Leidy South Expansion Seeks to Debottleneck Marcellus, Utica Shales

SUGAR LAND, TEXAS--January 14, 2019--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The nation's largest natural gas pipeline system is attempting to expand its footprint in the Marcellus and Utica shales, leapfrogging other proposed pipeline projects in the area that have been delayed. The Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company (Transco) (Houston, Texas), a unit of Williams Companies Incorporated (NYSE:WMB) (Tulsa, Oklahoma), is developing the Leidy South Expansion project in Pennsylvania, a $500 million project that will add about 582 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) of new throughput. If the project receives all its required permits according to schedule, construction can begin in early 2021, and gas can begin flowing by early 2022.

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