USA: Williams Partners Starts Up Springville Pipeline

Williams Partners L.P. today announced another significant milestone in building large-scale infrastructure in the Marcellus Shale with the start up of its Springville natural gas gathering pipeline.

The Springville pipeline connects Williams Partners’ growing gathering system in northeast Pennsylvania with its Transco interstate gas pipeline, initially moving 300 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) of natural gas to the valuable Northeast markets. The project is a key component of the partnership’s strategy to provide Marcellus producers with reliable large-scale infrastructure and connect them to key markets.

Williams owns 75 percent of Williams Partners, including the general-partner interest.

“The Springville system is part of our strategy to offer natural gas producers in this part of the Marcellus Shale independent, market-based solutions to gather production and deliver it to the growing Northeast markets,” said Rory Miller, senior vice president of Midstream for Williams Partners. “We expect to double the initial takeaway capacity on Springville by the end of this year by adding compression,” Miller said.

“This project is a prime example of our intense focus on expanding our services to meet our customers’ demand for reliable infrastructure services,” Miller added.

The 33.5-mile, 24-inch Springville pipeline transports natural gas from Williams Partners’ existing gathering system in Susquehanna County, Pa., to its Transco interstate gas transmission system in Luzerne County, Pa.

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LNG World News Staff, January 19, 2012