Vector Pipeline floats doubling capacity, bidirectional flow

Oct. 8, 2014
Vector Pipeline LP is holding a binding open season to secure shipper interest in adding as much as 650,000 MMcfd to its natural gas pipeline system.

Vector Pipeline LP is holding a binding open season to secure shipper interest in adding as much as 650,000 MMcfd to its natural gas pipeline system. The 2017 Expansion will be a scalable expansion project adding a 42-in. OD loop and possibly additional compression, boosting total capacity to a potential 1.3 bcfd.

Vector expects the new capacity to enter bidirectional service November 2017. The existing pipeline includes interconnects with Alliance Pipeline LP (at Joliet, Ill.), ANR Pipeline Co. (St. John, Ind.), Blue Water Gas Storage (Lenox, Mich.), DTE Gas Go. (multiple sites), Enbridge Gas Distribution (Sombra, Ont.), Guardian Pipeline and Northern Border Pipeline Co. (both Joliet), and Union (Dawn, Ont.).

The company said that with the potential of Marcellus-Utica gas entering the Vector system in Michigan via proposed third-party pipelines, it envisioned moving gas east-to-west to supply Chicago, Dawn, and all markets in between, in addition to maintaining the more traditional west-east flow.

The open season closes Nov. 4.

Contact Christopher E. Smith at [email protected].