Tennesee Gas Pipeline said it has signed agreements with natural gas shippers that want to make use of a proposed pipeline expansion in Connecticut.
The $77 million expansion calls for 13 miles of new pipeline loops along the TGP lines in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York, as well as the acquisition of an existing lateral pipeline from another operator, TGP parent Kinder Morgan said this week.
The project would provide an additional 72,000 dekatherms per day of additional capacity for two New England customers, the company said. A dekatherm is equal to 1 million BTUs.
According to Platts, an energy information provider, upgrades to TGP’s existing systems would increase capacity from its interconnect with Iroquois Gas Transmission in Wright, N.Y., to delivery points along TGP’s lines in Connecticut.
The company hopes to have the expansion operational by Nov. 2016. It must receive further approvals from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
