The Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMP) subsidiary Tennessee Gas Pipeline (TGP) has started services at the Northeast Upgrade project (NEUP) and the Marcellus Pooling Point (MPP) project in the eastern US.
The NEUP, valued at $500m, is expected to increase production on TGP’s 300 Line system in Pennsylvania and New Jersey by 636,000 dekatherms per day (dth/d). The project is also expected to provide additional takeaway capacity from the Marcellus shale area.
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The fully subscribed $65m MPP project is expected to add around 240,000 dth/d of additional firm Marcellus transportation capacity on TGP’s pipeline system in Pennsylvania.
Natural Gas Pipelines east region president Kimberly Watson said that the company has placed both the NEUP and MPP projects in service as scheduled, which will provide customers with a reliable and efficient pipeline service.
"We continue to make progress on approximately $300 million of additional TGP expansion projects that have been previously announced," Watson added.
KMP operates around 80,000 miles of pipelines that transport natural gas, gasoline, crude oil and CO2. It also operates 180 terminals that store petroleum products and chemicals and also handle products such as ethanol, coal, petroleum coke and steel.
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