Last week in the first open session of 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved two natural gas pipeline projects: a greenfield pipeline lateral and an expansion on an existing interstate pipeline. The first project, the Cumberland Lateral, a 32-mile pipeline from Kinder Morgan’s Tennessee gas pipeline (TGP) to a planned 1,400 MW combined cycle natural gas fired power plant to be built by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in Cumberland City, TN. The pipeline is a key supply source that will allow the TVA to commence with its plans to retire the first of two coal fired plants at the Cumberland facility as soon as 2026. Construction is set to begin on the new plant this summer.
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Family Affair - Kinder Morgan Pipeline Projects to Boost Deep South’s Access to Appalachian Gas
For several years now, the biggest hurdle to natural gas production growth in the Marcellus/Utica was takeaway constraints — there simply wasn’t enough capacity on gas pipelines out of Appalachia to support a significant bump-up in regional output. Things have been changing though. The Mountain Valley Pipeline and a slew of expansion projects along Transco are allowing increasing volumes of gas to move to and through Virginia and the Carolinas. The proposed Borealis Pipeline across Ohio would enable up to 2 Bcf/d to move down the Texas Gas Transmission system to the Gulf Coast. And, as we discuss in today’s RBN blog, Kinder Morgan is planning several major projects in the Deep South — including the 2.1-Bcf/d Mississippi Crossing and 1.3-Bcf/d South System Expansion 4 projects — to move more gas into Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina.
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Knockin' on New York's Door - An Update of Natural Gas Pipelines into New York City
It’s no secret that the political and regulatory environments for new pipeline development in New York and the New England states are notoriously challenging. That reputation has been reaffirmed recently, as several natural gas pipeline projects targeting the region have been sidelined by permitting delays or denials. As a result the region continues to experience gas transportation constraints and price spikes during peak demand periods. But midstreamers have had some success penetrating the New York City metropolitan market (including the Lower Hudson Valley, Long Island and northern New Jersey), which may bode well for the handful of projects currently looking to serve the area. Today, we review recent and planned capacity additions into The Big Apple and its greater metro area.
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Gotta Get Over, Part 2 - Southwest Louisiana Gas Pipeline Projects Targeting LNG Export Demand
As U.S. LNG export project development accelerates in the coming years, a lot more natural gas pipeline capacity will be needed to supply the numerous liquefaction facilities vying for a piece of the global gas market pie. That’s particularly true for a small stretch of the Gulf Coast from the Sabine River on the Texas-Louisiana border to the Calcasieu Pass Ship Channel — where the bulk of planned export capacity additions are concentrated — even as transportation bottlenecks are emerging for getting natural gas supply to the area. To address the growing demand, a number of pipeline expansions are planned or proposed to bring more supply into the region or deliver feedgas across the “last mile” to these multibillion-dollar facilities. In today’s RBN blog, we continue our series highlighting some of these LNG-related pipeline projects, this time focusing on ones aiming to feed exports out of southwestern Louisiana.
