FERC approves Dominion's West Virginia gas storage project

By OGJ editors

HOUSTON, July 6 -- Dominion Transmission Inc., the interstate gas transmission subsidiary of Dominion, Clarksburg, WV, has received Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approval to convert 15 existing oil wells in Lewis County, WV, to an underground natural gas storage system.

The project, estimated to cost $9.2 million, would involve converting the wells in the Fink storage field, in central West Virginia to gas storage and connecting them to Dominion's existing Sweeney compressor station. The project includes installation and testing-replacement of pipelines where needed and other facilities.

The field is part of the Fink-Kennedy-Lost Creek storage complex.