Kern River Gas Transmission Company       

 

http://www.kernrivergas.com/About-Us/Overview

 

Overview

 

 

Kern River Gas Transmission Company, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, operates an interstate natural gas pipeline extending from the oil and gas producing fields of southwestern Wyoming, through Utah and Nevada, to the San Joaquin Valley near Bakersfield, California. 

 

Kern River’s system totals approximately 1,700 miles of 36- and 42-inch diameter steel pipe. Kern River utilizes 12 automated compressor stations spread across four states. The compressor units at these stations have a total system compression of approximately 384,220 horsepower. The pipeline currently has a design capacity of 2.17 billion cubic feet per day. 

 

Kern River's fully automated real-time pipeline is controlled from the gas control center in Salt Lake City. Kern River's gas controllers can monitor what is flowing through the pipeline at the exact time it is flowing.

 

Kern River is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy.

 

Apex Expansion

http://www.kernrivergas.com/portals/0/Images/Apex_Expansion_Map.jpgThe Apex Expansion Project increased the amount of natural gas transported on the Kern River system by approximately 266 million cubic feet per day.  

The project included the installation of approximately 28 miles of new 36-inch diameter pipeline through the Wasatch Mountains in Morgan, Davis and Salt Lake counties of northern Utah; the addition of 78,000 incremental horsepower of compression at one new and three existing compressor stations; and replacement of a compressor unit at one existing station. Kern River made every effort to minimize construction impacts on the environment and landowners along the rights of way, and worked closely with local municipalities and state agencies to ensure the project reflected the communities’ interests and needs. 

*  Installed additional pipeline 

§  Approximately 28 miles of 36-inch pipeline (Wasatch Loop) – Morgan, Davis and Salt Lake counties, Utah

*  Constructed a new compressor station 

§  Milford compressor station – Beaver County, Utah

*  Installed additional compression

§  Coyote Creek compressor station – Uinta County, Wyoming

§  Elberta compressor station – Utah County, Utah

§  Dry Lake compressor station – Clark County, Nevada

*  Replaced a compressor unit

§  Fillmore compressor station – Millard County, Utah 

Project Timeline 

*  February 27, 2009 – Submitted Federal Energy Regulatory Commission pre-filing request

*  March 24-26, 2009 – Kern River held open houses

*  June 9-10, 2009 – FERC held public scoping meetings

*  November 2, 2009 – Submitted FERC Section 7(c) application

*  March 26, 2010 – FERC issued Draft Environmental Impact Statement

*  March 26-May 17, 2010 – FERC public comment period on DEIS

*  April 27-28, 2010 – FERC held public comment meetings on DEIS

*  September 16, 2010 – FERC issued Section 7(c) certificate 

*  Fall 2010-Fall 2011 – Construction activities 

*  October 1, 2011 – Placed facilities into service

*  2012-2014 – Completed supplemental restoration; ongoing monitoring of restoration success