Natural Gas Projects Boost Midstream in Early 2021

摘要

While no one can dispute that 2020 was not a good year for midstream, there has been some positive movement concerning natural gas pipelines - despite a year characterized by pricing woes and a crippling pandemic. Toward the end of the year and into early 2021, about 4.4 Bcf/d (124 MMcm/d) of new natural gas pipeline capacity has entered service, according to data provided by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) for the period of November 2020 through January 2021. Four projects added the bulk of that capacity: 1. The Saginaw Trail Pipeline, a Consumer Energy interstate project replacing and expanding pipelines and other infrastructure, entered service in November 2020, with 200 MMcf/d (5.66 MMcm/d) of capacity in the central Michigan counties of Saginaw, Genesse and Oakland. 2. The Buckeye Xpress, Columbia Gas Transmission's (CGT) improvements project that replaced 66 miles (106 km) of 36-inch (914-mm) pipe in Ohio and West Virginia, added 300 MMcf/d (8.5 MMcm/d) of capacity from the Appalachia Basin into CGT's interconnection in Leach, Ky., and the TCO Pool in West Virginia in December 2020.