Williams Companies In The News: More Marcellus Natural Gas Pipeline Capacity; New LPG Export Facility In Louisiana

Williams to increase natural gas pipeline capacity from the Marcellus (Pennsylvania) to the southeast United States. The press release: 

Williams Partners L.P. announced today that its Transco natural gas pipeline has filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to expand its existing Leidy Line in northern Pennsylvania and its mainline from New Jersey through Alabama by 525,000 dekatherms of natural gas per day to serve growing natural gas markets along the system. The project is fully subscribed by shippers with long-term contracts.

This application is made as another major expansion project on the Leidy Line nears completion. The Northeast Supply Link project expands Transco’s existing system connecting the Marcellus Shale production region to the New York market by 250,000 dekatherms per day. Williams placed a portion of the project’s capacity (125,000 dekatherms per day) into service in August 2013 and the remaining portion of the $390 million expansion is on schedule to be placed into service in November 2013.
The Leidy Southeast expansion project is being designed to serve the growing needs of gas consumers along the Atlantic Seaboard and throughout the southeastern United States. Once the expansion is complete in late 2015, the Leidy Southeast project will provide enough natural gas to serve the equivalent of approximately two million households.

Williams also involved in LPG export facility project in Louisiana. The press release:

Williams and Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP  today announced they have executed joint venture agreements to continue developing a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) export facility in the Lake Charles, La. area. The proposed Moss Lake LPG Terminal would be located on the Calcasieu River and serve tanker ships transporting LPG to Asian, Latin American and European markets.
 
The terminal is being designed to store 900,000 barrels of fully refrigerated propane and butane with a load-rate of 25,000 barrels per hour.  Williams and Boardwalk are currently working with a number of parties to reserve off-take capacity at the terminal.