TransCanada Completes WB XPress Project
Canadian pipeline developer TransCanada said November 15 it has placed the Eastern Build of its WB XPress project in the US into service, completing the final phase of a natural gas infrastructure project that gives Appalachian producers access to mid-Atlantic markets.
“The completion of WB XPress marks another significant milestone for TransCanada as we continue to deliver on our commitment of creating high-value takeaway capacity for our customers,” Stanley Chapman III, president, US natural gas pipelines for TransCanada, said in a statement. “WBX is a significant piece of a transformational expansion period for our U. gas business, one in which we are placing more than US$7bn of capital investments into service.”
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The Eastern Build spans several counties in Virginia and West Virginia and includes the new Chantilly compressor station in Virginia. It is designed to move about 500mn ft3/day of natural gas. The Western Build, placed in service in October, carries about 760mn ft3/of gas.
In total, WB XPress represents a US$900mn investment to upgrade and enhance an existing pipeline system that has been operating for more than 60 years. The project includes two new compressor stations, modifications to seven existing compressor stations and 30 miles (48 km) of pipeline looping, allowing an incremental 1.3bn ft3/day of natural gas to flow from Marcellus and Utica shale gas producers.