Rockies Express Pipeline - Further Interconnections

Further Interconnections

Several expansion projects have been proposed to transport gas further to northeast. The 375 miles (604 km) long Northeast Express project would run from Clarington and Lebanon, Ohio, to Princeton, New Jersey. Other extension project foresees connection of the Rockies Express Pipeline with the Spectra Energy owned Texas Eastern Transmission pipeline. Spectra Energy has made a contract with ConocoPhillips, according to which it will expand the Texas Eastern Transmission pipeline by 4 bcm per year to transport Rocky Mountains gas further to Pennsylvania. This expansion, known as TIME III Project, is expected to be commissioned by November 2010. Another Spectra Energy’s project, known as Northern Bridge, will increase the capacity of a pipeline from Clarington, Ohio, to Oakford, Pennsylvania, up to 5 bcm per year by late 2009. El Paso Corporation and Equitable Resources plan to build an 471 miles (758 km) long expansion, known as the Northeast Passage Project, from Clarington to Pleasant Valley, New York. Williams Companies is planning the 471 miles (758 km) long Rockies Connector Pipeline, which would connect the Rockies Express Pipeline in Clarington with its owned Transcontinental Pipeline in York County, Pennsylvania.