Williams-Boardwalk pipeline gets board OK, boosting Utica shale potential A preliminary map shows the proposed route of the Bluegrass Pipeline through Ohio. Enlarge Courtesy Williams Cos. A preliminary map shows the proposed route of the Bluegrass Pipeline through Ohio. Sponsored Links SurveyMonkey® Get feedback from your customers and vendors. Send a free survey. SurveyMonkey/Business Wells Fargo Advisors Rollover Guide Changing jobs or retiring? Get a free guide to understand your 401(k) options. Info.WellsFargoAdvisors Get Listed Here Jeff Bell Staff reporter- Business First Email | Google+ | Twitter | LinkedIn A pipeline project to move natural gas liquids from the Utica and Marcellus shale plays to the Gulf Coast has taken a step forward with the board of directors at Williams Companies Inc. (NYSE: WMB) signing off on the plan. The Tulsa, Okla.-based oil and gas pipeline and processing company is teaming with Houston-based Boardwalk Pipeline Partners LP (NYSE: BWP) to build the Bluegrass Pipeline. They hope to have the pipeline in service by late 2015 after federal and state regulatory approvals are obtained, said Williams spokeswoman Sara Delgado. The project calls for construction of a natural gas liquids pipeline from the Utica and Marcellus shale plays in Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania to processing and storage facilities in Louisiana. Williams and Boardwalk disclosed the Bluegrass project in March, saying its first phase will provide oil and gas producers with 200,000 barrels per day of mixed natural gas liquid capacity. While the exact route through Ohio is still to be determined, a preliminary map shows pipelines starting in Mahoning County along the Ohio-Pennsylvania border and Monroe County along the Ohio River. They would merge in Noble County in southeast Ohio and then extend west toward the Cincinnati area before pushing south to connect with Boardwalk’s pipeline system in Hardinsburg, Ky. From there, the gas liquids would be shipped via existing natural gas pipelines to Louisiana. The pipeline could boost development of the Utica shale play, which oil and gas experts have said appears to be rich in gas liquids such as ethane, propane and butane. As I’ve reported, production in the Utica play has been slowed by a dearth of pipelines and processing facilities.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 17:09:16 +0000
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