Northwest Gas Pipeline

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Northwest Gas Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline in the northwestern United States. [1]

Location

The pipeline runs bidirectionally from Sumas, Washington, to La Plata County, Colorado.

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Project Details

  • Operator: Northwest Pipeline Co[2]
  • Owner: Williams Companies
  • Capacity: 3700 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d)[3]
  • Length: 4000 miles / 6437 km
  • Status: Operating
  • Start Year: 1965 [4]

Background

The Northwest Pipeline system is a primary artery for the transmission of natural gas to the Pacific Northwest and Intermountain Region. It began as a 1,500-mile pipeline and has since expanded into a 4,000-mile bi-directional transmission system crossing the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah and Colorado. Northwest’s bi-directional system provides access to British Columbia, Alberta, Rocky Mountain and San Juan Basin gas supplies. There are several expansion projects currently planned, including into Mollala and Jordan Cove, Oregon, and Plymouth, Washington. [1] As of 2017, there is also a lateral expansion planned into Seattle, Washington. [5]

Expansion Projects

Trail West/N-MAX Expansion Project

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The Trail West Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline in Oregon, USA.[6] The pipeline would run to Portland, Oregon, USA.[7]

In Oregon, USA, TC Energy is working with the utility NW Natural to develop the Trail West Pipeline project, which would deliver more gas to the Portland area from a major existing pipeline in Central Oregon. The new 30-inch diameter gas pipeline is designed to transport 500 million cubic feet per day with an option to double that amount in the future. The industry believes that it could go into service by late 2023.[8]

  • Operator: Trail West Pipelines[9]
  • Owner: Trail West Holdings[9]
  • Parent company: Northwest Holdings (50%), TC Energy (50%)[9][10]
  • Capacity: 450 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d)[2]
  • Length: 106 miles / 170.6 km[2]
  • Diameter: 30-inches[2]
  • Cost: US$800 million[2]
  • Status: Cancelled[11]
  • Start Year: 2023[12][13]


According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the project is expected to be in-service in 2021, but there have been no development updates since 2017. Since there have been no development updates since 2017, the project is assumed to be cancelled.[2] According to the July 2023 update of the EIA database the project status is on-hold/cancelled.[2]

Kalama Lateral Project

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The Kalama Lateral Project was proposed in 2016 to transport natural gas to a proposed Northwest Innovation Works methanol plant in Washington, United States.[14] FERC issued extensions to Northwest Pipeline Co in 2018 and 2019, and in April 2022 it granted a third extension to the required in-service date out to April 2022.

The project is considered cancelled as of April 2022.

  • Operator: Northwest Pipeline Co[2]
  • Owner: Williams Companies
  • Parent company: Williams Companies
  • Capacity: 320,000 Dth/d[14]
  • Length: 3 mi[2]
  • Diameter: 24 in[2]
  • Status: Cancelled[2]
  • Start year: 2022[2]
  • Cost: US$22.8 million[2]
  • Financing:
  • Associated infrastructure:

Articles and resources

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Northwest Pipeline" Williams Companies January 2018
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 Natural Gas Data, Pipeline Projects Energy Information Agency, Aug. 14, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Northwest Pipeline – LNG/Infrastructure Update" Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission accessed January 2018
  4. ↑ "Company Overview of Northwest Pipeline LLC" Bloomberg accessed January 2018
  5. ↑ "Williams Partners’ Northwest Pipeline Seeks FERC Approval for North Seattle Lateral Upgrade Project" BusinessWire accessed January 2018
  6. ↑ Eric De Place, Despite Inslee’s Opposition, Gas Industry Still Plans Big Expansion in the PNW, Sightline Institute, June 6, 2019
  7. ↑ Erica Jackson, National Energy and Petrochemical Map , FracTracker Alliance, February 28, 2020
  8. ↑ Eric De Place, Despite Inslee’s Opposition, Gas Industry Still Plans Big Expansion in the PNW, Sightline Institute, June 6, 2019
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Chris Palmer (2020-05-27). "NW Fracked: Watchdog Groups Call on NW Natural to Drop Fracked Gas Pipeline Through Mt Hood National Forest - 350PDX: Climate Justice". 350PDX: Climate Justice. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  10. ↑ "NW Fracked: Watchdog Groups Call on NW Natural to Drop Fracked Gas Pipeline Through Mt Hood National Forest" (PDF). Columbia River Keeper. 27 May, 2020. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |archive-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ↑ U.S. natural gas pipeline projects, U.S. Energy Information Administration, April 29, 2021
  12. ↑ Eric De Place, Despite Inslee’s Opposition, Gas Industry Still Plans Big Expansion in the PNW, Sightline Institute, June 6, 2019
  13. ↑ "Trail West Pipeline". Bark Out. Retrieved 14 August, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Northwest Pipeline gets 2 more years to put gas lateral in service". www.spglobal.com. Retrieved 2022-12-07.

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