Portland Natural Gas Transmission System (PNGTS)
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Portland Natural Gas Transmission System (PNGTS) is an operating natural gas pipeline.[1]
Location
The pipeline runs from Pittsburg, New Hampshire to Westbrook, Maine.
Project details
- Operator: TC Energy[2]
- Owner: TC Energy (61.7%), Northern New England Investment Company (38.3%)[3]
- Parent Company:
- Capacity: 210 million cubic feet per day[3]
- Length: 295 miles[3]
- Diameter: 24-inches[4]
- Status: Operating[3]
- Start Year: 1999[4][3]
- Cost: 303 million USD [4]
- Financing:
- Associate Infrastructure:
Background
The Portland Natural Gas Transmission System is a 295-mile interstate natural gas pipeline system originating at TC Energy's TQM pipeline at the Canadian border, shares facilities with the Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline from Westbrook, ME to Dracut, MA where it ultimately connects with the Tennessee Gas Pipeline System. The pipeline has a capacity of 168 million cubic feet per day at the Canadian border and increases to 210 million cubic feet per day from Westbrook, ME to Dracut, MA.[2]
Expansion Projects
Westbrook Xpress Project, Phase 2
The expansion project does not involve adding any additional miles of pipeline. The increased transmission capacity will effect New Hampshire and Maine, USA and Quebec, Canada.[4]
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the construction of the project was completed on 21 October, 2021.[4]
- Operator: Portland Natural Gas Transmission System[4]
- Capacity: 63 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d)[4]
- Length: 0 new kilometers of pipeline[4]
- Status: Operating[4]
- Start year: 2021[4]
- Cost: 117 million USD[4]
Westbrook Xpress Project Phase 3
Both the Phase 2 and Phase 3 expansions were approved together[4]
- Operator: Portland Natural Gas Transmission System[4]
- Capacity: 18 million cubic feet per day[4]
- Length: 0 new kilometers of pipeline[4]
- Status: Operating[4]
- Start year: 2021[4]
Portland Xpress Expansion Project
The Portland Xpress Expansion project was developed in three phases. The Phases 1 and 2 of the expansion project involved increase in import from Canada from 210 to 274.216 MMcf/d, without any new construction. Phase 3 involved setting up an additional compressor station to the pipeline, resulting in additional transmission capacity of 24 MMcf/d. The increased transmission capacity will effect New Hampshire and Maine, USA and Quebec, Canada.[4]
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the project entered partial service in August of 2020, with full service by the end of 2020.[4]
- Operator: Portland Natural Gas Transmission System[4]
- Capacity: 24 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d)[4]
- Length: 0.0 new miles of pipeline[4]
- Status: Operating[4]
- Start year: 2020[4]
- Cost: 80 million USD[4]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ Portland Natural Gas Transmission System (PNGTS) , A Barrel Full, accessed September 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Portland Natural Gas Transmission System, TC Pipelines, LC, accessed January, 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "TC Energy — Portland Natural Gas Transmission System". www.tcenergy.com. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 4.22 4.23 4.24 "Natural Gas Data - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
