BLM seeks comments on proposed Pinedale Anticline condensate line

Oct. 23, 2009
The US Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on a proposed 42-mile condensate pipeline from the Pinedale Anticline natural gas field to a terminal south of LaBarge, Wyo.

Nick Snow
OGJ Washington Editor

WASHINGTON, DC, Oct. 23 -- The US Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on a proposed 42-mile condensate pipeline from the Pinedale Anticline natural gas field to a terminal south of LaBarge, Wyo.

BLM said Ultra Resources Inc., Houston, has proposed the 6-in. pipeline to fulfill a requirement in the supplemental environmental impact statement record of decision for the field that operators install a liquids gathering system to reduce truck traffic associated with production there within 2 years.

BLM said about 22 miles of the line would be built within designated corridors, while the other 20 miles would parallel an existing 230-kv power line and other existing infrastructure. Construction is expected to begin in the spring of 2010 and be completed by that fall, BLM said on Oct. 20.

It said comments will be accepted at BLM’s Pinedale, Wyo., field office through Nov. 23. The scoping notice and proposed project map may be viewed online at www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/info/NEPA/pfodocs/Ultra.html.

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