EnCana Corp.’s proposed Entrega Gas Pipeline is expected to be under construction by next June if all goes to plan, the company said this week. The pipe, to be constructed in two stages, would begin transporting natural gas from the Piceance Basin to the Cheyenne Hub by the end of next year (see Daily GPI, Oct. 21).

Entrega expects to receive a draft environmental impact statement in January on the proposed route from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which would be followed by a 45-day comment period.

The proposed 1.3 Bcf/d pipeline would bring gas from the Piceance Basin in northwestern Colorado through the Wamsutter Basin and Hub, and other supply areas, to the Cheyenne gas trading hub in northeastern Colorado, where several proposed and existing eastbound pipelines converge. Entrega plans to construct the pipe in two phases, with the 36-inch portion in service by the end of 2005 and the remaining 42-inch pipe in service in late 2006. Construction is estimated to be $650 million.

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