Williams Cos. Inc., Tulsa, has launched a binding open season for Regional Energy Access, an incremental expansion of the Transco natural gas pipeline, that will serve the US Northeast as early as November 2022. The open season runs to Apr. 8.
The REA expansion is being designed to provide as much as 1 million dekatherms/day of firm gas transportation capacity to the Transco pipeline’s northeast market, including existing Pennsylvania and New Jersey local distribution companies and electric power generators.
REA maximizes the use of existing Transco pipelines and rights of way. Williams expects the project will include some 34 miles of pipeline looping and additional compression along existing Transco facilities. Final capacity, scope, and cost of the project will be determined by the results of the open season.
The project will connect Marcellus supply from points along the Transco pipeline’s Leidy Line in Luzerne County, Pa., to delivery points in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, including the Station 210 Zone 6 Pool in Mercer County, NJ, the Lower Mud Run Road interconnect in Northampton County, Pa., and along Transco’s mainline to Station 200, Marcus Hook lateral, and Trenton Woodbury lateral.
