Christopher E. Smith
Pipeline Editor
HOUSTON, May 30 -- The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission authorized Rockies Express Pipeline LLC to construct and operate its planned 1.8 bcfd REX-East interstate natural gas pipeline. REX-East will have a 42-in. OD and extend 639 miles from the eastern terminus of Rockies Express' REX-West pipeline in Audrain County, Mo., to an interconnection with the Dominion Transmission Inc., Dominion East Ohio, and Texas Eastern Transmission LP pipelines at the Clarington Hub in Monroe County, Ohio.
The REX-East project also will entail the construction of two compressor stations on Rockies Express' already existing facilities; one in Carbon County, Wyo., the other in Phelps County, Neb.
REX-East is the third leg of a project to bring Rockies gas to Midwestern and Eastern markets. REX-Entrega, which extends 327 miles from Colorado and Wyoming to the Cheyenne Hub in Weld County, Colo., at a capacity of as much as 1.1 bcfd, entered service Feb. 14, 2007. REX-West consists of 717 miles of pipeline between the Cheyenne Hub and Audrain County, Mo., with a capacity of as much as 1.5 bcfd, Its first 503 miles entered service in January at a rate of 1 bcfd (OGJ, May 12, 2008, p. 68), with the balance authorized for service on May 16.
FERC ordered work on REX-East to be completed in time for the pipeline to enter service within 18 months.
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