Williams Rockaway Delivery Lateral and Northeast Connector Pipeline Projects Complete, Now Flowing Natural Gas to New York City
15 May 2015 - 10:00PM
Business Wire
Williams (NYSE: WMB) today announced that it has placed into
service its Rockaway Delivery Lateral and Northeast Connector
projects, increasing natural gas delivery capacity to Brooklyn and
Queens and helping New York City meet its clean-air goals.
With a daily delivery capacity of 647,000 dekatherms, the
Rockaway Delivery Lateral provides an additional supply-delivery
connection between Williams’ Transco transmission pipeline and the
National Grid distribution system, which provides local natural gas
service to 1.8 million customers in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island
and Long Island. The Rockaway project adds 3.2 miles of new Transco
pipeline and related facilities in New York. The Northeast
Connector project consists of equipment to increase compression at
three existing Transco facilities in New Jersey and Pennsylvania
and provides 100,000 dekatherms per day of firm transportation
capacity from Transco’s Station 195 in southeastern Pennsylvania to
the Rockaway Delivery Lateral.
The projects were developed to help meet the long-term clean
energy needs of New York City while significantly enhancing
reliability and serving growth on the National Grid system. The
Rockaway Delivery Lateral project was specifically cited in New
York City’s PLANYC 2030 as an important part of achieving the
city's goal of eliminating the use of high sulfur fuel oil and
realizing some of its clean-air goals.
"As we learned during Superstorm Sandy – and were harshly
reminded during these past two record setting cold winters – a
reliable and resilient supply of energy is critical to the local
New York and Long Island communities we serve,” said National Grid
New York President Ken Daly. “National Grid’s partnership with
Williams has enabled us to bring in the first new supply of clean
natural gas in decades, which will allow us to meet the energy and
environmental needs of customers for many years to come. This new
pipeline builds upon our commitment to support the Rockaway
communities, as we did in the aftermath of Sandy by awarding
economic development grants to thousands of customers and local
businesses, as well as rebuilding the entire Breezy Point gas
network.”
Most of the Rockaway pipeline lateral was constructed offshore
using subsurface directional drilling technology, allowing Williams
to avoid all impacts to the beach, near-shore areas, as well as
onshore portions of Jacob Riis Park. In addition, Williams
coordinated with the National Park Service to develop a plan to
place a state-of-the-art, 60,000-square-foot meter and regulator
station inside two of the abandoned airplane hangar buildings on
Floyd Bennett Field, part of Gateway National Recreation Area.
Williams has partnered with the Park Service to rehabilitate the
exterior of the hangars to their historically accurate original
condition. At the same time, the agreement generates lease payments
paid by Williams to the Park Service that can be used to address
other critical park needs, including natural resource protection
and enhanced visitor services.
“These were extremely unique projects, balancing the many
challenges of siting new pipeline infrastructure in a mature urban
area,” said Rory Miller, senior vice president of Williams
Partners’ Atlantic-Gulf operating area. “Our team demonstrated
tremendous creativity and innovative thinking to execute these
important projects in a responsible, environmentally-sensitive
manner to deliver much-needed gas supply to New York City. We were
very fortunate to once again be able to work with and serve such a
quality, experienced customer as National Grid.”
Transco, the nation’s largest-volume and fastest-growing
interstate natural gas pipeline system, is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Williams Partners L.P. (NYSE: WPZ), of which Williams
owns 60 percent, including the general-partner interest. Transco
delivers natural gas to customers through its 10,200-mile pipeline
network whose mainline extends nearly 1,800 miles between South
Texas and New York City. The system is a major provider of
cost-effective natural gas services that reach U.S. markets in 12
Southeast and Atlantic Seaboard states, including major
metropolitan areas in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
About Williams
Williams (NYSE: WMB) is a premier provider of large-scale
infrastructure to connect North American natural gas and natural
gas products to growing demand for cleaner fuel and feedstocks.
Headquartered in Tulsa, Okla., Williams owns approximately 60
percent of Williams Partners L.P. (NYSE: WPZ), including all of the
2 percent general-partner interest. Williams Partners is an
industry-leading, large-cap master limited partnership with
operations across the natural gas value chain from gathering,
processing and interstate transportation of natural gas and natural
gas liquids to petchem production of ethylene, propylene and other
olefins. With major positions in top U.S. supply basins and also in
Canada, Williams Partners owns and operates more than 33,000 miles
of pipelines system wide – including the nation’s largest volume
and fastest growing pipeline – providing natural gas for
clean-power generation, heating and industrial use. Williams
Partners’ operations touch approximately 30 percent of U.S. natural
gas. www.williams.com
Portions of this document may constitute “forward-looking
statements” as defined by federal law. Although the company
believes any such statements are based on reasonable assumptions,
there is no assurance that actual outcomes will not be materially
different. Any such statements are made in reliance on the “safe
harbor” protections provided under the Private Securities Reform
Act of 1995. Additional information about issues that could lead to
material changes in performance is contained in the company’s
annual reports filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
WilliamsMedia Contact:Tom Droege,
918-573-4034orInvestor Contacts:John Porter,
918-573-0797orBrett Krieg, 918-573-4614
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