TransCanada Corp. has started service on the Western Build of its WB Xpress project to increase movement of Appalachian basin natural gas to the US Gulf Coast.
It plans to put the Eastern Build on stream later this year.
The Western Build can move 760 MMcfd of gas to a delivery point on the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Broad Run System. Construction included the Elk River Compressor Station at Clendinin, W.Va., and associated pipelines.
The $900-million WBX project upgrades TransCanada’s existing system with two new compressor stations, 30 miles of new pipeline, and modifications of seven existing pipelines, adding a total of 1.3 bcfd of capacity.