Kern River Gas Pipeline

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Kern River Gas Pipeline is a proposed natural gas pipeline.

Location

The pipeline runs from Opal, Wyoming through Utah and Nevada to Daggett, California.

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Project Details

• Operator: Kern River Gas Transmission Company
• Owner: Kern River Gas Transmission Company
• Parent company: Berkshire Hathaway
• Capacity: 2.17 billion cubic feet per day
• Length: 1,717 miles
• Diameter: 36 and 42 inches
• Status: Operating
• Start year: 1991

Background

The Kern River Gas Pipeline is owned and operated by Berkshire Hathaway Energy.

In 2003, a system expansion added 716 miles (1,152.3 kilometers) and 900 million cubic feet per day of transport capacity. The pipeline has a diameter of 36-inches and cost US$1.3 billion to complete.

Environmental Impact

A 1992 report by the U.S. Geological Survey documented the potential for the Kern River Gas Pipeline and other pipelines to damage the environment in the Mojave Desert. "Residual environmental effects of the pipeline installations described above include accelerated wind and water erosion and long-term loss of habitat. Accelerated wind erosion has resulted in property damage, public safety hazards, possibly deleterious health effects on humans and domestic and wild animals, and enlargement of damage to plant communities adjacent to construction corridors.

Expansion projects

Delta Lateral Project

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• Operator: Kern River Gas Transmission Company
• Owner: Kern River Gas Transmission Company
• Parent company: Berkshire Hathaway
• Capacity: 140,000 Dth/d (dekatherms per day)
• Length: 35.84 miles
• Diameter: 24 inches
• Status: Operating
• Start year: 2024
• Cost: US$93,140,275
• Financing:
• Associated infrastructure:

The Delta Lateral would carry natural gas from Kern River's mainline hear Holden, Utah to a delivery point near Delta, Utah, United States. The project is expected deliver natural gas to Intermountain Power Agency's Intermountain Power Project.

The project was first proposed in Spring 2020, and FERC approved Kern River's pre-filing process in July 2020.

On 19 May 2022, FERC issued a certificate approving the project. Construction was expected to begin during Spring 2023, and it was slated to go into service during Spring 2024.

The pipeline was placed in service on 1 April 2024.

Articles and resources

External articles

Wikipedia also has an article on Kern River Gas Pipeline (Kern River Pipeline). This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License].