Vector, Guardian pipelines interconnection in service

Nov. 1, 2004
A new 100 MMcfd interconnection has begun service on Vector Pipeline LP's 42-in. natural gas pipeline near Joliet, Ill., and Guardian Pipeline LLC's pipeline from the Joliet hub to the Dawn, Ont., hub.

By OGJ editors

HOUSTON, Nov. 1 -- A new 100 MMcfd interconnection has begun service on Vector Pipeline LP's 42-in. natural gas pipeline near Joliet, Ill., and Guardian Pipeline LLC's pipeline from the Joliet hub to the Dawn, Ont., hub.

The interconnection, expandable to 400 MMcfd, connects Vector's system with Wisconsin markets via the Guardian line and to other pipelines, such as Midwestern Gas Transmission and Natural Gas Pipeline of America, through Guardian's hub services.

Vector is a joint venture of Enbridge Inc., Calgary, 60% and DTE Energy Co., Detroit, 40%.

Guardian is a partnership between Wisconsin Energy Corp., Milwaukee; WPS Resources Corp., Green Bay, Wis.; and Viking Gas Transmission, a subsidiary of Northern Border Partners LP, Omaha.