The Kern River Gas Transmission Co. 2010 Expansion Project has been set for environmental assessment by the FERC, the agency said Monday. The project would involve new facilities as well as improvements to existing facilities in Lincoln and Uinta counties in Wyoming and San Bernardino County, CA.

Proposed modifications would increase summer design capacity on the Kern River system from 1,731,126 Dth/d to 1,876,126 Dth/d. The company held a supplemental open season earlier this year for the project (see Daily GPI, Feb. 25), which followed an open season held late last year (see Daily GPI, Oct. 31, 2007).

According to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Kern River is proposing one new 20,500 hp gas-powered compressor unit and the restaging of five compressor units at the existing Muddy Creek Compressor Station in Lincoln County. The company also is proposing to restage two compressor units at the Painter Compressor Station in Uinta County and install additional metering facilities at the Opal Meter Station in Lincoln County and at the Kramer Junction Meter Station in San Bernardino County.

Kern River also would increase the maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) of its 1,380 miles of pipeline from 1,200 pounds per square inch gauge (psig) to 1,333 psig and increase the MAOP of the meter and compressor stations along its system from 1,250 psig to 1,350 psig.

Kern River’s pipeline runs between southwestern Wyoming and Southern California and delivers more than 1.7 Bcf/d to markets in Utah, Nevada and California. Kern River is a subsidiary of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co.

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