East Tennessee Gas Pipeline

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East Tennessee Gas Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline in Tennessee and Virginia, USA.[1]

Location

The pipeline runs from points in east Tennessee, USA to Roanoke, Virginia, USA.[2][3]

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Project details

  • Operator: East Tennessee Natural Gas LLC
  • Owner: Enbridge[4]
  • Parent company: Enbridge
  • Capacity: 1.86 bcf/d[4]
  • Diameter:
  • Length: 1,526 mi[4]
  • Status: Operating[4]
  • Start year: 1996
  • Cost:

Background

The East Tennessee Gas Pipeline is operated by Enbridge. A segment of the system extends into southwest Virginia and northern North Carolina through a 95-mile natural gas pipeline that interconnects with the Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line TRANSCO system near Eden, N.C. The East Tennessee Gas Pipeline also interconnects with Texas Eastern Transmission Gas Pipeline, Tennessee Gas Pipeline, Columbia Gulf Transmission Gas Pipeline, Southern Natural Gas Pipeline Company, and Midwestern Gas Transmission Company Gas Pipeline.[1]

Impact on Landscape

Here is video of the route and markings above the East Tennessee Gas Pipeline going through a neighborhood in Virginia.

East Tennessee Natural Gas Pipeline in my Neighborhood.

Expansion projects

Ridgeline Expansion Project

The Ridgeline Expansion Project includes installation of 117 miles of 30-inch pipeline and an additional 8 miles of 24-inch lateral pipeline. This expansion will provide additional transmission capacity to be able to replace coal-fired power generation at Kingston Fossil Plant with gas-fired power generation.

Construction is expected to begin in 2025.[5]

In July 2023, Enbridge applied to build the expansion.[5]

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  • Operator: Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C.[6]
  • Owner: Enbridge[7]
  • Parent company: Enbridge
  • Capacity: 300 MMcf/d[6]
  • Length: 125[6]
  • Diameter: 24, 30 in[6]
  • Status: Proposed[6]
  • Start year: 2026[6]
  • Cost: US$1.105 billion[5]
  • Financing:
  • Associated infrastructure:

Articles and resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 East Tennessee Gas Pipeline, Enbridge, accessed Aug. 25, 2021.
  2. Enbridge Infopost, Infopost, accessed Aug. 25, 2021.
  3. Gas Pipeline Expansion, Virginia Places, accessed Aug. 25, 2021.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Enbridge’s Energy Infrastructure Assets Enbridge, Jul. 22, 2020, accessed Aug. 25, 2021.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 "https://oilandgaswatch.org/pipeline/4817". {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 "https://www.eia.gov/naturalgas/data.php#pipelines". {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "https://www.enbridge.com/projects-and-infrastructure/projects/ridgeline-expansion-project". {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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