Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline

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Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline is an operating natural gas pipeline.

Location

The pipeline runs from the Rocky Mountains to Wyoming, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Nebraska, Missouri, and Kentucky.

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Project Details

• Operator: Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.
• Parent Company: Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ); GE Energy Financial Services
• Current capacity: 2400 Million cubic feet per day
• Length: 5,817 miles / 9,362 km
• Status: Operating
• Start Year: 1904

Background

The pipeline is operated by Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc., which is jointly owned by Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) and by GE Energy Financial Services.

Expansion Projects

Midwest Market Access Expansion Project

The expansion project involves modifications and upgrades to the existing Grabham compressor station in Kansas, USA. Developers have already applied for approval with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, as of April 2021 the project had received FERC approval and is expected to begin service in 2023. There has been no update on the construction of the project and the project is presumed delayed.

• Operator: Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.
• Parent Company: Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ); GE Energy Financial Services
• Capacity: 40 Million cubic feet per day
• Length: 0.0 new miles of pipeline
• Cost: US$3 million
• Status: Proposed
• Start Year: 2023

Articles and resources

External articles

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