Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line was granted a crucial authorization last week, bringing the Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) one step closer to fruition. This project will allow the Williams Company pipeline to flow an incremental 400 MMcf/d to New York City and Long Island. A key portion of the work involves looping existing pipe under Raritan Bay between New York and New Jersey. The work will require two piling hammers to work underwater, creating vibrations in the bay. The National Marine Fisheries Service issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) last week, allowing the pipeline to perform the work even if it causes some annoyance to marine wildlife.
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All We Are Saying ... Is Give (NESE) a Chance – Can Williams Finally Build Its New York City Pipeline?
This past spring — 10 years after Williams Cos. first proposed the Northeast Supply Enhancement Project and one year after it scrapped plans for it — the effort to add 400 MMcf/d of natural gas pipeline capacity into New York City was revived. Since then, FERC has re-approved the project and regulators in New York and New Jersey have been mulling over whether to issue water-quality permits. In today’s RBN blog, we discuss Williams’s renewed push to get NESE permitted and built.
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Movin’ Out – The Pipeline Projects That Will Move More Natural Gas Through (and Out of) the Northeast
The Marcellus/Utica still has vast amounts of natural gas to supply the ongoing surge in demand from power generators and LNG exporters. But there’s a catch: A significant step-up in Appalachian production can only occur if new pipeline infrastructure is built to transport that gas to where it’s needed.
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Movin’ Out – Several Northeast Gas Pipeline Projects Focus on Pennsylvania, Regional Enhancements
Rising demand for natural gas in the U.S. Northeast and regions to its south and west is spurring the development of gas pipeline projects that collectively will enable Marcellus/Utica E&Ps to ratchet up their production into the 2030s. In today’s RBN blog, we continue our review of these projects.
