Williams‘ Northwest Pipeline GP has received authorization from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to place its 24-inch diameter Colorado Hub Connection into service, it said. The 26.4-mile pipeline and related facilities connect the Meeker/White River Hub, a regional production area hub, with the Northwest Pipeline mainline south of Rangely, CO. The project will provide approximately 360,000 Dth/d of firm service on Northwest’s mainline to delivery points as far south as Ignacio, CO. At Ignacio Northwest interconnects with El Paso Natural Gas and Transwestern Pipeline Co. The cost of the project was approximately $60 million. “Completion of the Colorado Hub makes it possible for us to connect the Piceance Basin supplies with markets in the western U.S. through Northwest’s existing mainline system,” said Phil Wright, president of Williams’ gas pipeline business. In August 2007 Northwest conducted an open season for the project and filed an application for a FERC certificate in September 2008. Williams Pipeline Partners LP owns a 35% interest in Northwest Pipeline GP.

Spectra Energy‘s 95-kilometer (60-mile) South Peace Pipeline, which extends the company’s existing raw gas gathering system in the rapidly developing Montney/Doig/Cadomin plays in northeast British Columbia (BC), has been placed into service, the company said. “The South Peace Pipeline project represents an important part of Spectra Energy’s significant expansion activities designed to meet the needs and timing of area producers and downstream customers,” said Duane Rae, vice president for field services of Spectra Energy Transmission West. “This pipeline, which has a capacity in excess of 220 MMcf/d, provides Montney producers in the emerging South Peace region with access to our vast Fort St. John area infrastructure, including our McMahon gas processing plant. Over the past two years we have also completed a turnaround of our processing facilities at the plant, which is now capable of operating at its full design capacity of 740 MMcf/d.”

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