By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Nov. 1 -- East Tennessee Natural Gas LLC (ETNG), a unit of Duke Energy Gas Transmission, has placed into service its 32-mile Jewell Ridge pipeline, which will transport up to 235 MMcfd of natural gas from the Appalachian basin to the US Southeast.
The 20-in. lateral, from a compressor station northwest of Richlands, Va., connects the western Virginia operations of CNX Gas Co. LLC via the existing Cardinal States Gathering System in Tazewell County, to ETNG's mainline near Marion in Smyth County. It also will interconnect with the Williams Cos. Inc. Transco interstate pipeline at Cascade Creek, NC.
In addition to transporting new production, the lateral offers producers an alternative outlet for existing gas supplies when existing transportation arrangements are disrupted.
CNX Gas, formerly Consol Energy Inc., Pittsburgh, has signed a 15-year agreement with ETNG for firm transportation of 210 MMcfd at a predetermined rate. It also will continue to provide gathering services on Cardinal States to third parties.
