Columbia seeks FERC authorization to add 1.3rnBcf/d of bidirectional service through WB Xpress

摘要

Columbia Gas Transmission formally applied at FERC to build WBrnXPress, a mostly brownfield project to add 1.3 Bcf/d of bidirectionalrnnatural gas service to markets in western West Virginia and northernrnVirginia.rnIn its December 30 proposal, Columbia told FERC the project wouldrnoffer shippers the chance to move gas to numerous marketsrnaccessible through delivery points on the Columbia system, as well asrnto markets accessible to other interstate pipelines connected tornColumbia (CP16-38).rnThe project includes 26 miles of 26-inch-diameter replacementrnpipe in Randolph and Pendleton counties, West Virginia, as well as 2.9rnmiles of greenfield pipeline in Fairfax County, Virginia, and KanawharnCounty, West Virginia. It also would modify seven existing compressorrnstations, add two new compressor stations in Kanawha County andrnFairfax County, and restore operating pressure on existing lines.