U.S. Gas Pipelines Set for Up to $5 Billion in 1Q Kickoffs

Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--With a growing number of U.S. power producers sticking to natural gas as their baseline power for years to come, pipelines continue to be in demand, particularly in heavy-consumption hotspots like the Washington Beltway and the U.S. Gulf Coast. Industrial Info is tracking $5.2 billion worth of natural gas pipeline projects that have a medium to high probability (70% or more) of beginning construction across the U.S. in the first quarter.

Click on the image at right for a graph detailing the top 10 parent companies for U.S. natural gas pipeline projects set to begin construction before the end of March.

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (NYSE:CPK) (Dover, Delaware), one of the major suppliers and processers of natural gas in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region, is set to begin work on its long-anticipated Market Hub Services & Pipeline Expansion Project, spanning parts of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware and Virginia. Following setbacks stemming from, among other things, COVID-19 and weak-market periods, subsidiary Eastern Shore Natural Gas Corporation is nearing construction on the project, which will transport up to 1 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas from Chester, Pennsylvania, to Wilmington, Delaware.

The new line is divided into a 55-mile, $210 million segment in Pennsylvania; a 162-mile $620 million segment in Maryland and Virginia; and a 72-mile, $175 million segment in Delaware. The line will be supported by a compressor station in each of these four states, near the cities of Chester, Elkton, Accomac and Wilmington, respectively. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Oil & Gas Pipeline Project Database can read detailed reports on the pipeline segments in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, and Delaware, and the compressor stations in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and Delaware.

Enbridge Incorporated (NYSE:ENB) (Calgary, Alberta) is preparing for a major improvement project in the same region: the Appalachia to Market II and Armagh and Entriken Replacement projects in southern Pennsylvania, which will bolster the existing Armagh Compressor Station in New Florence and Entriken Compressor Station in James Creek by replacing natural gas-driven compressor units with new, more energy-efficient electric-motor-driven units. The project is expected to add up to 55 million standard cubic feet per day of gas to the system, as well as a new, 2-mile pipeline loop in Lebanon County. Subscribers can read detailed reports on the Armagh and Entriken projects and the pipeline loop.

The Texas Gulf Coast, always a busy destination for the pipeline industry, is set for two lengthy additions: Kinder Morgan Incorporated's (NYSE:KMI) (Houston, Texas) $250 million Tejas-Eagle Ford Expansion Project from Freer to Stinton, which will carry up to 2 billion cubic feet per day over 67 miles, and WhiteWater Midstream's (Austin, Texas) 43-mile line from Agua Dulce to Corpus Christi, which will carry up to 1.7 billion cubic feet per day. Subscribers can read detailed reports on the Kinder Morgan and WhiteWater projects.

Williams Companies Incorporated (NYSE:WMB) (Tulsa, Oklahoma) is preparing to build a 140-mile subsea line in the offshore Gulf of Mexico to carry 28 million standard cubic feet per day of natural gas to Williams' Discovery Pipeline System from the Anchor Development Project in the Green Canyon Area. The Discovery system will carry the gas to Williams' processing plant in Larose, Louisiana. Subscribers can learn more in a detailed project report.

The subsea line is just one of a slew of recent developments in the Gulf from Williams, which recently acquired a portfolio of natural gas storage and transmission assets in the area from Hartree Partners (New York, New York) for $1.95 billion. For more information, see December 29, 2023, article - Williams to Acquire Gulf Coast Natural Gas Storage Portfolio.

Subscribers to Industrial Info's GMI Project and Plant databases can click here for a full list of detailed reports for projects mentioned in this article, and click here for a full list of related plant profiles.

Subscribers can click here for a full list of reports for natural gas pipeline projects that have a medium to high probability (70% or more) of beginning construction across the U.S. in the first quarter.

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