Northeast Supply Enhancement Project (NESE) Overview
August 16, 2017 April 16, 2018
Goal of Williams/Transco for the Northeast Supply Enhancement Project (NESE):
Deliver 400,000 dekatherms/day of natural gas to NYC
Williams/Transco already has a commitment from National Gas to buy this gas.
In Pennsylvania, they plan to add:
a 10-mile, 42-inch pipeline loop of Mainline D in Lancaster County, PA; and
a 21,902 horsepower electric-powered compressor unit at STA200, Chester County, PA (where there are already 13 compressor units)
Plans for New Jersey
Raritan Bay Loop Pipeline
Sayreville, NJ into Raritan Bay
Madison Loop Pipeline
Old Bridge & Sayreville, NJ
23.49-mile, 26-inch loop (0.16 mile onshore and 23.33 miles offshore) of Transco's Lower New York Bay Lateral from Mile Post 12.00, southwest of the Morgan Meter & Regulator (M&R) Station in Sayreville, NJ to the Rockaway Transfer Point in New York State waters 3.43-mile, 26-inch loop of Transco's Lower New York Bay Lateral from Compressor Station 207 at Mile Post 8.57 to Mile Post 12.00, southwest of the Morgan M&R Station
Compressor Station 206 Franklin Township (Somerset County)
new compressor station near Transco's mainline,
consisting of two natural gas-powered turbine-driven compressor units
total horsepower: 32,000
Two 50-foot smokestacks where:
exhaust exits at 210,000 cubic feet per minute
exit temperature is 849.2 degrees Fahrenheit
Per Hour Release: 13 pounds of Carbon Monoxide
Williams/Transco:
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC (Transco) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Williams Partners Operating LLC, which is a subsidiary of Williams Partners L.P., which is a subsidiary of the Williams Companies, Inc.
Though a segment of pipeline on Trap Rock Quarry property was replaces in the late 1980's, there is no publicly available information about the age of the other pipeline associated with this project which, as far as it is known, were constructed in the 1950's and 1960's. Additionally, according to a Pipeline Safety Trust analysis of federal data, new pipelines are failing at a rate on par with gas transmission lines installed before the 1940s.
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Thank you to Sen. Cory Booker for expressing concerns about NESE to FERC