Williams Cos., Tulsa, reported Dec. 30 the completion of its Gateway Expansion project—an expansion of the Transco natural gas pipeline to serve the US Northeast. Placed into full service 11 months ahead of schedule, the project will serve New Jersey tri-state area consumers in time for the 2019-2020 winter heating season.
The project provides 65,000 dekatherms/day of incremental firm transportation capacity to serve PSEG Power LLC and UGI Energy Services LLC.
Construction on the project began in early 2019, with an original in-service projection of November 2020. The project minimized community and environmental impacts by maximizing the utilization of existing pipeline infrastructure, with virtually all project activities confined to Transco’s existing footprint in New Jersey.
With the expansion, the Transco pipeline’s system-design capacity is increased to 17.3 million dekatherms/day. The system includes 10,000 miles of pipeline between South Texas and New York City.