FERC OKs Cheyenne Plains gas pipeline EIS

Cheyenne Plains Gas Pipeline Co., a unit of Houston-based El Paso Corp., has received Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approval of the environmental impact statement for its proposed 380 mile natural gas pipeline from El Paso's Cheyenne Hub south of Cheyenne, Wyo., to Greensburg, Kan. (OGJ Online, May 28, 2003).

Feb. 24, 2004

By OGJ editors

HOUSTON, Feb. 24 -- Cheyenne Plains Gas Pipeline Co., a unit of Houston-based El Paso Corp., has received Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approval of the environmental impact statement for its proposed 380 mile natural gas pipeline from El Paso's Cheyenne Hub south of Cheyenne, Wyo., to Greensburg, Kan. (OGJ Online, May 28, 2003).

Initial capacity would be 560 MMcfd of gas, which could be increased to 730 MMcfd within 1 year. Cheyenne Plains filed last September for FERC authorization to change the pipe diameter to 36-in. from 30-in. (OGJ Online, Sept. 22, 2003), a proposal that would hike construction costs to $425 million from $332 million.

The proposed pipeline is planned to be in service in early 2005.