Project Overview & Resources The Northwest Pipeline system has changed significantly since its beginnings more than 60 years ago. Today, the pipeline is a primary artery for the transmission of natural gas to the Pacific Northwest and Intermountain Region. What began as a 1,500-mile pipeline is now a 4,000-mile bi-directional transmission system crossing the states …
The snorts, grunts, huffs and chuffs of bison roaming the Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve are music to the ears of wildlife conservationists celebrating 30 years of success reintroducing the great beasts to the Oklahoma prairie. “The preserve has a unique soundscape,” said historian and author James Ronda. “I’ve heard the wind rustle in …
Congratulations to Juanita Parker and Ambar Malik, recipients of the 2023 Randy Barnard Memorial Leave the Ladder Down awards. Williams is honoring both for supporting the growth of others and creating an environment where everyone feels comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work each day. Parker, a Houston-based manager of Supply Chain, is recipient of the award for leaders and …
Williams will add 4.2 billion cubic feet per day (bcf/d) of natural gas capacity with 12 new projects from now through 2027, Alan Armstrong said at the Barclays CEO Energy-Power Conference this week. The expansion follows the company’s completion of 17 projects, which added approximately 5 bcf/d of capacity from 2018 to 2023. A billion …
On a recent summer day, fire, police and other first responders arrived at a Williams compressor station in southwest Pennsylvania. Dressed in gear, these community heroes met with Williams employees to assess the situation at hand. That situation was a full-scale drill, not a real emergency, and a critical component to ensuring the safety of …
From engineer to HR, operations to commercial deal-making — Kenny Scott’s career path has been less of a vertical climb and more of an up, down and sideways dive into varied facets of our business. He wouldn’t have it any other way. Scott said he’s grown competencies and leadership skills by being flexible and taking …
Protecting the nation’s pipelines against cybersecurity threats is a critical focus for infrastructure companies like Williams. Pipeline infrastructure is a key enabler of economic and national security, so it’s paramount to prevent any vulnerabilities that cybercriminals could exploit, said Matt Bruner, manager of Cybersecurity Operations. That’s why Williams is working with federal cyber response agencies, …
Long before D&I became a well-known acronym, Williams was walking the talk — and in multiple languages, said employee Jose Aristimuno. When Williams leaders visited the company’s Venezuelan facilities nearly three decades ago, the Americans insisted on communicating in Spanish with Aristimuno and other employees. “Asking the team to speak Spanish was for me a …
Williams employees among first responders to Smokehouse Creek fire. Burning more than 1 million acres, the Smokehouse Creek fire was the largest ever in Texas, destroying homes, ranches and prairies as it merged with other grass fires in the Texas Panhandle and spread into western Oklahoma. Helping to battle the recent blazes were several Williams …
Emily Petri Davis works as an environmental specialist in east Texas and northwest Louisiana, but it was when she was studying abroad in the south of France that she fell in love with the discipline. The University of Texas student was so inspired by the lively discussions in her course on engineering standards in a …
With several new pipeline projects moving forward, Williams President and CEO Alan Armstrong told CNBC that infrastructure expansions must keep up with rapidly growing natural gas markets in the U.S. and abroad. “We are connected to the very fastest growing markets in terms of power generation load and conversion from coal to cleaner natural gas,” …
The Plymouth LNG storage facility in southeast Washington could be compared to a bank account, but instead of cash being socked away for a rainy day, it’s natural gas that is stored for peak demand like during winter storms. In a process called peak shaving, natural gas is liquefied and stored in cryogenic tanks until …