The pipeline will originate at the planned joint venture processing facilities in Ohio and transport natural gas liquids (NGLs) to Gulf Coast fractionation facilities.
Kinder Morgan and MarkWest Utica EMG will develop the pipeline through the conversion of over 1448 km of Kinder Morgan’s 24 inch and 26 inch Tennessee Gas Pipeline system currently in natural gas service from Tuscarawas County, Ohio,to Natchitoches, Louisiana, and the construction of approximately 321 km of a new NGL pipeline from Natchitoches to Mont Belvieu, Texas and/or south Louisiana.
The proposed NGL pipeline is planned to access MarkWest and MarkWest Utica EMG’s extensive NGL pipeline network that extends throughout the rich-gas areas of the Marcellus and southern Utica to deliver NGLs to the new NGL pipeline.
The NGL pipeline will be expandable to 400,000 bbl/d with the addition of pump stations. Subject to sufficient shipper commitments, permitting and all related regulatory approvals, a fourth quarter 2015 in-service date for the NGL pipeline is anticipated.
Kinder Morgan will own at least 75 per cent of the NGL pipeline with MarkWest Utica EMG having the option to invest up to 25 per cent. Kinder Morgan will be the pipeline’s operator.
The joint venture will also develop a 400 MMcf/d cryogenic processing complex in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, using an existing 220-acre site that Kinder Morgan has under option.