Atlantic Sunrise Gas Pipeline
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Atlantic Sunrise Gas Pipeline is an operating natural gas pipeline project.[1]
Location
The pipeline runs from Marcellus Shale, Lancaster County, to Pennsylvania, Susquehanna County.[2]
Project Details
- Operator: Transcontinental Gas Pipeline LLC[3]
- Owner: Williams Partners (60.8%), NextEra (39.2%)[4]
- Parent: Williams Partners (60.8%), NextEra (39.2%)[4]
- Capacity: 1.7 billion cubic feet per day[5][3]
- Length: 197.5 miles[6]
- Status: Operating
- Start Year: 2018[3]
- Cost: $3100 million[3]
Background
Atlantic Sunrise Gas Pipeline is a pipeline expansion project. The design of the project includes a total of 183 miles of new greenfield pipe called the Central Penn Line, two pipeline loops (Chapman Loop and Unity Loop) totalling approximately 12 miles, 2.5 miles of existing pipeline replacement, two compressor facilities in Pennsylvania, and other facility additions or modifications in five states, including Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.[7][5]
Meade owns approximately 39.2% of the Central Penn Line and the rest owned by Transcontinental Gas Pipeline LLC. Meade Pipeline is a private joint venture between AltaGas Ltd's unit WGL Midstream, Cabot Oil & Gas Corp COG.N and EIF Vega Midstream. In September 2019, NextEra Energy Partners bought Meade Pipeline for approximately $1.37 billion.[8][9][10]
In May 2023, NextEra announced its plan to sell of its natural gas pipeline assets by 2025 to focus on a 100% renewable energy strategy.[11][12]
Williams partners submitted an application for the project to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in March of 2015, and the project was approved by FERC in February of 2017. Mainline construction began in March of 2017.[13] The project was developed in three phases: Phase IA, IB and II completing construction in 2017, June 2018 and October 2018.[3] The pipeline was expected to be in full service in mid-2018.[13]
In October 2018 the pipeline went into service.[14]
In September 2020, the U.S. Department of Environmental Protection fined Transco more than $73600 for failure to properly maintain erosion and sedimentation best management practices, drilling fluid spills at sites in Lebanon, Luzerne, and Wyoming counties, and sediment discharge into waterways.[15]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ Atlantic Sunrise Gas Pipeline, Oil & Gas Journal, accessed September 2017
- ↑ "The Atlantic Sunrise pipeline". State Impact Pennsylvania. Retrieved 22 August, 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Natural Gas Data - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Atlantic Sunrise Project, US". Offshore Technology. 02 November, 2021. Retrieved 22 August, 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Ongoing Projects- Construction Underway" (PDF). Pipeline News. October 2018. Retrieved 22 August, 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Atlantic Sunrise project placed into full service". Williams. Retrieved 22 August, 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Overview, Williams, accessed 13 December 2017
- ↑ "Ares Management Corporation Sells Ownership Interest in Meade Pipeline to NextEra Energy Partners". Business Wire. 22 October, 2019. Retrieved 22 August, 2023.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|date=(help) - ↑ "NextEra Energy Partners to buy Meade Pipeline for $1.37 billion". Reuters. 30 September, 2019. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ↑ "NextEra Energy Partners, LP announces definitive agreement to acquire Meade Pipeline Co LLC" (PDF). NextEra Energy Partners. 30 September, 2019. Retrieved 22 August, 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Joshi, Arjun (09 May, 2023). "Read more: https://www.mercomindia.com/nextera-sell-natural-gas-assets-focus-on-renewables". Mercom India. Retrieved 22 August, 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|date=(help); External link in|title= - ↑ "NextEra Energy Selling Its Stake in NE Pa. Marcellus Pipeline". Marcellus Drilling. 09 May, 2023. Retrieved 22 August, 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 13.0 13.1 Project Timeline, Williams, accessed 13 December 2017
- ↑ Pennsylvania close to another natural gas production record, Pipe Up, Jan. 3, 2019
- ↑ McDevitt, Rachel (28 September, 2020). "Atlantic Sunrise pipeline company pays $700,000 for construction violations". Whyy. Retrieved 22 August, 2023.
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