Duke Energy places Patriot natural gas pipeline expansion in service

By OGJ editors

HOUSTON, Nov. 24 -- Duke Energy Gas Transmission, the Houston-based division of Duke Energy Corp., Charlotte, NC, has placed into service its 95-mile, 24-in. Patriot pipeline extension in southwestern Virginia and northern North Carolina. The line expands the company's existing 1,129-mile East Tennessee Natural Gas Pipeline System in Tennessee and Virginia.

Initially, the expansion will transport 365 MMcfd of natural gas to customers in Virginia and the southeastern US, but it can be expanded to serve expected future market growth in the Southeast and eastern Mid-Atlantic states, which is projected to grow 2.3%/year through 2010 (OGJ Online, Nov. 22, 2002).