Salt Lake City-based Questar Corp. said Wednesday that the $100 million, 410-mile eastern portion of its converted Southern Trails pipeline is expected to be free-flowing gas supplies by mid-June en route to being fully operation with 80 MMcf/d of compressed supplies flowing in the former oil pipeline by July 1. The pipeline stretches from the Four Corners area of New Mexico to the California border.

The 210-mile California portion of the same 20-inch-diameter pipeline is still in limbo awaiting customer interest, which is partially tied to a pending state regulatory decision on the assessment of exit fees in the remaining direct access program.

A Questar spokesperson said the pipeline’s eastern interconnects will include links to Transwestern, El Paso, Trans-Colorado and Williams Field Services. On the western end at the California border, there is another interconnection with Transmission, along with ties to the Southern California Gas Co., Pacific Gas and Electric Co. systems and a local Citizens Gas power plant in Arizona.

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