Transwestern Pipeline applies with FERC for San Juan Pipeline expansion

By OGJ editors

HOUSTON, Apr. 13 -- Transwestern Pipeline Co., Houston, filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission seeking approval for a $138.4 million expansion of its San Juan lateral to provide 375 MMcfd of additional firm capacity.

Transwestern's proposal involves modifications at compressor stations and construction of 72.6 miles of underground pipeline from the Blanco Hub in San Juan County, NM, to interconnection with Transwestern's mainline.

The company anticipates that expansion construction will begin in late 2004 with a projected operational date of mid 2005. Transwestern owns 2,600 miles of pipelines from West Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona to the California border.