging Marcellus shale supply regions to major markets in the Northeast by November 2011.
The Northeast Supply Project includes a new 250-mile pipeline extension (Rockies Connector), in addition to an incremental expansion of Transco’s existing facilities in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York.
Before we can modify any facilities, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) requires interstate pipeline operators like Williams to obtain a federal Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, in addition to various state and local permits. If this proposal moves forward, we would anticipate filing a formal application with the FERC in late 2009.
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