Nick Snow
Washington Editor
WASHINGTON, DC, Apr. 21 -- The US Bureau of Land Management has begun a series of public hearings on a proposed $2 billion natural gas pipeline that would run 680 miles between southwestern Wyoming and southern Oregon near the California state line.
The Ruby Pipeline system, which would be built by subsidiaries of El Paso Corp., PG&E Corp. and Bear Stearns Cos., initially would transport 1.2 billion cubic feet per day of gas from the Opal Hub across northern Utah and Nevada to an interconnection near Malin, Ore. (OGJ, Dec. 24, 2007, Newsletter).
Two compressor stations, one near the 42-in. pipeline's origin and a second midway along its route, also would be built initially. Additional compression could increase capacity to 2 bcfd.
BLM is holding the meetings as a participating agency in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's preparation of an environmental impact statement on the project. The US Forest Service also is participating because the system would cross the Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah and the Fremont-Winema National Forest in Oregon.
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