New service from the Mobile Bay South II Expansion project would be available in May 2011. The project has been designed to create an additional 380,000 dekatherms per day of southbound, year-round firm transportation capacity on the Mobile Bay Lateral from Transco’s mainline at Station 85 near Butler, Alabama, to its interconnect with Gulfstream Natural Gas System in Coden, Alabama.
The Mobile Bay South II Expansion project will require a compression addition of 8,180 horsepower at Transco compressor station 85 and facility modifications at Station 83. Construction is slated to begin in August 2010 and conclude by May 2011. Williams estimates that the project facilities will cost approximately $36m.
The Transco pipeline is a 10,000-mile pipeline system which transports natural gas to markets throughout the northeastern and southeastern US. The current system capacity is approximately 8.6 billion cubic feet per day.
