Rockies Express Pipeline (REX) Thursday revised its estimate for in-service of REX-East due to delays in completing its Illinois River horizontal directional drill (HDD), which has been complicated by adverse weather.

Service to all REX-East interim service delivery points is expected to begin in late May. REX affirmed its previously projected in-service dates for Lebanon, OH, of June 15 and Clarington, OH, of Nov. 1. The Illinois River HDD has caused repeated delays of REX-East work (see Daily GPI, April 24).

Initial REX-East service is projected to commence in late May into Zone 3 at 1,600 MDth/d. This includes all interim service delivery points, which are NGPL (Moultrie County, IL), Trunkline (Douglas County, IL), Midwestern (Edgar County, IL) and PEPL (Putnam County, IN). In addition, the Ameren (Moultrie County, IL) delivery point is expected to commence service contemporaneous with interim service.

Service to Lebanon is projected to commence June 15 with an initial capacity of 1,600 MDth/d to the Lebanon delivery points. Capacity will later increase to 1,800 MDth/d.

In-service of the fully powered REX-East to Clarington is projected to be Nov. 1, capacity following necessary operational approvals will be 1,800 MDth/d.

For more information visit www.rexpipeline.com, “Rockies Express — East,” “REX-East — Informational Posting.”

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