By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, July 2 -- Cheyenne Plains Gas Pipeline Co., a unit of Houston-based El Paso Corp., awarded a $60 million contract to the London-based AMEC PLC to construct two-thirds of the Cheyenne Plains natural gas pipeline project.
The 380 mile system will run from El Paso's Cheyenne Hub south of Cheyenne, Wyo., to Greensburg, Kan. (OGJ Online, May 28, 2003).
The contract calls for U.S. Pipeline Inc., a Houston-based unit of AMEC, to construct 255 miles of 36 in. pipeline and 4 miles of 30 in. pipeline between eastern Colorado and western Kansas. The contract also calls for construction of nine launcher-receiver facilities, 13 mainline valve installations, and six delivery sidetap installations.
Initial capacity would be 560 MMcfd of gas, which could be increased to 730 MMcfd within 1 year. The pipeline is planned to be in service in early 2005.
