HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI) today announced the launch of a binding open season to solicit commitments for the proposed Utica Marcellus Texas Pipeline (UMTP), which would transport liquids produced from the Utica and Marcellus producing basins to delivery points along the Texas Gulf Coast, including connectivity to a Kinder Morgan dock. The proposed project would involve the abandonment and conversion of 964 miles of natural gas service on KMI’s existing Tennessee Gas Pipeline (TGP), the construction of approximately 200 miles of new pipeline from Louisiana to Texas, new storage in Ohio and 120 miles of new laterals to provide basin connectivity.
The approximately $4 billion UMTP project will be designed to transport propane, butanes, natural gasoline, y-grade and condensate in batches along the system, with a maximum design capacity of 430,000 barrels per day. Subject to shipper commitments and timely regulatory approvals, the pipeline will be in service by the fourth quarter of 2018.
“We are pleased to offer producers the flexibility to batch purity products for transportation to the Gulf Coast,” said Don Lindley, president of Natural Gas Liquids (NGL), Products Pipelines for KMI. “Repurposing the existing TGP asset provides increased optionality, reliability and market connectivity to shippers for all products, and supports the increasing production growth in the basin.”
The binding open season begins today and ends at 5 p.m. Central Time on Sept. 15, 2015. Prospective shippers may contact Mike Sims, director of NGL Business Development, via email at mike_sims@kindermorgan.com or via phone at (713) 420-4731. More information is available on the UMTP web page at www.kindermorgan.com/pages/projects/umtp.
Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI) is the largest energy infrastructure company in North America. It owns an interest in or operates approximately 84,000 miles of pipelines and 165 terminals. The company’s pipelines transport natural gas, gasoline, crude oil, CO2 and other products, and its terminals store petroleum products and chemicals, and handle bulk materials like coal and petroleum coke. Kinder Morgan is the largest midstream and third largest energy company in North America with an enterprise value of approximately $130 billion. For more information please visit www.kindermorgan.com.
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