Williams Partners Expands Pipeline Capacity to Deliver Natural Gas to Serve Growing Florida Power Generation Market
July 11 2017 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Williams Partners L.P. (NYSE: WPZ) announced today that it has
successfully placed into service the first phase of its Hillabee
expansion project, expanding the capacity of its Transco pipeline
system in Alabama by 818,410 dekatherms per day (Dth/d) to supply
Florida power generators via the new Sabal Trail pipeline.
The project was approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC) in February 2016.
Designed to be constructed in three phases, the Hillabee
expansion project will add a total of approximately 1,131,730 Dt/d
of pipeline capacity to the Transco system by 2021. The project's
second phase is scheduled to be in service by the second quarter of
2020, while the third and final phase would be in service by the
second quarter of 2021.
“The Hillabee project is an important Transco expansion
providing clean-burning natural gas to meet the needs of Florida’s
rapidly growing power generation market,” said Frank Ferazzi,
senior vice president of Williams Partners’ Atlantic-Gulf operating
area. “Together, the Hillabee and Sabal Trail projects connect
Florida power generators with Transco’s Station 85 Pool, giving
them direct access to robust natural gas supply basins in the
Haynesville and Midcontinent area, and soon with the completion of
Atlantic Sunrise, to the prolific Marcellus dry gas area in
northeastern Pennsylvania.”
The first phase of the Hillabee project included the
construction of a new compressor facility in Choctaw County, Ala.,
approximately 20 miles of pipeline looping, in addition to existing
compressor facility modifications.
Construction on the second phase of the project, which will
include nearly 11 miles of looping in addition to existing
compressor facility modifications, is expected to get underway in
the second quarter of 2019.
Transco, the nation’s largest-volume and fastest-growing
interstate natural gas pipeline system, is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Williams Partners L.P. Transco delivers natural gas
to customers through its 10,200-mile pipeline network whose
mainline extends nearly 1,800 miles between South Texas and New
York City. The system is a major provider of cost-effective natural
gas services that reaches U.S. markets in 12 Southeast and Atlantic
Seaboard states.
About Williams Partners
Williams Partners is an industry-leading, large-cap natural gas
infrastructure master limited partnership with a strong growth
outlook and major positions in key U.S. supply basins. Williams
Partners has operations across the natural gas value chain
including gathering, processing and interstate transportation of
natural gas and natural gas liquids. Williams Partners owns and
operates more than 33,000 miles of pipelines system wide –
including the nation’s largest volume and fastest growing pipeline
– providing natural gas for clean-power generation, heating and
industrial use. Williams Partners’ operations touch approximately
30 percent of U.S. natural gas. Tulsa, Okla.-based Williams (NYSE:
WMB), a premier provider of large-scale U.S. natural gas
infrastructure, owns approximately 74 percent of Williams
Partners.
Portions of this document may constitute “forward-looking
statements” as defined by federal law. Although the partnership
believes any such statements are based on reasonable assumptions,
there is no assurance that actual outcomes will not be materially
different. Additional information about issues that could lead to
material changes in performance is contained in the partnership’s
annual and quarterly reports filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
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Williams Partners L.P.Media Contact:Christopher Stockton,
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