Kern River Gas Pipeline

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Kern River Gas Pipeline is a proposed natural gas pipeline.[1]

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[2]
  • Owner: Kern River Gas Transmission Company[2]
  • Parent company: Berkshire Hathaway[2]
  • Capacity: 2.17 billion cubic feet per day[3]
  • Length: 1,717 miles[4]
  • Diameter: 36 and 42 inches[3]
  • Status: Operating
  • Start year: 1991

Background

The Kern River Gas Pipeline is owned and operated by Berkshire Hathaway Energy.[5]

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.[6]

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.[7]

Expansion projects

Delta Lateral Project

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  • Operator: Kern River Gas Transmission Company[2]
  • Owner: Kern River Gas Transmission Company[2]
  • Parent company: Berkshire Hathaway[2]
  • Capacity: 140,000 Dth/d (dekatherms per day)[8][9]
  • Length: 35.84 miles[8][9][10]
  • Diameter: 24 inches[2][9][10]
  • Status: Operating[11]
  • Start year: 2024[8][9][11]
  • Cost: US$93,140,275[8][9]
  • 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.[12] The project is expected deliver natural gas to Intermountain Power Agency's Intermountain Power Project.[9]

The project was first proposed in Spring 2020, and FERC approved Kern River's pre-filing process in July 2020.[12]

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.[2][12]

The pipeline was placed in service on 1 April 2024.[11]

Articles and resources

References

  1. Kern River Gas Pipeline, Wikipedia, accessed September 2017
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 "KRInternet > Projects > Delta Lateral Project". www.kernrivergas.com. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "KRInternet > About Us > Overview". www.kernrivergas.com. Retrieved 2023-08-08.
  4. "Methane Challenge Implementation Plan Kern River Gas Transmission Company" (PDF). Environmental Protection Agency. 19 April, 2019. Retrieved 08 August, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. Kern River Gas Transmission Company - About Us, Berkshire Hathaway Energy, accessed January 2018
  6. Natural Gas Data, Pipeline Projects Energy Information Agency, accessed July 21, 2020
  7. Wilshire, H.G., 1992, Environmental impacts of pipeline corridors in the Mojave Desert, California, p.9, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-477, 1992
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "C-1-CP21-197-000 | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission". www.ferc.gov. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 "Natural Gas Data - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 2023-08-08.
  10. 10.0 10.1 "Delta Lateral Project fact sheet". Kern River Gas. Retrieved 08 August 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 "https://www.kernrivergas.com/Projects/Delta-Lateral-Project". {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 "Delta Lateral Project". Kern River Gas. Retrieved 2022-05-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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