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LATEST JOB REPORTS Snelson Companies, Inc., ph (360) 856-6511 has been awarded a contract by Duke Energy (Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc.) for the replacement of a 20” pipe-line regulator station including the fabrication, installation and testing of new piping and appurtenances in Campbell County, Kentucky. Headquarters is in Wilder, Kentucky. Superintendent is Jeff Gregory. The approximate starting date is July 8, 2019.

Aaron Enterprises, Inc., ph (717) 854-2641 has been awarded a contract by Michels Corporation for the instal-lation of approximately 1,000 feet of 24-inch pipeline via horizontal directional drilling in Fairfax County, Virginia. Headquarters is in York, Pennsylvania. Superintendent is Randy Bunch. The approximate starting date is late June, 2019.

Energy Transfer is expanding the Lone Star Express Pipeline. The Lone Star Express II will consist of approxi-mately 360 miles of 24-inch pipeline from Wink, Texas to Morgan, Texas. Contractors have not yet been selected. Work is anticipated to begin in early August 2019. In-ser-vice date for the project is expected in mid-2020.

Northern Clearing, Inc., ph (715) 682-6646 has been awarded a contract by Encompass Pipeline for clearing on approximately 12,498 feet of 8-inch-inch and 12-inch pipeline right-of-way in Genesee County, New York. Su-perintendent is Brian Worthington. The approximate start-ing date is late June, 2019.

Minnesota Limited, LLC, ph (763) 262-7000 has been awarded a contract by Vectren for integrity maintenance work on various size pipelines in Monroe, Lawrence and Clinton Counties, Indiana. Headquarters is in Evansville, Indiana. Superintendent is Greg Frazier. The approximate starting date was June 24, 2019.

Price Gregory International, Inc., ph (713-780-7500 has been awarded a contract by SEMCO Energy, Inc. for the installation of approximately 36 miles of 36-inch pipeline, approximately 6.8 miles of 10-inch pipeline and associated station work in Marquette County, Michigan. Headquarters is Marquette, Michigan. The superinten-dent is Todd Burleson. The approximate starting date is late June, 2019.

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Dun Transportation & Stringing, Inc., ph (903) 891-9660 has been awarded a contract by SEMCO Energy for the loadout of approximately 45 miles of 6-inch, 10-inch and 20-inch pipe in Marquette County, Michigan. Superin-tendent is Dane Hilsabeck. The approximate starting date is late June, 2019.

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Hanging H Companies, LLC, ph (360) 726-2334 has been awarded a contract by Tallgrass Energy for the in-stallation of approximately 70 miles of 36-inch pipeline in Weld County, Colorado. Headquarters is in Eaton, Colo-rado. Superintendent is Jeff Fox. Work was set to get underway in June 2019.

Jomax Construction, ph (620)792-3686 was expected to get underway in June with a job for ARB Midstream. The job consists of 8 miles of pipeline (the “Matador Pipe-

line”) from the Bennett/Matador CRP to the Platteville Sta-tion and an approximately 32 mile of pipeline (the “Badger Pipeline”) from the Badger CRP to the Platteville Station. Jomax will also construct an approximately 22 miles of pipeline from the Platteville Station to the Lucerne Sta-tion. The DJS Pipeline System is expected to be in ser-vice on or about January 2020.

Price Gregory International, Inc., (713)780-7500 has been awarded a contract by Duke Energy for the instal-lation of approximately 19.5 miles of 12-inch pipeline and 20 miles of 20-inch in Pitt County, North Carolina. Head-quarters is in Greenville, North Carolina. Superintendent is Doug Gregory. Pending start.

Intercon Construction, ph (608) 850-4820 has been awarded a contract by Black Hills Corporation. The 35 mile, 12-inch pipeline will extend from an interconnec-tion supply point near Douglas, Wyoming, to existing fa-cilities near Casper, Wyoming. Work slated to begin in June 2019.

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proximately 118 miles of 12-inch pipeline from around Corpus Christi, Texas to Matagorda, Texas. Work is an-ticipated to begin in July 2019.

Pe Ben USA, Inc., ph (281) 452-5915 has been award-ed a contract by TransCanada to offload, stockpile, re-pair, and yard preparation for approximately 286 miles of 36inch pipe in Phillips, Valley, McCone, Dawson and Fal-lon Counties, Montana. Superintendents are Even Scott and Norman Lake. Work is underway.

Midship Pipeline Company, LLC is developing a natural gas pipeline project to create new firm transportation ca-pacity of up to 1,440,000 Dth/d connecting new gas pro-duction from the emerging STACK and SCOOP plays in the Anadarko Basin in Oklahoma to growing Gulf Coast and Southeast markets via deliveries to existing pipelines (“Midship Project”), Construction contracts have been awarded to: M. G. Dyess, ph (601) 943-6663 and Strike Construction, ph (888) 353-1444. Work includes approx. 90 miles of 36-inch and 110 miles of 36-inch in Kingfisher County, Oklahoma and terminating at interconnects with existing interstate natural gas pipeline near Bennington,

Oklahoma. The project also includes the Velma Lateral – approximately 13 miles of 16-inch pipeline that will begin at the Velma Processing Plant in Stephens County and ending in Garvin County; and the Chisholm Lateral – ap-proximately 20 miles of 30-inch-pipeline that will begin at the Chisholm Processing Plant in Kingfisher County and end on the mainline of the Midship project near Okarche. Work was slated to begin in May 2019.

Price Gregory, ph (713)780-7500 was expected to get underway in May 2019 with a contract for Columbia Pipeline Group on it’s Line 8000 Replacement project. The project will replace approximately 13 miles of exist-ing 12-inch-diameter bare steel pipeline with new coated steel pipeline. The project includes 5 sections that will be taken up and relayed in Allegany County, MD and Mineral County, WV.

Rockford Corporation, ph (480) 967-3565 has been awarded a contract by Williams Field Service Company, LLC for the installation of approximately 14.5 miles of 10-inch, 12-inch & 16-inch pipeline in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. Headquarters is in Montrose, Pennsyl-

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Primoris Services Corporation announced three new pipeline awards with a combined value of over $81 mil-lion. The contracts were secured by Rockford Corpora-tion and Primoris Pipeline, both a part of the Pipeline & Underground segment. Rockford Corp., ph (480) 967-3565 was awarded two projects. The first award is for the construction of approximately 20 miles of 42-inch natural gas pipeline in eastern Texas. The second award is for the construction of approximately 16 miles of natural gas gathering pipelines, ranging in size from 10-inch to 16-inch, in northeastern Pennsylvania. Primoris Pipeline, ph (281) 431-5900 was awarded one spread of a natural gas liquids (“NGL”) line in West Texas. The award is for the construction of over 34 miles of 20-inch pipeline to transport NGLs from an existing hub to a newly construct-ed transportation line moving product out of the Permian Basin. Work for the awards is scheduled to commence in the second quarter of 2019 and to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2019.

Troy Construction, ph (281) 437-8214 , Pumpco, Inc., ph (979) 542-9054, and MPG Pipeline Contractors, LLC, ph (713) 955-9901 may be the successful contractors for Kinder Morgan and EagleClaw Midstream Ventures Permian Highway Pipeline project. The approximately 430 miles of 42-inch pipeline will extend from the Waha in West Texas to Katy, Texas, areas, with connections to the U.S. Gulf Coast and Mexico markets. The PHP Project is expected to be in service in late 2020. Construction is slated to begin in the October 2019.

Michels Corporation, ph (920) 583- 3132 has been awarded a contract by EQT Midstream for the Hammer-head Pipeline. The pipeline will connect gathering sys-tems in southwestern PA. It will run 64 miles and will be a 30-inch pipeline to Mobley, WV where it will connect with Mountain Valley Pipeline and EQT’s Ohio Valley Connec-tor. Construction was slated for May 2019.

Venables Construction, ph (806) 381-2121 has been awarded a contract for a job for Aspen Midstream - ap-proximately 60 miles of 36-inch pipeline (Ace Pipeline) near Brenham, TX. Aspen Midstream will also build ap-

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prox. 90 miles of 12-, 16- and 20-inch pipeline near Austin, Texas (Aspen Austin Chalk System). The Aspen Austin Chalk System is strategically located to ensure producer access to premium residue and NGL markets and spans the Giddings Field, including Washington, Fayette and Burleson counties, along with portions of Austin, Bra-zos, Colorado and Waller counties. Work could begin in summer or Fall 2019.

Price Gregory International, Inc., ph (713)780-7500 has been awarded a contract by SEMCO Energy, Inc. for the installation of approximately 36 miles of 36-inch pipeline, approximately 6.8 miles of 10-inch pipeline and associated station work in Marquette County, Michigan. Headquarters is Marquette, Michigan. The superinten-dent is Todd Burleson. The approximate starting date was June, 2019.

The Oneok Arbuckle II Pipeline – WHC, Inc. ph (281) 962-2062 - 210 miles of 30-inch pipeline from Weather-ford, Texas, through Mexia, TX and down toward Hunts-ville, Texas. Work was set to begin in mid-May 2019. The approx. total of the Arbuckle II is 530-miles of 24- and

30-inch pipeline from Oklahoma to Texas will have an ini-tial capacity to transport up to 400,000 barrels per day and is expected to be completed in the first quarter 2020. Spread 8 has been awarded to Progressive Pipeline, ph (601) 693-8777, approx. 40 miles of 30-inch pipeline near Cleveland, TX. Work was to begin in June, 2019.

Oneok has awarded contracts for the Elk Creek Pipeline. The natural gas Elk Creek Pipeline is a 900 mile, 20-inch pipeline from near ONEOK’s Riverview terminal in east-ern Montana to its existing Mid-Continent NGL facilities in Bushton, Kansas. Some spreads have completed. The following work is underway - Sterling Construction, ph (980) 625-8606 (Spread 5 – approx. 75 miles of 20-inch) in Wyoming, WHC, Inc., ph (337) 837-8765 (approx. 75 miles of 20-inch) and WB Pipeline, LLC, ph (832) 802-4790 (approx. 75 miles of 20-inch).

Michels Corporation, ph (920) 583- 3132 and Preci-sion Pipeline, ph (715)874-4510 have been awarded contracts for the Enbridge Line 3 Replacement Program project – approximately 364 miles of 34-inch take up and 36-inch relay in North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.


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Today’s pipeline welders must meet demanding quality standards and deadlines while dealing with a wide range of jobsite challenges. Whether it’s adjusting to new types of pipe on the right-of-way or a need to decrease downtime on your rig, it’s all about maximizing welding productivity while minimizing repair rates.

Fortunately, pipeliners have options available that can dras-tically aid in their ability to stay competitive, maintain their quality of work and ultimately keep their job future secure.

Quality and speed are key

Traditional welding of low-carbon, low-alloy steel pipe has been done for decades using the same shielded metal arc welding (SMAW) methods. While cellulosic filler metal tech-nologies and downhill welding techniques have remained relatively unchanged, the codes, testing procedures and quality standards have all become increasingly more stringent. In addition to these higher quality standards, contractors have been pushed to speed up project time-lines to stay competitive, ultimately driving a need to get pipe in the ground faster and placing a higher penalty on defective welds.

To the pipeline welder, this means there is more pressure than ever to quickly produce high-quality welds on a jobsite. When looking to maximize the quality and performance of your work, one place to turn is the welding equipment you choose for your rig. Like some filler metals, much of the welding equipment seen in the field has also remained un-changed, leaving significant room for improvement in areas

of arc quality and adaptability, machine consistency, and ease of use.

New welding control schemes, such as Dynamic DIG™ technology from Miller Electric Mfg. LLC, are designed spe-cifically for downhill pipeline welding and optimized to pro-duce a tailorable arc, which can be adapted to the welder’s preference and the application.

Having an optimized amount of drive in the puddle — com-bined with a faster adapting arc — means welders are bet-ter suited to handle things like bad fit-up and uneven land thicknesses, ultimately enabling more flexibility to adapt and produce a higher quality of weld. Features like these can also increase deposition rates, as they create a more manageable, drier puddle while maximizing drive and pen-etration, allowing the operator to carry a larger puddle at higher speeds.

New pipe, new methods, new opportunities

In recent years, the use of harder (X70 and above) varia-tions of pipe has become more common in the field as com-panies seek to maximize pipeline lifespan, reduce mainte-nance costs and increase safety. These types of pipe are less tolerant to things like heat input and diffusible hydro-gen and often require more sophisticated filler metals and welding processes when being constructed. While these filler metal and process changes may seem daunting, they can also offer significant increases in deposition rates and welding speed, while dramatically improving quality and minimizing defects.

Operators interested in taking on these types of jobs should look for welding equipment that allows them to expand their capabilities beyond the traditional downhill-SMAW meth-ods. Welder/generators like Big Blue® 400 PipePro® ma-chines enable welders to add technologies, such as the

ArcReach® Smart Feeder, offering a full suite of advanced welding processes, including Regulated Metal Deposition (RMD®) and pulsed MIG. These processes have a much shorter learning curve than traditional SMAW methods, and proficiency in them gives operators the opportunity to mar-ket themselves toward a broader range of jobs, while also increasing productivity and reducing repair rates.

Avoiding downtime is critical

Another common problem seen on the pipeline is welders getting sidelined when their welding equipment fails or has issues. When this happens, operators are often unable to perform their job or are forced to rely on borrowed equip-ment to continue working. Having confidence in the per-formance of your machine is critical when you rely on it to perform essential job functions — and to ultimately keep you making money.

Unfortunately, downtime is inevitable, so operators should seek out equipment that’s been optimized to reduce time off the right-of-way. New features like industrial USB ports have been introduced on some welder/generators, allowing faster diagnosis of issues through machine usage reports and the capacity to enable field upgrades and software flashes. Having access to free software upgrades not only gives welders the ability to quickly troubleshoot and flash their machine, but it also provides the opportunity to stay up to date with the industry’s latest and greatest in pipeline welding technology.

Operators should also seek out an equipment manufactur-er willing to stand behind products in the field. When facing downtime, it’s critical to have a product that’s backed by a knowledgeable support staff willing to help get you back up and running. Downtime is frustrating, but having an expe-rienced service team that cares about getting you welding again is a critical and often unconsidered aspect when op-erators are contemplating their next engine-driven welder.

Feature Article

By Jake Zwayer, Product Manager, Power Systems Division, Miller Electric Mfg. LLC

Challenges of a Modern Pipeline Welder

Dynamic DIG™ technology from Miller Electric Mfg. LLC is designed specifically for downhill pipeline welding and optimized to produce a tailorable arc, which can be adapted to the welder’s preference and the application

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Welder/generators like Big Blue® 400 PipePro® machines enable welders to add technologies, such as the ArcReach® Smart Feeder, which offers a full suite of advanced welding processes, including Regulated Metal Deposition (RMD®)

and pulsed MIG. These processes have a much shorter learn-ing curve than traditional shielded metal arc welding.

Today’s pipeline welders must meet demanding quality standards and deadlines while dealing with

a wide range of jobsite challenges. They increasingly must adjust to new types of pipe on the right-of-way

or a need to decrease downtime on their rig.

The pipeline industry is increasingly using harder, more complex materials that are more resistant to

corrosion and internal wear. As a result, they can be more difficult to weld and more prone to defects.


PROPOSED PROJECTS & UPDATES age tanks, each with a usable capacity of approximately 200,000 cubic meters; a 720 megawatt electric generating plant; a marine terminal consisting of a turning basin and LNG carrier berths; LNG piping; transfer lines; loading fa-cilities; and other infrastructure. The pipeline would include the following facilities: one meter station; three mainline valves; one pipeline inspection/cleaning device launcher at the meter station; and one pipeline inspection/cleaning device receiver on the terminal site. The FERC concludes that construction and operation of the project would result in some adverse environmental impacts, but these impacts would be reduced to less than significant levels.

Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. announced that the Board of Directors of its general partner has made a positive Final Investment Decision with respect to Train 6 at the Sabine Pass liquefaction project (“SPL Project”) in Cameron Par-ish, Louisiana, and Cheniere Partners has issued full notice to proceed with construction to Bechtel Oil, Gas and Chem-icals, Inc. To fund a portion of the construction of Train 6, a third LNG berth, and required supporting infrastructure at the SPL Project, Cheniere Partners has entered into 5-year, $1.5 billion senior secured credit facilities with 29 banks and financial institutions in a transaction that closed on

May 29, 2019. The facilities include a $750 million delayed draw term loan and a $750 million revolving credit facility. SG Americas Securities, LLC acted as financial advisor to Cheniere Partners for the transaction, and MUFG Bank, Ltd. acted as Sole Coordinating Lead Arranger. Cheniere Partners has also raised its run-rate production guidance to 4.8 – 4.9 million tonnes per annum (“mtpa”) per Train, up from 4.5 – 4.9 mtpa per Train. The increase in run-rate pro-duction is based on the impact of production optimization, maintenance optimization, and debottlenecking projects at the SPL Project. Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC, a subsid-iary of Cheniere Partners, is developing, constructing and operating natural gas liquefaction facilities at the Sabine Pass LNG terminal located in Cameron Parish, Louisiana adjacent to the existing regasification facilities. The Sabine Pass site can readily accommodate up to six liquefaction trains capable of processing over 3.5 Bcf/d of natural gas. The production capacity of each LNG train is designed for approximately 4.5 mtpa. The 1000+ acre Sabine Pass site is strategically situated to provide LNG export services giv-en its large acreage position, proximity to unconventional gas plays in Louisiana and Texas, its interconnections with multiple interstate and intrastate pipeline systems, and its premier marine access less than 4 miles from the Gulf

The staff of the FERC has prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Annova LNG Brownsville Project (referred to as the Annova LNG Project, or Proj-ect). Annova LNG Common Infrastructure, LLC; Annova LNG Brownsville A, LLC; Annova LNG Brownsville B, LLC; and Annova LNG Brownsville C, LLC (collectively Annova), request authorization to site, construct, and operate a lique-fied natural gas (LNG) export facility in Cameron County, Texas. The project would include a new LNG export ter-

minal capable of producing up to 6.95 million metric tons per year of LNG for export. The LNG terminal would re-ceive natural gas to the export facilities from a third-party intrastate pipeline. Annova anticipates a five-year construc-tion period if the project is authorized. The facilities for the project include the following major components: gas pre-treatment facilities; liquefaction facilities (six liquefaction trains and six approximately 72,000 horsepower [hp] elec-tric motor-driven compressors); two LNG storage tanks;

boil-off gas handling system; flare systems; marine facilities; control, administration, and support buildings; access road; fencing and barrier wall; and utilities (power, water, and communication). If approved, construction is slated for 2022 with a partial in-service date of 2024.

Brazos Midstream has announced it has executed gathering and processing agree-ments with Shell Exploration & Production to construct a new natural gas gathering system located in the core of the Delaware Basin. Brazos’ new midstream infrastructure is anchored by fifteen-year, fee-based acre-age dedications totaling 55 000 acres in Lov-ing, Ward, and Winkler counties. Brazos will construct 16 miles of high-pressure pipeline that will extend from the Company’s exist-ing gathering and processing systems and can be expanded further to support multi-well pad development by current producer customers, as well as other producers in the area. Brazos also announced it recently commissioned the Comanche III plant, a 200 million ft3/d cryogenic natural gas process-ing plant. Comanche III, which began pro-cessing volumes in the first quarter of 2019, is the third plant in Brazos’ natural gas pro-cessing complex, located in Reeves County, Texas, and brings Brazos’ total operated pro-cessing capacity in the region to 460 million ft3/d. Brazos anticipates further expansion of its processing complex with Comanche IV, a new 200 million ft3/d plant, and expects con-struction to begin as early as 2020.

The FERC has prepared a favorable Envi-ronmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Calcasieu Pass LNG Project. The pro-posed project would include a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal and 23.4 miles of 42-inch pipeline in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. The terminal would include the following facilities: liquefaction facilities; two full-containment LNG above ground stor-

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Coast. The construction costs of the liquefaction capacity is competitive due to expansion economics, since the Sabine Pass LNG terminal already has many of the facilities re-quired for an export terminal. Sabine Pass Liquefaction has access to the existing infrastructure, including five storage tanks and two berths, as well as Cheniere Partner’s 94-mile Creole Trail Pipeline, which was reconfigured to reverse the flow of natural gas, making it a bi-directional pipeline. Trains 1 through 5 are in operation. A positive Final Invest-ment Decision was reached for Train 6 in May 2019, and full notice to proceed with construction was issued to Bechtel. Over 20 million tonnes per annum of LNG production ca-pacity from Sabine Pass Trains 1-6 has been contracted to long-term third-party customers. Customers of SPL include Shell, Naturgy, KOGAS, GAIL, Total, Centrica, PETRO-NAS, and Vitol. Any excess capacity not sold under long-term SPAs is available for our integrated marketing function to sell into the global market. Our business model differs from other U.S. LNG projects in that in addition to process-ing natural gas into LNG (tolling model), we will procure the natural gas supply used for feedstock. Once the natural gas is liquefied, the customer takes delivery at the tailgate of the terminal. As a result, Cheniere is expected to become one of the largest buyers of natural gas in the U.S. once all of the trains are operational.

The staff of the FERC has a favorable Environmental As-sessment (EA) for the Cheyenne Connector Pipeline Project and the Cheyenne Hub Enhancement Project, proposed by Cheyenne Connector, LLC and Rockies Ex-press Pipeline LLC. The applicants are requesting authori-zation to construct approximately 71 miles of new 36-inch-diameter pipeline, five new meter and regulating stations, and one new compressor station all in Weld County, Colo-rado (Cheyenne Connector Pipeline). The Cheyenne Hub Enhancement Project includes the following facilities: one new approximately 32,100 horsepower compressor station; enhancements to modify Rockies Express’ existing Chey-enne Hub interconnect facilities, including installation of pipe, valves, fittings, filters, and ancillary equipment; and ancillary facilities constructed at Rockies Express’ exist-ing Cheyenne Hub, consisting of station piping, vibration reducing equipment, compressor and electrical buildings, valves, and gas cooling equipment.

Cogent Midstream, LLC will construct an approximately 25-mile pipeline that will deliver residue gas from its Big Lake Natural Gas Processing Complex located in Reagan County in the Midland Basin of West Texas to Kinder Mor-gan’s Gulf Coast Express Pipeline (GCX Pipeline). In addi-tion to the GCX Pipeline, Cogent’s residue pipeline is also expected to cross the proposed Permian Highway Pipeline and Whistler Pipeline projects. Cogent’s 20-inch pipeline is anticipated to come into service in the fourth quarter of 2019 and have a total capacity of approximately 400 million

cubic feet per day (MMcf/d). The pipeline’s in-service date coincides with Cogent’s fourth-quarter timeline for com-missioning its Big Lake II natural gas cryogenic processing plant. Currently under construction, the Big Lake II Plant has the nameplate capacity to process 200 MMcf/d and will bring Cogent’s total processing capacity to approximately 510 MMcf/d.

Columbia Gas Transmission has received a favorable Environmental Assessment from the FERC for the Buck-eye Xpress Project. A final project decision slated for mid-August 2019. The proposed project would include replace-ment of approximately 64 miles of existing, aging 20-inch and 24-inch natural gas pipeline from Vinton, Ohio, to Burl-ington, Ohio, on a portion of Columbia’s R-System. Colum-bia proposes to replace the existing pipeline potentially with 36-inch pipeline necessary to provide 275,000 Dth/d of ad-ditional firm capacity for the project. Upon completion, the replaced line will be known as R-801. Columbia is propos-ing to place the project into service in November 2020. A phased in-service approach may be considered once cus-tomer negotiations are complete.

Crimson Midstream and MPLX announced the com-mencement of an extended binding open season to assess interest and solicit commitments from prospective shippers for transportation service on the Swordfish Pipeline. The proposed Swordfish Pipeline would originate from terminal facilities in St. James, Louisiana, and Raceland, Louisiana, and provide service to the Clovelly Hub. Storage and further transportation services to end markets would be facilitated through the Clovelly Hub and connecting carriers. Pend-ing shipper interest and final construction of the project, the Swordfish Pipeline is expected to be a multi-diameter (16-inch, 20-inch and 30-inch) batched system with the ability to transport various levels of capacity, from approximately 170,000 to 600,000 barrels of crude oil per day based on market demands. The completion of the Swordfish Pipeline will have minimal impact on current shippers on the Crim-son system, as their ability to access the St. James and lo-cal refining markets will be maintained. The in-service date for the Swordfish Pipeline is anticipated to be in the first half of 2020.

Driftwood LNG LLC and Driftwood Pipeline LLC, have received a positive Final Environmental Impact Statement from the FERC for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) export fa-cilities and certain interstate, natural gas transmission pipe-line facilities in Evangeline, Acadia, Jefferson Davis, and Calcasieu Parishes, Louisiana. The project would provide gas and processing to produce up to 26 million tonnes per annum of LNG for export. The project facilities include five LNG plants; three LNG storage tanks; three marine berths capable of accommodating LNG carriers of up to 216, each; 74 miles of 48-inch pipeline, 10.6 miles of 42-inch pipeline;

11.3 miles of 36-inch pipeline; and 1 mile of 30-inch lateral pipeline collated with the main pipeline; three compressor stations providing a total of 275,000 horsepower of com-pression; six pig launchers and receiver facilities, 15 meter stations, and 17 mainline valves. If approved, construction is expected to begin in the 2nd quarter of 2019.

Energy Transfer LP and Phillips 66 Partners LP an-nounced that Bayou Bridge Pipeline, LLC , a joint venture owned by subsidiaries of Energy Transfer and Phillips 66 Partners, launched a non-binding expansion open season to solicit shipper interest for expanded joint tariff transporta-tion service received from certain connecting carriers onto the Bayou Bridge Pipeline System. Bayou Bridge is evalu-ating joint tariff service from origin points in the Bakken/Three Forks Region in North Dakota; Patoka, Illinois; the Powder River Basin in Wyoming; the DJ Basin in Colorado; Cushing, Oklahoma; and the Permian Basin. Bayou Bridge is owned 60% by Energy Transfer and 40% by Phillips 66 Partners, and is operated by a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Transfer Operating, L.P. In addition to the routes that are the subject of this non-binding expansion open season, Bayou Bridge also continues to evaluate additional South-ern Louisiana destination points to increase optionality for

shippers on the system. Information regarding these addi-tional destinations will be provided to interested shippers upon request. Following a confirmation of shipper interest, Bayou Bridge will hold a binding expansion open season to finalize committed subscriptions. The incremental capac-ity that will be created on the various pipeline systems will be determined based on committed subscriptions made by shippers during the binding expansion open season.

Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P., MPLX LP and Delek US Holdings, Inc. announced they have received sufficient commitments to proceed with plans to construct a new 30-inch common car-rier pipeline to transport crude oil from the Permian Basin to the Texas Gulf Coast region, with the ability to increase the pipe diameter to expand the capacity based upon ad-ditional commitments received during the upcoming open season. The 600-mile pipeline system is expected to be op-erational in mid-2020 with multiple Texas origins, including Wink, Crane and Midland. The pipeline system will have the strategic capability to transport crude oil to both Energy Transfer’s Nederland, Texas terminal and Magellan’s East Houston, Texas terminal for ultimate delivery through their respective distribution systems. The project is subject to re-

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Howard Energy Partners (HEP) and NextEra Energy Partners entered into a joint venture to develop additional natural gas transportation opportunities in the Eagle Ford shale region of South Texas. The joint venture intends to market capacity on NextEra Energy Partners’ Eagle Ford Midstream system (EFM) and HEP’s Eagle Ford Gathering system (EFG) and to evaluate additional pipeline opportu-nities in an area of mutual interest, which includes Webb,

Duval, Zapata, Dimmit, La Salle, McMullen, Live Oak and Jim Wells counties. HEP’s existing EFG system, located in Webb County, consists of approximately 215 miles of lean gas gathering pipeline with approximately 1 billion cubic feet per day of throughput capacity. NextEra Energy Part-ners’ existing EFM system is an approximately 150-mile, 30-inch and 16-inch lean gas transportation pipeline origi-nating in La Salle County, spanning portions of McMullen, Duval, Jim Wells, and Nueces counties, and terminating at the Agua Dulce hub in Nueces County, TX.

Howard Energy Partners (HEP) recently it has signed a deal with an unnamed producer to construct, own and op-erate a new natural gas gathering system in Oklahoma’s Stack play. HEP will construct the gathering system to be capable of low- and high-pressure service and have an ini-tial capacity of 110 million cubic feet per day (Mmcf/d). The project will be anchored by fee-based, long-term acreage dedications totaling roughly 10,000 acres in Dewey and Custer counties in central Oklahoma. The gathering system can be expanded to support multi-well pad development by Hep’s customer, as well as other producers in the area, ac-cording to the developer. The initial phase of the project is expected to be operational in the third quarter of 2019. This

ceipt of customary regulatory and Board approvals of the respective entities.

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. announced it is extend-ing its ethylene pipeline and logistics system further into South Texas, a leading growth area for new crackers and ethylene derivative plants. The Baymark ethylene pipeline will originate in the Bayport area of southeast Harris County and extend approximately 90 miles to Markham, Texas in Matagorda County. The pipeline is supported by long-term customer commitments and is scheduled to begin service in the fourth quarter of 2020. The project is a joint venture between Enterprise and Lavaca Pipe Line Company, a sub-sidiary of Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. Enterprise will be the majority owner, operator, and commercial man-ager for the new pipeline. The Baymark Pipeline will provide access to a high-capacity ethylene storage well Enterprise is repurposing at its Mont Belvieu complex, as well as con-nectivity to the ethylene export terminal currently under construction at Morgan’s Point. The storage well is expect-ed to be completed in the third quarter of 2019 and will have a capacity of 600 million pounds. The terminal will have the capacity to export approximately 2.2 billion pounds of eth-ylene per year and is on schedule to begin service in the fourth quarter of 2019.

Enterprise Products Partners L.P., Midcoast Operating L.P. (a subsidiary of Enbridge, Inc., Western Gas Part-ners, LP and DCP Midstream, LP) recently held a binding open season for additional capacity on the Texas Express Pipeline, which transports mixed natural gas liquids from Skellytown, Texas in Carson County to the NGL fraction-ation and storage complex in Mont Belvieu, Texas. The partners expect to expand Texas Express by approximately 90,000 barrels per day. Enterprise will be responsible for constructing the expansion, which will consist of adding pumping capacity along the 583-mile route. Service on the expanded Texas Express pipeline is expected to begin in the second quarter of 2019. The expansion of Texas Ex-press is designed to facilitate growing production of NGLs from domestic shale basins, including the Denver-Julesburg Basin in Colorado. Complementing the Texas Express ex-pansion is a proposed increase in capacity on the 435-mile Front Range pipeline that originates in Weld County Colora-do and connects to the Texas Express pipeline. Combined, these two assets offer an integrated solution that provides much-needed takeaway capacity for NGL production in the DJ Basin and access to the Gulf Coast market.

ExxonMobil, Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., and Lotus Midstream, LLC have formed the Wink to Webster Pipeline LLC Joint Venture (JV) and have ordered nearly 650 miles of domestically sourced 36-inch-diameter line pipe. The new common-carrier pipeline system will provide more than 1 million barrels per day of crude oil and con-

densate capacity and will be constructed from the Permian Basin in West Texas to the Texas Gulf Coast. The Wink to Webster Texas-based pipeline system will have origin points at Wink and Midland to multiple locations near Hous-ton, including Webster and Baytown, with connectivity to Texas City and Beaumont. The project is underpinned by a significant volume of long-term commitments and is target-ed to commence operations in the first half of 2021. Plains will lead project construction on behalf of the JV and has already initiated pre-construction activities. The JV antici-pates the project will generate more than 3,100 construc-tion jobs. Priority will be placed on utilizing existing pipeline corridors and advanced construction techniques to help limit community and environmental impacts. The Wink to Webster Pipeline will provide safe, reliable and cost-effec-tive transport for ExxonMobil and other Permian producers to market destinations in Texas. The project will be support-ed by new operational storage capacity at the origin points to facilitate the segregation of multiple crude qualities prior to shipment. Once online, the project will play a critical role in supporting growing production in one of the world’s most prolific crude oil basins.

Freeport LNG announced it has received approval from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the export of Train 4 volumes to Non-Free Trade Agreement countries. Freeport LNG’s fourth liquefaction train is part of the company’s ex-isting natural gas liquefaction and LNG export facility on Quintana Island near Freeport, Texas. The company re-cently received approval from the Federal Energy Regu-latory Commission (FERC) to site, construct and operate its fourth train. Freeport LNG’s Train 4 is expected to add over 5 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG production to its existing project, increasing the total export capability of the 4-train facility to over 20 mtpa. Approximately 13.5 mtpa of this capacity has been contracted under 20-year tolling agreements to Osaka Gas Trading & Export, LLC, JERA Energy America, LLC, BP Energy Company, Toshiba America LNG Corporation, and SK E&S LNG, LLC, and approximately 0.5 mtpa has been contracted to Trafigura PTE LTD under a 3-year sale and purchase agreement commencing in 2020. Train 4 operations are anticipated to commence in 2023. Freeport LNG’s export facility currently consists of three liquefaction trains, with Train 1 scheduled for commercial startup in Q3 2019, and full three-train com-mercial operations anticipated by mid-2020. Under 3-train operations, Freeport LNG’s facility will rank 7th in current global liquefaction production capacity, with the facility ris-ing to become the world’s 5th largest LNG producer once Train 4 is completed.

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TC Energy Corporation launched an open season to so-licit binding commitments for crude oil transportation servic-es on the Keystone Pipeline System from Hardisty, Alberta to markets on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Interested parties may submit binding bids for transportation capacity during the open season that will close at 12 p.m. MT on July 19, 2019.

Kinder Morgan recently held a binding open season to so-licit commitments for an expansion of a portion of its SFPP, L.P. (SFPP) system. The expansion will provide for approxi-mately 7,500 barrels per day (bpd) of incremental capacity for the transportation of Mexican-grade gasoline and diesel from El Paso, Texas to SFPP’s Annex Terminal in Tucson, Arizona. The additional capacity will be provided through expanded pump capability at SFPP’s El Paso Station. The full expansion capacity will be in service by Feb. 1, 2020.

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Texas Gas, Inc. (WTG) have reached a final investment decision to move forward with the design and construction of the Whistler Pipeline after having secured sufficient firm transportation agreements with shippers. The majority of available capacity on the planned pipeline has been sub-scribed and committed by long-term transportation agree-ments. WhiteWater and MPLX expect that the remaining capacity will be fully subscribed in coming months. The Whistler Pipeline is being designed to transport approxi-mately 2 billion ft3/d of natural gas through approximately 475 miles of 42 inch pipeline from Waha, Texas, to the Agua Dulce area in South Texas. Supply for the Whistler Pipeline would be sourced from multiple upstream connections in the Permian Basin, including direct connections to plants in the Midland Basin through an approximately 50 mile, 30 in. pipeline lateral, as well as a direct connection to the 1.4 billion ft3/d Agua Blanca Pipeline, a joint venture be-tween WhiteWater, MPLX and Targa. Agua Blanca Pipeline crosses through the heart of the Delaware Basin, including portions of Culberson, Loving, Pecos, Reeves, Winkler and Ward counties. The Whistler Pipeline is expected to be in service in the third quarter of 2021, pending the receipt of customary regulatory and other approvals.

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The staff of the FERC has prepared a favorable Draft En-vironmental Impact Statement for the Jordan Cove Lique-fied Natural Gas Project proposed by Jordan Cove En-ergy Project LP and the Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline Project proposed by Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline L.P. Jordan Cove is requesting authorization to liquefy at a ter-minal in Coos Bay, Oregon up to 1.04 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day for export for to overseas markets. Pa-cific Connector seeks a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity under Section 7 of the NGA to construct and operate an approximate 229 mile natural gas transmission pipeline providing about 1.2 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas from the Malin hub to the Jordan Cove terminal, crossing portions of Klamath, Jackson, Douglas, and Coos Counties, Oregon.

Jupiter Energy Group, a privately held midstream com-pany that provides crude oil producers and gas plants with logistics and offtake solutions, is currently holding a 90-day open season for binding shipper commitments on the Jupi-ter Pipeline, which is expected to be operational in fourth quarter of 2020. The Jupiter Pipeline will be a 650-mile, 36-inch-diameter crude oil pipeline with origination points near Crane, Texas and Gardendale / Three Rivers, Texas, and an offtake point in Brownsville, Texas. As designed, it will be the only pipeline out of the Permian Basin that will access all three deep water ports in Texas (Houston, Cor-pus Christi and Brownsville) and will have direct access to a fully capable VLCC loading facility off coast at Brownsville. Projected in-service date is 2020.

Kinder Morgan's proposed Gulf LNG export plant in Mis-sissippi moves closer to receiving approval for construc-tion after receiving a positive Final Environmental Impact Statement from FERC staff. Construction and operation of the project would result in some adverse environmen-tal impacts but "avoided or reduced to less than significant levels" if KMI follows some recommendations, FERC staff says in the report. Gulf LNG is designed to have two lique-faction trains that together will produce as much as 10.8M mt/year of liquefied natural gas, or ~1.4B cf/day.

Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline (KMTP) and EagleClaw Midstream Ventures (EagleClaw) have plans to proceed with the Permian Highway Pipeline Project (PHP Proj-ect). An affiliate of an anchor shipper exercised its option in January 2019 to acquire a 20 percent equity interest in the project, bringing KMTP and EagleClaw’s ownership inter-est to 40 percent each. Altus Midstream (a gas gathering,

processing and transportation company formed by shipper Apache Corporation) has an option to acquire an equity interest in the project from the initial partners by Septem-ber 2019. If Altus exercises its option, Kinder Morgan, Inc., EagleClaw and Altus will each hold a 26.67 percent own-ership interest in the project. The approximately $2 billion PHP Project is designed to transport up to 2.1 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of natural gas through approximately 430 miles of 42-inch pipeline from the Waha, Texas area to the U.S. Gulf Coast and Mexico markets. KMTP will build and operate the pipeline. A number of federal and state agencies will be involved with the approval and oversight of the PHP Project, including, but not limited to, the Railroad Commission of Texas, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Texas Historical Commission, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Texas Gen-eral Land Office and Native American tribes as applicable. The PHP Project is expected to begin construction in Fall of 2019 with an in service date slated for late 2020, assuming timely receipt of the requisite regulatory approvals.

Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. recently held an open season for the expansion of the western leg of its refined products pipeline system in Texas and has launched an open season to assess customer interest. The proposed expansion would increase Magellan’s capability to trans-port refined petroleum products, such as gasoline and die-sel fuel, from Gulf Coast refineries to demand centers in Abilene, Midland/Odessa and El Paso, Texas, with further optionality to access markets in the states of New Mexico and Arizona, as well as international markets in Mexico via connections to other pipelines owned by Magellan and third parties. The pipeline’s current capacity of 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) could increase to 140,000 bpd following the expansion. Subject to the results of this open season and receipt of all necessary permits and approvals, the expand-ed capacity could be operational by mid-2020.

Jordan Cove Energy Project, L.P. and Pacific Connec-tor Gas Pipeline, LP have an application before the FERC for their proposed LNG and Terminal Pipeline. The project is designed to create a new LNG export point on the Or-egon coast to serve overseas markets particularly around the Pacific Rim. The LNG Terminal would be capable of re-ceiving natural gas, processing the gas, liquefying the gas into LNG, storing the LNG, and loading the LNG onto ves-sels at its marine dock. The proposed liquefaction facility would be capable of producing up to 7.8 million metric tons per annum of LNG. PCGP proposes to construct and oper-ate a new, approximately 233-mile long, 36-inch natural gas transmission pipeline crossing through Klamath, Jackson, Douglas, and Coos Counties, Oregon. The pipeline would be designed to transport 1,200,000 dekatherms per day of natural gas to the LNG Terminal from interconnections with the existing Ruby Pipeline LLC and Gas Transmission



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Bakken Pipeline, L.L.C. in Converse County, Wyoming. The binding open season commenced June 10, 2019 at 8:00 a.m. Mountain Time and is scheduled to conclude at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time on July 10, 2019. The open sea-son seeks to obtain volume dedications from shippers to the following proposed new movements: Originating from Thunder Creek Gas Services, L.L.C.’s 50 Buttes Process Plant in Campbell County, Wyoming with a destination at an interconnection with ONEOK Bakken Pipeline in Converse County, Wyoming; and Originating from TCGS’s Steamboat I Natural Gas Plant located in Converse County, Wyoming with a destination at an interconnection with ONEOK Bak-ken Pipeline in Converse County, Wyoming. The proposed new origin and destination points will allow potential ship-pers to move product from TCGS plants in the Powder Riv-er Basin to a newly established interconnect with ONEOK Bakken Pipeline, L.L.C. at Well Draw in Converse County, Wyoming, providing potential shippers the ability to access ONEOK’s Niobrara Lateral, which will ultimately access newly created capacity on ONEOK’s Elk Creek expansion. Subject to shipper demand, required new infrastructure to enable the proposed new movements is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2019.

Midcoast Energy, LLC recently held a binding open sea-son for the CJ Express pipeline, which will be incorporat-ed with existing Midcoast facilities, to provide natural gas transportation services from the Carthage area to Houston Ship Channel and Gulf Coast markets. The CJ Express Pipeline will consist of up to 150 miles of 36 inch or larger diameter pipeline, commencing near Carthage in Panola County, Texas and extending south to Midcoast’s Clarity Pipeline in Hardin County, Texas to provide for deliveries to Trunkline Gas (NTX), Gulf South (Area 10), TRANSCO (Zone 2), TETCO (STX & WLA), Florida Gas (Zone 1), Ten-nessee Gas (100 Line), Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline, At-mos Texas Pipeline and Channel Industries Gas. Midcoast anticipates CJ Express to be completed in mid-2020.

Mountain Valley Pipeline formally applied for approval to construct a 73-mile natural gas pipeline extending from Chatham across state lines into North Carolina. The pipe-line extension, the Southgate Project would connect with Mountain Valley’s contentious mainline that’s set to end in Pittsylvania County. For the project to receive the neces-sary permits, MVP must prove to the FERC there is a need for the pipeline and all efforts have been made to limit the impact to the public. Issuance of the Final Environmental

Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. and Navigator En-ergy Services has its extended open season for commit-ments from shippers for the planned Voyager Pipeline to August 30, 2019. The pipeline will transfer different grades of light crude oil and condensate from Cushing, OK to Houston, TX. Potential shippers continue to project consid-erable interest, especially the ones that reach Voyager from connecting carriers in numerous producing regions. The ex-tension offers these shippers additional time to confirm their commitments across multiple pipelines and appraise a new origin point near Midland. The proposed Voyager pipeline will involve construction of almost 500 miles of 20- or 24-inch diameter pipeline from Magellan Midstream's terminal in Cushing to its facility in East Houston. Originating from the Cushing, the pipeline will enable shippers to begin de-liveries at Cushing from the Magellan Midstream-operated Saddlehorn Pipeline serving the Rockies and Bakken pro-duction regions, Navigator's Glass Mountain Pipeline serv-ing the Mid-Continent basin as well as other connections within the strategic Cushing crude oil hub. On request of potential shippers, the sponsors are assessing the addition of a Midland origin to provide further supply flexibility from the prolific Permian Basin. The Midland origin is likely to be accomplished in phases through Voyager's use of an exist-

ing Magellan pipeline that may become inoperative in the near future. This is part of the company's announced West Texas refined products pipeline expansion project. Voyager will have the capability to use an existing terminal in Frost to construct assets and connect to the Cushing-to-Houston segment. At the destination, the widespread Houston crude oil distribution system will deliver the multiple grades of crude oil to Houston and Texas refineries. Also, the delivery will be made to export facilities like the terminal owned by Seabrook Logistics, LLC, which is owned 50% by Magellan Midstream. Initially, the Voyager Pipeline is anticipated to have an initial capacity of at least 300,000 barrels per day, as proposed. Eventually the capacity will expand further if the industry demand increases. The pipeline is estimated to come online in late 2020.

Meritage Midstream Services II, LLC announced its sub-sidiary, Thunder Creek NGL Pipeline, LLC launched a bind-ing open season to secure volume dedications to support the proposed construction and development on its existing natural gas liquids pipeline to facilitate transportation of natural gas liquids from two processing plants located in Campbell and Converse counties in Wyoming to an inter-connection point with ONEOK Hydrocarbon, L.P.’s ONEOK


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NuStar Energy L.P. announced a Binding Open Season for committed refined product transportation on the expanded capacity of its Valley Pipeline System in South Texas. The Valley Pipeline System is an approximately 196-mile refined products pipeline from the Corpus Christi, TX area, to delivery points in Brownsville, TX, Edinburg, TX and Har-lingen, TX. The current Valley Pipeline System is capable of transporting approximately 45,000 barrels per day (BPD). The expansion project, which includes the construction of a 75-mile loop of the pipeline segment between Seeligson, TX and Edinburg, TX, and improvements at pump stations along the line, is expected to increase the capacity of the Valley Pipeline System by approximately 45,000 BPD. Based on significant customer commitments to utilize the expanded capacity, NuStar is proceeding with the project and the binding open season is intended for additional cus-tomer interest for the offered capacity and potential further capacity expansion. NuStar is proposing to make up to 90 percent of the expanded capacity available to shippers making long-term, ship-or-pay commitments, with at least 10 percent available for walk-up shippers. The project is expected to be in service in the third quarter of 2019.

ONEOK, Inc. announced plans to invest approximately $100 million to construct a 75-mile natural gas liquids (NGL) pipeline lateral connecting the northern portion of the Bak-ken NGL Pipeline with a third-party natural gas processing plant in eastern Williams County, North Dakota. The lateral is expected to be complete in the fourth quarter 2020 and is supported by long-term dedicated NGL production, in-cluding a minimum volume commitment, which will provide NGLs to ONEOK's Elk Creek Pipeline. ONEOK continues discussions with producers and processors in the area for additional potential volume commitments. The lateral will provide access to raw feed NGL pipeline takeaway in an area of Williams County with historically limited transpor-tation options, and will provide connectivity with key NGL market centers.

ONEOK, Inc. announced plans to invest approximately $295 million to expand its West Texas LPG Limited Part-nership (West Texas LPG) pipeline system, which provides natural gas liquids (NGL) takeaway capacity for Permian Basin producers. The expansion project, which is expected to be completed in the first quarter 2020, is supported by long-term dedicated NGL production from six third-party natural gas processing plants in the Permian Basin that are expected to produce up to 60,000 barrels per day (bpd) of NGLs. The expansion includes the construction of four new pump stations, two pump station upgrades and pipe-line looping that will increase the West Texas LPG mainline

capacity by 80,000 bpd and additional infrastructure to con-nect West Texas LPG with ONEOK's previously announced Arbuckle II Pipeline project. ONEOK continues discussions with producers and processors in the region for additional potential volume commitments. ONEOK's previously an-nounced 110,000 bpd pipeline lateral extension of the West Texas LPG system into the Delaware Basin and expansion of the existing mainline system is currently under construc-tion and expected to be in service this month. The West Texas LPG Pipeline is an NGL pipeline system that pro-vides takeaway capacity to Permian Basin producers and consists of approximately 2,600 miles of NGL pipeline in Texas and New Mexico. The system provides transporta-tion services to the Mont Belvieu market center from nearly 40 third-party natural gas processing plants located in the Permian Basin. The Permian Basin in southeastern New Mexico and western Texas is the largest crude oil and natu-ral gas producing basin in the U.S.

ONEOK Bakken Pipeline, LLC - The North Dakota Public Service Commission has approved a siting permit for a nat-ural gas liquids pipeline project in McKenzie County, North Dakota. ONEOK Bakken Pipeline, LLC, has received a permit to construct an approximately 77-mile-long, 20-inch NGL pipeline that would start at the ONEOK Demicks Lake Natural Gas Processing Plant in McKenzie County and ex-tend to the southwest ending in Richland County, Montana, at an interconnection with another pipeline. About 74 miles of the pipeline are in North Dakota. Estimated cost of the project is $125 million.

ONEOK, Inc. is investing approximately $2.3 billion be-tween now and 2020 to construct: a new 400,000-barrel per day (bpd) natural gas liquids (NGL) pipeline – the Arbuckle II Pipeline – that will create additional NGL transportation capacity between ONEOK's extensive Mid-Continent in-frastructure in Oklahoma and the company's existing NGL facilities in Mont Belvieu, Texas; a new 125,000 bpd NGL fractionator – MB-4 – in Mont Belvieu, Texas, and related infrastructure; and a new 200-million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) natural gas processing facility – the Demicks Lake plant and related infrastructure – in the Williston Basin. Ar-buckle II Pipeline and MB-4: The approximately 530-mile, 24- and 30-inch diameter Arbuckle II Pipeline is expected to cost approximately $1.36 billion and will have an initial capacity to transport up to 400,000 bpd of unfractionated NGLs originating across ONEOK's supply basins and ex-tensive NGL gathering system to the company's storage and fractionation facilities at Mont Belvieu. The Arbuckle II Pipeline is expected to be completed in the first quarter 2020. The pipeline will have the capability to be expanded up to 1 million bpd with additional pump facilities, which could more than double ONEOK's current capacity between the Mid-Continent and Gulf Coast. The new MB-4 fraction-ator and related infrastructure, which includes additional

PROPOSED PROJECTS & UPDATES PROPOSED PROJECTS & UPDATES NGL storage capacity in Mont Belvieu, are expected to cost approximately $575 million and be completed in the first quarter 2020. ONEOK's total NGL fractionation capacity will increase to 965,000 bpd following the completion of MB-4. The initial capacity of the Arbuckle II Pipeline is more than 50 percent contracted, and MB-4 is fully contracted. Both are anchored by long-term contracts with terms ranging be-tween 10 to 20 years. Adjusted EBITDA multiples for these projects are based only from these commitments but addi-tional supply agreements continue to be ne-gotiated. Demicks Lake plant and related infrastructure: The Demicks Lake natural gas processing plant and related field infra-structure are expected to cost a total of ap-proximately $400 million and be completed during the fourth quarter 2019. The Demicks Lake plant will be built in McKenzie County, North Dakota, which is in the core area of the Williston Basin. The plant is supported by acreage dedications with primarily fee-based contracts. The Demicks Lake plant is expected to contribute additional NGL volumes to ONEOK's NGL gathering sys-tem and natural gas volumes to ONEOK's 50 percent-owned Northern Border Pipeline. ONEOK's Williston Basin natural gas pro-cessing capacity will increase to more than 1.2 billion cubic feet per day following the completion of the Demicks Lake plant.

Phillips 66 Partners, Harvest Midstream Company, and PBF Logistics LP have en-tered into an agreement to jointly develop the ACE Pipeline System. The ACE Pipeline System will provide crude oil transportation service from the market hub in St. James, Louisiana, to downstream refining destina-tions in Belle Chasse, Meraux, and Chal-mette, Louisiana. The pipeline system is ex-pected to have an initial throughput capacity of 400,000 barrels per day, with the ability to expand further depending on shipper inter-est. The parties may elect to add a delivery destination in Clovelly, Louisiana, subject to market demand. Subject to customary and regulatory approvals, the pipeline system is expected to be placed in service in the sec-ond half of 2020. The ACE Pipeline System will include a new-build segment to connect the St. James market center to the CAM Pipeline. Harvest Midstream will contribute its existing CAM Pipeline to the ACE Pipe-line System.

Phillips 66 and Bridger Pipeline LLC recently held a joint open season for the proposed Liberty Pipeline, which will provide shippers the opportunity to secure crude oil transpor-tation service from the Rockies and Bakken production areas to Corpus Christi, Texas. The Liberty Pipeline is expected to have an initial throughput capacity of 350,000 barrels per day (BPD) with the ability to expand further depending on shipper interest in the open season. The pipeline is anticipated to be placed in service in the fourth quarter of 2020.


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Phillips 66 and Plains All American Pipeline announced that they have formed a 50/50 joint venture, Red Oak Pipeline LLC, and are proceeding with construction of the Red Oak Pipeline system (Red Oak). The pipeline system will provide crude oil transportation service from Cushing, Oklahoma, and the Permian Basin in West Texas to Cor-pus Christi, Ingleside, Houston and Beaumont, Texas. Red Oak is underpinned with long-term shipper volume com-mitments. Initial service from Cushing to the Gulf Coast is targeted to commence as early as the first quarter of 2021, subject to receipt of applicable permits and regulatory ap-provals. The Red Oak joint venture will lease capacity in Plains’ Sunrise Pipeline system, which extends from Mid-land to Wichita Falls, Texas. The joint venture plans to con-struct a new 30-inch pipeline from Cushing to Wichita Falls and Sealy, Texas. From Sealy, the joint venture will construct a 30-inch pipeline segment to Corpus Christi and Ingleside and a 20-inch pipeline segment to Houston and Beaumont. Where feasible, Red Oak will utilize existing pipeline and utility corridors and advanced construction techniques to limit environmental and community impact. Plains will lead project construction on behalf of the joint venture, and Phil-lips 66 will operate the pipeline. The project is expected to cost approximately $2.5 billion.

Plains Pipeline, L.P. has filed an application with the Bu-reau of Land Management seeking to replace its roughly 127-mile pipeline, which includes approximately 14 miles of federal lands within Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Kern counties, CA. The public comment period ended June 3. Plains Pipeline, L.P. is requesting the use of existing rights-of-way to replace its pipeline that transports crude oil from production platforms and oilfields off the California Coast to refinery facilities in the San Joaquin Valley. The pipeline replacement project spans multiple local, state and federal jurisdictions—113 miles of private and state lands; six miles of BLM-managed public land, including four miles within the Carrizo Plain National Monument; two miles of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service managed lands in the Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge; and six miles of U.S. Forest Service managed land in the Los Padres National Forest. Santa Barbara County is the lead agency for the environ-mental analysis on private and state owned lands. The BLM is the lead agency conducting the environmental analysis on federal lands.

Port Arthur Pipeline, LLC, a subsidiary of Sempra LNG & Midstream, has received a positive Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) from the FERC for its proposed Texas Connector natural gas pipeline in connection with the proposed development of the Port Arthur Liquefaction Project by Port Arthur LNG, LLC, and PALNG Common Fa-cilities in Jefferson County, Texas. The Final EIS addresses the potential environmental effects of the construction and operation of the following proposed facilities: two liquefac-

tion trains, each with a capacity of 6.73 million tons per an-num of LNG for export; three LNG storage tanks, each with a capacity of 160,000 cubic meters; a refrigerant storage area and truck unloading facilities; a condensate storage area and truck loading facilities; a new marine slip with two LNG vessel berths, an LNG vessel and support vessel ma-neuvering area, and an LNG transfer system; a materials off-loading facility and Pioneer Dock; approximately 38.9 miles of 42-inch-diameter pipeline to bring feed gas from in-terconnections with Kinder Morgan Louisiana Pipeline LLC, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, Houston Pipe-line Company LP, Texas Eastern Transmission, LP (TET-CO), Florida Gas Transmission Company, LLC, and Golden Triangle Storage, Inc./Centana Intrastate Pipeline, LLC to the terminal site; approximately 131.3 miles of 42-inch-diameter pipeline to bring feed gas from interconnections with Centana Interstate Pipeline, LP, TETCO, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, Market Hub Partners – Egan, Pine Prairie Energy Center, Texas Gas Transmission, LLC, ANR Pipeline Company, and Columbia Gulf Transmission, LLC to the terminal site; three compressor stations; meter sta-tions at the pipeline interconnects; and other associated utilities, systems, and facilities (mainline valves, pig launch-ers/receivers, contractor yards, access roads, etc.). Con-struction is expected to begin in the third quarter of 2021, with commercial operations expected to begin in third quar-ter of 2022. On October 16, 2017, Port Arthur Pipeline filed another application requesting a certificate of public conve-nience and necessity for the Louisiana Connector Project, authorizing Port Arthur Pipeline to construct, own, and op-erate additional new proposed Liquefaction Facility south of Port Arthur in Jefferson County, Texas. The Louisiana Con-nector Project will be capable of delivering approximately 2,000,000 MMBtu per day of natural gas to the Liquefaction Project. The Louisiana Connector Project, along with the Texas Connector Project facilities proposed in this proceed-ing, will be the primary means of delivery of feed gas to the Liquefaction Project. The anticipated construction start date is 1st quarter of 2021 with in-service slated for 3rd quar-ter 2022.The Louisiana Connector Project will include 131 miles of 42-inch diameter gas pipeline, a new compressor station, interconnection facilities with interstate and intra-state natural gas facilities, and other appurtenant facilities. The proposed Louisiana Connector Project facilities will ex-tend from an interconnect with Columbia Gas Transmission (MP 130.9) located northeast of Eunice, Louisiana in St. Landry Parish through Evangeline, Allen, Beauregard, Cal-casieu, and Cameron Parishes in Louisiana and Jefferson County, Texas and terminate at the proposed Liquefaction Facility south of Port Arthur in Jefferson County, Texas. The Louisiana Connector Project, along with the Texas Connec-tor Project facilities proposed in this proceeding, will be the primary means of delivery of feed gas to the Liquefaction Project. Both projects are needed to provide service to the Liquefaction Project and will allow flexible access to mul-



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tiple supply basins and systems of upstream transporters. Combined, the projects will give more gas sellers access to Port Arthur LNG and Port Arthur LNG access to more supply basins. The proposed Port Arthur Pipeline Project would consist of two segments oriented north and south of the proposed liquefaction project. The 27.6-mile northern portion of the proposed pipeline project would extend from Vidor in Orange County, TX to the proposed liquefaction project, with the majority of the proposed pipeline co-locat-ed with existing energy infrastructure rights-of-way. The ap-proximately 7-mile southern portion of the proposed pipe-line project would originate in Cameron Parish, Louisiana on the east bank of Sabine Lake and terminate at the Port Arthur Liquefaction Project. The proposed pipeline project would interconnect the Port Arthur Liquefaction Project to various intra- and interstate pipelines, providing access to a number of major U.S. natural gas supply basins. Construc-tion is expected to begin in the third quarter of 2021, with commercial operations expected to begin in third quarter of 2022.

The staff of the FERC has prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Rio Grande LNG Proj-

ect proposed by Rio Grande LNG, LLC and Rio Bravo Pipeline Company, LLC. RG LNG is requesting authoriza-tion to construct and operate liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities in Cameron County, Texas and to con-struct, operate, and maintain a new pipeline system in Jim Wells, Kleberg, Kenedy, Willacy, and Cameron Counties, Texas. The FEIS addresses the potential environmental effects of the construction and operation of the follow-ing proposed facilities: six liquefaction trains at the Rio Grande LNG Terminal, each with a nominal capacity of 4.5 million tons per annum of LNG for export, resulting in the total nominal capacity of 27.0 million tons per annum; four LNG storage tanks, each with a net capacity of 180,000 cubic meters; LNG truck loading facilities with four load-ing bays, each with the capacity to load 12 to 15 trucks per day; a refrigerant storage area and truck unloading facilities; a condensate storage area and truck loading fa-cilities; a new marine slip with two LNG vessel berths to accommodate simultaneous loading of two LNG vessels, an LNG vessel and support vessel maneuvering area, and an LNG transfer system; a materials off-loading facility; 2.4 miles of 42-inch-diameter pipeline, including 0.8 mile of dual pipeline, to gather gas from existing systems in


Kleberg and Jim Wells Counties (referred to as the Head-er System); 135.5 miles of parallel 42-inch-diameter pipe-lines originating in Kleberg County and terminating at the Rio Grande LNG Terminal in Cameron County (referred to as Pipelines 1 and 2); four stand-alone metering sites along the Header System; two new interconnect booster compressor stations, each with a metering site; three new compressor stations (one at the LNG Terminal site); and other associated utilities, systems, and facilities (yards, access roads, etc.) Final FERC approval is anticipated in late summer 2019.

Spire Storage proposes to construct and operate 10.1 miles of dual 20-inch-diameter pipelines, one new pipeline interconnection with measurement equipment, and relat-ed facilities in Uinta County, Wyoming. Project is pending FERC approval.

Summit Permian Transmission, LLC has received a notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Assessment from the FERC for the planned Double E Pipeline Project in New Mexico and Texas. An official project FERC filing was expected in March 2019 for the project. The scope of facilities currently includes the following: approximately 34 miles of new 30-inch pipeline (Trunkline100 or T100) from Summit’s existing Lane Processing Plant in Eddy County, New Mexico to a planned Poker Lake Compressor Sta-tion site, also in Eddy County. In addition to the trunkline, this portion of the project would include: one 30-inch pig launcher and one receipt meter located within the Lane Processing Plant; and two mainline block valves; one new compressor station (Poker Lake Compressor Station), sited on approximately 70 acres on federal land managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, in Eddy Coun-ty. The new compressor station would require two Taurus 70 turbine-driven compressor units, totaling about 22,200 horsepower. Associated facilities would include one 42-inch pig launcher; one 30-inch pig receiver; and one receipt meter located at the Poker Lake Compressor Station site with an expected volume of 175 million standard cubic feet per day; approximately 81.1 miles of new 42-inch pipeline (Trunkline 200 or T200) from the planned Poker Lake Com-pressor Station; through Loving, Ward, and Reeves Coun-ties, Texas and terminating at the Waha Pigging Station in Reeves County, Texas. In addition to the trunkline, this por-tion of the project would include: four mainline block valves; and one 42-inch pig receiver, located within the Waha Hub Pigging Station site; approximately 17.3 miles of new 30-inch pipeline (Lateral 100 or L100) from the existing Loving Processing Plants to the planned trunk-line in Eddy County, New Mexico. Additional facilities would include: one 30-inch pig launcher; one 30-inch pig receiver; and three receipt meters, including: one receipt meter to serve the new Sen-dero Midstream Partners Plant, currently under construc-tion; one receipt meter to serve the existing Matador Re-

sources Company’s Plant; and one receipt meter to serve the new Lucid Energy Group Road Runner Plant, currently under construction; approximately 1.4 miles of new 42-inch trunkline (Trunk-line 300 or T300) from the planned Summit Waha Pigging Station site in Reeves County, Texas to the final delivery locations in the Waha Hub in Pecos, County, Texas. Aboveground facilities would include: one delivery meter to serve Kinder Morgan’s Permian Highway Pipeline, currently under construction; one delivery meter to serve Kinder Morgan’s existing Gulf Coast Express Pipeline; and one delivery meter to serve Energy Transfer Company’s existing TransPecos Pipeline header pipeline. Summit an-ticipates initial construction activities to begin in April 2020, with a planned in-service date of April 2021.

Tallgrass Energy - The Cheyenne Connector Project is a 70-mile, large-diameter interstate natural gas pipeline designed to move natural gas from receipt connections at processing facilities in the Denver-Julesburg Basin (DJ Ba-sin) in Weld County to the Rockies Express Pipeline Chey-enne Hub (REX Cheyenne Hub) just south of the Colorado/Wyoming border. Using Cheyenne Connector, producers in the DJ Basin can access interconnected pipelines and local distribution systems at the REX Cheyenne Hub as well as interconnected systems downstream of REX that reach end-users in West markets, Midwest markets such as Chicago and Detroit, the Gulf Coast and Southeast. End users in those markets benefit from diversity of supply and resulting competitive pricing. The Cheyenne Connec-tor has an expected initial design capacity of 600 million cubic feet per day of natural gas and potential room for ex-pansion. Affiliates of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and DCP Midstream have signed precedent agreements for a combined 600 million cubic feet per day of natural gas on Cheyenne Connector.

Tallgrass Energy, LP (TGE) recently held an open sea-son that closed May 15, 2019 for the proposed Seahorse Pipeline. The project is expected to be 30 inches in diam-eter and approximately 700 miles long, with the capacity to transport up to 800,000 barrels of crude oil per day from the Cushing oil hub to the Louisiana Gulf Coast. Reports indi-cate that Tallgrass is in talks with a second anchor shipper to be able to bring its planned Seahorse crude oil pipeline to fruition. While TGE possibly could unveil a final investment decision on the project in the next few months, competition from seven projects announced after Seahorse are making it "complicated" to sign new shippers, the CEO said. The Seahorse pipeline would operate as a multi-grade com-mon batch system that, along with Tallgrass’ Pony Express Pipeline, will ensure domestic refiners and international markets have access to “neat” barrels from five different production basins. Seahorse is expected to start commer-cial operations in the third quarter of 2021. While TGE pos-sibly could unveil a final investment decision on the project

PROPOSED PROJECTS & UPDATES PROPOSED PROJECTS & UPDATES in the next few months, competition from seven projects announced after Seahorse are making it "complicated" to sign new shippers, the CEO said. In addition, to accommo-date shipper interest and continued growth in the Powder River, Denver-Julesburg and Bakken producing regions, Tallgrass expects to complete pump optimization projects to expand capacity on its Pony Express Pipeline to enable it to transport up to 400,000 barrels per day by the end of the year. If shipper interest exceeds that added capacity, Tallgrass may expand the Pony Express Pipeline further through potential additional horsepower and/or looping to facilitate large-scale movements from Guernsey and north-east Colorado. TGE plans to expand Pony Express capac-ity to 700K bbl/day by Q3 2020.

Tallgrass Energy, LP, through its affiliate Tallgrass Pony Express Pipeline, LLC, announced a new project to sup-port crude oil production in northern Weld County, Colo-rado, near the border between Wyoming and Colorado. The Hereford Project will include approximately 30 miles of new 12-inch pipeline, as well as expanded capacity on the Pony Express system. Sufficient interest arose during Pony Express’ existing open season for expansion capac-ity from origin points in Colorado and Wyoming to desti-nations along the system to justify the Hereford Project as a stand-alone project. The new 30-mile pipeline, the Hereford Lateral, will connect crude oil gathering facilities and/or terminal facilities near Hereford, Colorado, with existing Pony Express facilities located near the Pawnee origin facility in Weld County. Pony Express expects the Hereford Lateral to be in-service by July 2019, and the expansion capacity on the existing Pony Express system to be in-service by May 2020 – both ahead of the larger Pony Express system expansion announced Jan. 22, 2019. Pony Express is launching a limited open season to allow interested parties the opportunity to commit to the Hereford Project.

Tellurian held separate binding open seasons on two proposed pipelines that will connect areas of constrained shale production and debottleneck natural gas pipeline infrastructure, further enabling the rapidly growing indus-trial market in Southwest Louisiana. Tellurian’s subsidiary Haynesville Global Access Pipeline LLC is seeking to se-cure prospective shippers for a previously announced nat-ural gas pipeline, the Haynesville Global Access Pipeline (HGAP). HGAP is expected to be a 42-inch diameter, ap-proximately 160-mile interstate pipeline that will intercon-nect existing pipeline and production facilities in DeSoto Parish to the existing and proposed infrastructure located near Gillis in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. HGAP is esti-mated to cost just over one billion dollars to construct and will have the capacity to transport up to two billion cubic feet of natural gas per day (bcf/d). Construction is project-ed to begin in 2022, with an in-service date of mid-2023.

Tellurian’s subsidiary Delhi Connector Pipeline LLC is also conducting a binding open season to secure prospective shippers for its newly proposed Delhi Connector Pipeline (DCPL). DCPL is expected to be a 42-inch diameter, ap-proximately 180-mile interstate pipeline connecting the Perryville/Delhi Hub in Richland Parish, Louisiana to Gillis, Louisiana. DCPL is estimated to cost approximately $1.4 billion to construct and will have the capacity to transport at least two bcf/d of natural gas. Construction is projected to begin as early as 2021, with an in-service date as early as 2023. These two binding open seasons are in addition to Tellurian’s previously announced Permian Global Access Pipeline binding open season.

The staff of the FERC has prepared a Final Environmen-tal Impact Statement (EIS) for the Texas LNG Project, proposed by Texas LNG Brownsville, LLC. Texas LNG is requesting authorization to site, construct, modify, and operate liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities on the Brownsville Ship Channel in Cameron County, Texas. The Texas LNG Project consists of a new LNG terminal on the north side of the Brownsville Ship Channel, 2.5 miles southwest of the Town of Port Isabel, Texas and 19 miles northeast of the City of Brownsville, Texas population


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Tellurian announced separate binding open seasons on two proposed pipelines that will connect areas of con-strained shale production and debottleneck natural gas pipeline infrastructure, further enabling the rapidly grow-ing industrial market in Southwest Louisiana. Tellurian’s subsidiary Haynesville Global Access Pipeline LLC is seeking to secure prospective shippers for a previously an-nounced natural gas pipeline, the Haynesville Global Ac-cess Pipeline (HGAP). HGAP is expected to be a 42-inch diameter, approximately 160-mile interstate pipeline that will interconnect existing pipeline and production facilities in DeSoto Parish to the existing and proposed infrastructure located near Gillis in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. HGAP is estimated to cost just over one billion dollars to construct and will have the capacity to transport up to two billion cubic feet of natural gas per day (bcf/d). Construction is projected to begin in 2022, with an in-service date of mid-2023. Tel-lurian’s subsidiary Delhi Connector Pipeline LLC is also conducting a binding open season to secure prospective shippers for its newly proposed Delhi Connector Pipeline (DCPL). DCPL is expected to be a 42-inch diameter, ap-proximately 180-mile interstate pipeline connecting the Perryville/Delhi Hub in Richland Parish, Louisiana to Gillis, Louisiana. DCPL is estimated to cost approximately $1.4 billion to construct and will have the capacity to transport

at least two bcf/d of natural gas. Construction is projected to begin as early as 2021, with an in-service date as early as 2023. These two binding open seasons are in addition to Tellurian’s previously announced Permian Global Access Pipeline binding open season. The open season concludes June 21, 2019.

Venture Global Plaquemines LNG, LLC (Plaquemines LNG) and Venture Global Gator Express, LLC (Gator Express Pipeline) have received a favorable Environ-mental Impact Statement from the FERC to construct a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal and pipeline fa-cilities located in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Together the proposals are referred to as the Plaquemines LNG or Project. Plaquemines LNG and Gator Express Pipeline are proposing to construct and operate a new LNG export ter-minal and associated facilities along the west bank of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana (Ter-minal) and to construct and operate two new 42-inch diam-eter natural gas pipeline laterals that will connect the Ter-minal to the pipeline facilities of Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company and Texas Eastern Transmission. The two paral-lel and adjacent laterals (11.7 and 15.1 miles long) would be operated at an MAOP of 1,200 pounds per square inch and will be designed to provide firm transportation capac-ity of approximately 1,970,000 Dt/d to the Terminal. Total cost of the pipeline portion of the project is estimated to be approximately 284 million dollars.

WhiteWater Midstream, LLC is planning to construct a new interstate pipeline connecting multiple receipt points in Eddy County, New Mexico to delivery points in Northern Culberson County, Texas. The project includes the con-struction of a 24-inch natural gas pipeline and associated metering stations in Eddy County, New Mexico connecting multiple receipt points to one or more delivery points in Northern Culberson County, Texas. The proposed Steady Eddy Pipeline project would provide approximately 500,000 MMBtu/d of interstate gas transportation service to New Mexico gas processors, allowing them access to multiple delivery point options in New Mexico and Texas. WWM is conducting this binding open season to determine customer needs for firm natural gas transportation service between receipt points located in and from Eddy County to multiple delivery points in and to New Mexico and Texas. Williams – Northwest Pipeline LLC is one of three in-terstate natural gas pipelines operated by The Williams Companies. The Northwest system extends from the San Juan Basin in northwestern New Mexico and southwestern Colorado through the states of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon and Washington to a point on the Canadian border near Sumas, Washington. Northwest provides nat-ural gas transportation service to the Seattle, Washington, Portland, Oregon, and Boise, Idaho, markets. The North

Seattle Lateral consists of two lines (laterals) branching off the 30-inch Northwest mainline at milepost (MP) 1,397.1. The first lateral measures 20 inches in diameter to MP 2.0, at which point the diameter measures 8 inches. The sec-ond lateral measures 16 inches in diameter. This project will replace a portion of this existing 8-inch line with new 20-inch pipe, beginning near MP 2.0 and extending up to approximately 5.85 miles. an in-line inspection facility, cur-rently located at MP 2.2, will be relocated to the end of the expanded portion of the line as part of the project. All pipe installed during the project will use the existing Northwest right-of-way corridor. Workspace or other use of land out-side Northwest easements will be relatively minimal and temporary. FERC has issued a Notice to Proceed with construction.

Williams has plans for the Regional Energy Access, an incremental expansion of the Transco interstate pipeline to provide firm natural gas transportation capacity to mar-kets in the northeastern United States as early as Novem-ber 2022. Regional Energy Access is being designed to provide up to one million dekatherms per day of firm transportation capacity to the Transco pipeline's northeast market, including existing Pennsylvania and New Jersey

local distribution companies and power generators. De-mand for natural gas in the Northeast continues to rise as businesses rely on natural gas to help meet clean air goals. Regional Energy Access minimizes environmental impacts by maximizing the use of existing Transco pipeline infrastructure and rights of way. The preliminary design of the project consists of additional compression and se-lected pipeline loop segments along the existing Transco pipeline corridor. Although the final capacity, scope and cost of the project will be determined by the results of the open season, it is anticipated that the project will include approximately 34 miles of pipeline looping and additional compression along existing Transco facilities. The project will connect robust Marcellus supply from receipt points along the Transco pipeline’s Leidy Line in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, to delivery points in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, including the Station 210 Zone 6 Pool in Mercer County, New Jersey, the Lower Mud Run Road intercon-nect in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, and along Transco’s mainline to Station 200, Marcus Hook lateral and Trenton Woodbury lateral. The proposed project will be subject to approval by the FERC and other agencies.



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Williams Partners L.P. has an application before the FERC seeking authorization for its Southeastern Trail Expansion project, which would create 296,375 dekatherms per day of additional firm transportation capacity to markets in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern U.S. for the 2020/2021 winter heating season. Williams Partners has executed precedent agreements with utility and local distribution companies lo-cated in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Geor-gia for firm transportation service under the project. Once complete, the project will help meet the growing natural gas demand in the Southeast, as well as provide access to new sources of domestic natural gas supply while enhancing sys-tem reliability. The company held an open season for the project last summer and executed long-term binding prec-edent agreements with five natural gas shippers for 100 per-cent of the firm transportation capacity. Customers served by the project are PSNC Energy, South Carolina Electric & Gas, Virginia Natural Gas, the City of Buford, Ga., and the City of LaGrange, Ga. Subject to approval by the Federal En-ergy Regulatory Commission, the Southeastern Trail Expan-sion project will consist of approximately 7.7 miles of 42-inch pipeline looping facilities in Virginia, horsepower additions at existing compressor stations in Virginia, and piping and valve modifications on other existing facilities in South Carolina, Georgia, and Louisiana to allow for bi-directional flow. The project is anticipated to begin construction in August 2019 with a target in-service commitment of Nov. 1, 2020.

National Grid Plc recently reported that it will not process new applications for natural gas service in its New York City and Long Island service area until Williams Cos Inc’s Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) pipeline receives the permits

it needs to proceed. The New York Department of Environ-mental Conservation (DEC) recently denied Williams’ appli-cation for water quality certification, a permit the $1 billion NESE needs, because the project could harm aquatic life. The rejection was the latest of many projects the DEC has rejected for environmental reasons over the past few years. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and other state politi-cians have said they want utilities to invest more in renew-able power and energy efficiency rather than fossil-fired proj-ects. “While we continue to receive applications for new and expanded firm gas service ... none will be processed until the permits are received and (NESE) is allowed to proceed,” National Grid said in a statement. “Only at that time ... will (National Grid) resume processing all requests for new and expanded firm gas service in the order that they have been received,” the company said. Williams said it will resubmit the pipeline application “quickly” and is “confident” it can meet the state’s concerns and bring the project into service for the winter of 2020/2021. One billion cubic feet is enough gas supply for about 5 million U.S. homes for a day. National Grid, which serves about 1.8 million customers in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and Long Island, has said it was con-verting about 8,000 of those New York City-Long Island cus-tomers per year to gas from heating oil.

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Harold Gene Wells Celebrates 90th BirthdayReprinted from The Madisonville Meteor

Here’s a challenge to all of us in this week’s column and it’s to just keep up! We have some people out there setting big goals for us to shoot for.

First on that agenda is Harold Gene Wells. Wells, the senior Vice President in the Cleveland Integrity Services’ Houston office leads a busy life, a lot of it on the road.

“He entertains clients often,” said his daughter Leslie Wake-field. “For example, one weekend he went to Horseshoe Bay for the weekend, back to Centerville on Sunday, then to Houston Sunday afternoon. That same week on Wednesday he drove to San Antonio to take clients to lunch and was back in Houston by 6 p.m. He is the energizer bunny!”

And that he is, but H.G. Wells, as he is known in the busi-ness industry, found time to celebrate his 90th birthday last weekend at the Centerville home of his daughter Melanie and her husband Bruce Hulings. In addition to his family and close friends, several dignitaries from the Cleveland, Okla.-based company flew in to attend the party and presented him with a special rifle.

“They told him it was his, but when God calls him home, they want it back to put in a glass case in their conference room with his name so that the story of H.G. Wells will continue,” explained Leslie. “They also told me that if a pipeliner comes in and doesn’t know who H.G. Wells is, they don’t hire him.”

Neither was this just any rifle. “It was 25 out of 50 Henry rifles made and then it was made custom for Cleveland Integrity,” explained Well’s nephew John Christie. It is a Henry Repeat-ing Arms Cal. .45-70, number 25 of 50.”

That wasn’t the only price-less present. Kasy Rudel operations manager and Wells’ right hand for a dozen years or more, presented him with a 90-old revolver to match his age.

Wells was reared in the Pee Dee community. He and his wife Pat then reared their children Becky (Broussard), Jeff Wells, Melanie (Hulings), Dawn (Knight) and Leslie (Wakefield). Because of his incredulous pipeline knowledge, the company called him when he was in his late 80s to start an inspection company in Houston. Wells and his wife Pat, having sold their Madisonville home in the 1990s, already owned a townhome in Houston as well as a home in Centerville.

Today, besides regular trips to San Antonio and other towns where clients might live, he and Pat spend weekends in Centerville, returning to Houston by Monday morning for the nonagenarian, yes that’s what those 90-99 years of age are called, to go to work.

It’s never too late to wish someone Happy Birthday, so send your cards to Harold Gene at P.O. Box 733, Centerville, TX 75833. Like I said, just keep up folks!

Buddies on the pipeline Clyde McDonald and family together on Memorial Day weekend.

Pipeline boys cleaning up trash in the RV park they are in. Great job guys!

Harold Gene 90th Birthday in Centerville, Texas

Randy Byers with Smokey Robinson at the Midnight Mission Golf Tournament.

Harold Gene and Pat Wells celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary on June 15, 2019. Happy Anniversary!

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OBITUARIES productive. Whether farming, at his home, his grandfa-thers, or Wolfie's, or learning the tile trade at Misner's, while still in high school, he did his best job, worked as hard as he could, and never cut corners and that was true all through his life. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, boating, and dancing. But more than that he enjoyed the camara-derie sharing those experiences brought him. He loved his family and he loved people and it was a fantastic day if he made you smile, laugh, or made your day better. That was his goal and was truly how he lived every day. He was a member of The Golden Gears, and many still remem-ber his Gold Challenger or his Barracuda. He is survived by estranged wife, Barbara Liller (Hurt) ; and is the proud father of Ricky E. Liller, Jr. and Stephanie Liller and part-ner Shane Study; and grandfather to Aiden Embrey. Rick is survived by brother Steven Liller and wife Jan of Winter Springs Florida, Jeffrey Liller and wife Allonia of Thurmont, Charles Liller and wife Mary Beth of Emmitsburg, Pamela Lawson and husband Carl Rick of Middletown, and Paula Carter and partner Rob Summers of Frederick. In addition, he is survived by special friend Debbie Callahan of Geor-gia. The family would like to thank Dr. Bazzi and all of the folks at Progressive Oncology and Hematology. Without them this journey would have been much more difficult.

Tyler Daniel Joseph Wendt, 27, of Mag-azine passed from this life May 30, 2019, in Booneville. He was born Dec. 21, 1991, in Russellville. He was a pipeliner and a member of Pipeliners Union No. 798 and the Famously Hated softball team, as well as several other softball teams. He formerly served his country in the Ma-rine Corps. He was preceded in death by

grandfather, Arthur Wendt; and paternal grandmother, Bon-nie Lou Hinkle. He is survived by two sons, Clayston and Coye and their mother Kim Estes of Magazine; one daugh-ter, Aubree and her mother Karisa McHose of Sugar Loaf, Pa.; his parents, Joseph Wendt and Leslie Chambers, both of Magazine; maternal grandparents, Martha Smith of Mag-azine and Charlie C. Smith of Booneville; paternal grand-mothers, Catherine Owens of Kentucky and Sherry Wendt of Morrilton; Mellissa and Harold West and Gabby, Jacob and Gracie and their mother, Kimberly West; other aunts, uncles and cousins; and special friend, Jayla Weaver of Lavaca. Pallbearers were Damian Enix, Brian Smith, Rob-ert Smith, Dylan Allen, Dixon Brahler, Joseph Wendt, Josh West, Tyler Curtis and Jacob Webb.

Robert W. Nicholson, 79, of Dunbar, died Sunday, June 2, 2019, in the Uniontown Hospital. He was born Sept. 6, 1939, in Connellsville, a son of the late Alfred and Helen Durket Nicholson. Mr. Nicholson was a 1958 graduate of Connellsville High School. He was a member of the Op-erating Engineers Local #66 and was formerly employed

by Otis Eastern, formerly Joyce Western Corporation. He was a member of the Dunbar Eagles and a social member of the Connellsville VFW. He is survived by his wife, Lau-reen Bruno Malachin Nicholson; his children, Mark Nichol-son and his wife Mary Ann of Dunbar, Luanne Turek and her husband Robert of Connellsville, Gina LaPorte and her husband Mark of Connellsville, and Tracy Balsinger and her husband Jim of Connellsville; his stepson, Michael Raymond of Dunbar; his grandchildren, Candice McKeen and her husband David of Cincinnati, Ohio, Eric Brown and his wife Kelly of Charleroi, Brent LaPorte of Adelaide, Tommy Bryga of Mt. Pleasant, Trent Bryga of Connellsville, Jessica Balsinger of Fairchance, and Troy Balsinger of Fairchance; numerous great-grandchildren; his brothers, Kenneth Nicholson and his wife Betty of Nashville, Tenn., and Gerald Nicholson and his wife Sylvia of Mt. Pleasant; his sister, Mary Saylor and her husband Frank of Connells-ville; sister-in-law, Shirley Nicholson of Youngstown, Ohio; and the mother of his children, Virginia Staszel Nicholson of Dunbar. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by a brother, Ronald Nicholson.

Fred Church, Jr., 80 0f Minnora, WV, surrounded by his family, returned to his heavenly home on March 30, 2019. His devotion to his family and his firm belief in God sup-ported him in his struggle and ultimately gave him peace. Fred was born in Calhoun County, WV to the late Fred and Tressie Crawford Church. He graduated from Spencer High School in 1957 and was a member of the Beech Unit-ed Methodist Church. He was a member of the WV IUOE Local 132, with over 50 years of service and loved telling stories about the many miles of the pipe he had laid. Truly an outdoorsman, Fred enjoyed hunting, fishing and spend-ing time on the lake with his wife, Yvonne. He will be dear-ly missed by his loving wife of almost 33 years. Yvonne Shields Church; children, Jeff (Sandee) Church of Orma, WV and Judy (Doug) Metz of Chloe, WV, step-children, Sherry (Robert) Brown, Keith McKown of Millstone, WV, Jeff (Joanna) McKown of Leroy, WV and Jeannie (Chris) Winchester of Washington, DC; brother, Victor (Linda) Church of Newton Falls, OH; sisters, Christine Starcher of Spencer, WV and Karen (Bobby) Epler of Reedy, WV; 14 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Eloise Norman Church, an infant brother, Bernard Church; and a sister, Ernestine Starcher. Funeral services were held at 1:00 pm, Thursday, April 4, 2019 at the Arnoldsburg Com-munity Building, Arnoldsburg, WV with the Revs. Rick Ma-theney and Roger Carter officiating.

OBITUARIES Trace Richardson, 31, from Portland, Texas, lost his life while kayaking May 27, 2019 in Aransas Pass. He was tragi-cally hit by a boat. "He was an incredible husband and an even better father," his wife Chelsea Richardson said. She said he was a caring, passionate and loving man -- an outdoorsman, and an athlete. "He was my best friend," Chelsea said.

"He was a great man." Trace and Chelsea were expecting another baby in September.

Carl William “Willie” Brown, 58, of Eu-dora, Arkansas passed away Monday, May 27, 2019 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Willie was born January 5, 1961 in Lake Village, AR to Johnie Brown and Mary Dell Brown. He was a graduate of Kilbourne High School in Kilbourne, LA. He raised cattle, farmed and was a welder for many pipeline construction companies. Willie

enjoyed riding horses and hunting. He was a member of the Local 798 Pipeliners Union since July 17, 1979. Willie was a member of Omega Baptist Church. Other than his father, he is preceded in death by his sister, Susan Brown. Survivors include his mother, Mary Dell Brown of Eudora, AR; son, Will Brown of Forest, LA; brothers, Billy Brown of Virginia, John (Sandy) Brown of Brookshire, TX, Tommy Brown of Eudora, AR and James (Jolene) Brown of Eu-dora, AR; sisters, Mary Huff of Eudora, AR, Hazel Brown of Eudora, AR, Lois (David) Ashley of Kilbourne, LA and a host of nieces, nephews, aunt, uncles and cousins.

Ricky Lynn Coleman, 54, of Odessa passed away on May 30, 2019 in Odessa, TX. Ricky was born in Odessa, TX to Nel-da Cox and Harold Coleman on October 3, 1964. Ricky proudly served his country in the U.S. Army before starting his truck driving career at Two Rivers Pipeline and Construction, where he worked for 10 years. Ricky then started his own busi-

ness; Coleman's Mobile Home Manufacturing in which he was very proud & successful. He was the BEST truck driver out there and was sure to let you know it. Ricky was a very proud dad and grandfather. He loved the lake. Some of his best times were spent there with his family playing on the water and fishing. He was sure to catch a good buzz and make you laugh in the process. Ricky is preceded in death by his father, Harold Coleman; brothers, Donnie and Stevie Coleman. Ricky is survived by his mother, Nell Cox; daugh-ters, Brandi Watson and Kelli Montgomery; brothers, Mike and Phillip Coleman; grandchildren, Shailey, Dylan, Carli, Kaigen, Lily, Sophie and Dax; multiple nieces and nephews and his best friend, Snickers.

Foy Ray Green “The FOX”, 72, of West-lake, LA, passed away May 11, 2019. He was born in Amarillo, Texas, on Dec. 5, 1946, to Jack and Josephine Green of Many, La. He lived in Westlake most of his life, prior to moving back to Texas where he worked in the pipeline Industry as a Chief Inspector. He was, very passionate about bass fishing on Toledo Bend Lake

and Falcon Lake where he built unique custom fishing rods in his spare time. He loved fast bass boats and enjoyed spending time at the lake with his friends and family. Left to cherish his precious memories are his wife, Terry Green; parents, Jack and Josephine Green of Many; two daugh-ters, Cheryl Green Baker of Dequincy, La., Missy Green Statum of Carlyss, La., and fiancé Kevin White of Moss Bluff, La.; two stepchildren, Tiffney Garner and David Har-ris of Texas; three grandchildren, Joshua Foy Green and wife Lisa of Carlyss, Lacey Johnson of Singer, La., and Mackenzie Green of Dequincy; two great-grandchildren; brother, David Green and wife Vaundina of Kerrville, Texas; and sisters, Lavone Fryar and husband Johnny of Lake Charles, La., Melinda Keracik and husband Chuck of Conroe, Texas.

Robert Grimm, 62, born November 9, 1956 passed away May 20, 2019 in Kemp, TX after a short battle with liver cancer. His parents were Charles R. Grimm and Carmen Delahoussaye Grimm. Robert at-tended Lee High School in Houston, he was a pipeliner for the past 45 years and traveled the entire USA working in that field. He loved his family and in his spare

time he enjoyed the outdoor life of fishing and hunting. Robert was preceded in death by his father and is survived by his wife, Marie Grimm; mother and step-father, Car-men and Frank Nadolney; sister Paula Grimm Matthews (Donald) of Monticello, FL; brother, Mark Grimm (Cindy) of Palestine, TX, uncle, Edward J. de la Houssaye, III., of Galveston, TX as well as other aunts, uncles and cousins.

Ricky Eugene Liller, 64, of Frederick passed away after a courageous battle with cancer, on Tuesday May 28, 2019, in his home surrounded by family. Born on Thursday, December 16, 1954 in Freder-ick Maryland, he was the son of Pauline G. Liller (Troxell) and the late Clifton E. Liller. He was a 1972 Graduate of Fred-erick High School. Growing up on a farm

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