Description of Pipelines/LNG Terminal
Serving the Northeast Markets
Prepared by NGA, Oct. 2007
Algonquin Gas Transmission Company is a business unit of Spectra Energy. Its system incorporates approximately 1,100 miles of pipe, with 11 interconnections/receipt points. Its system commences in NJ, connecting with Texas Eastern, and extends through NY, CT, northern RI, and eastern and southeastern MA. Its capacity is 1.9 Bcf/d.
Distrigas of Massachusetts Corporation (DOMAC), a subsidiary of SUEZ LNG NA, owns and operates an LNG import terminal in Everett, Massachusetts. It interconnects with both the Tennessee and Algonquin systems. It began operation in 1971. Its supply source is Trinidad & Tobago.
Columbia Gas Transmission is a subsidiary of NiSource, Inc. and headquartered in Richmond, VA. The company serves customers along its nearly 17,000-mile pipeline system in 11 Northeastern, Midwestern, and Mid-Atlantic states. Its peak day delivery is 7.4 Bcf. It enters New York State through Pennsylvania and runs along the southern counties of New York bordering Pennsylvania; it also serves New Jersey.
Dominion Transmission, Inc., headquartered in Richmond, VA, is the interstate gas transmission subsidiary of Dominion Resources. Primarily a provider of gas transportation and storage services, Dominion Transmission, Inc. operates the world's largest underground natural gas storage system. Dominion Transmission, Inc. maintains 7,800 miles of pipeline in six states-Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland and Virginia. The system enters New York State through Pennsylvania, and extends to points in western, central, and eastern New York, extending to the Albany area.
Empire State Pipeline is a subsidiary of National Fuel Gas Company. Empire is a 24-inch diameter natural gas transmission pipeline that originates at the U.S./Canada border at Niagara, and extends easterly 157 miles from Buffalo, NY to near Syracuse, NY. Constructed in 1992 and in service since 1993, Empire has a design capacity of 525 million cubic feet per day.
Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc. is an operating company of NiSource, Inc., a holding company with headquarters in Merrillville, Indiana. Granite State operates 86-miles of underground interstate pipeline extending from the MA-NH border through the New Hampshire coastal area to Portland, Maine, transporting gas from other pipeline companies. The NH portion began operation in 1956; in 1966 the line was extended to Maine.
Iroquois Gas Transmission System is a 411-mile interstate pipeline owned by a partnership of 5 U.S. and Canadian energy companies. It began full operation in 1992. It transports natural gas from TransCanada PipeLine at the Ontario/NY border and travels through NY and CT to Long Island and into the New York City area. Its design day capacity is about 1.1 Bcf/d.
Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline (M&NE) is sponsored by an international consortium of energy companies. It transports gas from the Sable Island Offshore Energy Project of Nova Scotia to markets in Atlantic Canada and New England. The total pipeline is 670 miles, with about 300 miles located in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Its U.S. capacity is 420 MMcf/d. It was placed in service in December 1999.
National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation provides interstate natural gas transmission and storage for affiliated and nonaffiliated companies through an integrated gas pipeline system of 2,966 miles that extends from southwestern Pennsylvania to the New York-Canadian border at the Niagara River. It also owns and operates 28 underground natural gas storage areas and is co-owner and operator of four others.
North Country Pipeline is an intrastate pipeline of approximately 22 miles that runs from the Canadian border in northeastern New York near Champlain to the Plattsburgh area, with natural gas imported from the TransCanada system. It has a capacity of about 100 DTH/day.
Portland Natural Gas Transmission (PNGTS) is sponsored by an international consortium of energy companies - TransCanada PipeLines and Gaz Métro. It transports western Canadian gas to New England from an interconnection with TransCanada PipeLines (through the TQM extension). On the U.S. side, it involves 292 miles of pipeline including 50 miles of variously sized laterals, extending through northern NH to southern Maine and interconnecting with Maritimes & Northeast through the Joint Facilities. Its capacity is 236 MMcf/d. It began operation in the region in March 1999.
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company is a business unit of El Paso Corporation. The Tennessee Gas Pipeline has more than 14,000 miles of pipe. Tennessee's system enters New England at two points: western Mass. near West Pittsfield and southern Connecticut near Greenwich. It enters New York at several points - from southwestern Pennsylvania, central Pennsylvania, an interconnect at Niagara, and through New Jersey into the New York City area and on to Connecticut. Its capacity is 6,487 MMcf/d.
Texas Eastern Gas Transmission (TETCO) is a subsidiary of Spectra Energy. With 9,040 miles of pipe, Texas Eastern transports 6.2 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas. Texas Eastern also has gas storage capacity of 75.1 billion cubic feet. It extends from the Gulf Coast up into Pennsylvania, New Jersey and into the New York City area. It interconnects with the Algonquin system which continues through New York to Connecticut.
TransCanada PipeLine has a network of approximately 25,600 miles of pipeline which transports the majority of western Canada's natural gas production to the fastest growing markets in Canada and the United States. Its 2006 mainline throughput was approximately 8.1 Bcf/d. It interconnects with several systems serving New York and New England.
Transcontinental (Transco) is a subsidiary of Williams Company. The Transco pipeline comprises a 10,500-mile pipeline system, extending from South Texas to New York City. The system design capacity is 8.2 billion cubic feet per day. In the Northeast, it provides gas service to the New York City and MidAtlantic regions. |
