Kinder Morgan launches open season for Utica ethane/propane pipeline
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners is launching a binding open season to solicit commitments for the previously stated Utica-to-Ontario Pipeline Access (UTOPIA) project, which will provide opportunities to transport ethane and ethane-propane mixtures from the prolific Utica shale area.
Under the UTOPIA project, Kinder Morgan will develop, construct, own and operate a 240-mile, 12-inch diameter pipeline from Harrison County, Ohio, to Kinder Morgan’s Cochin Pipeline near Riga, Michigan, where the company would then move product eastward to Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
UTOPIA would transport previously refined or fractionated natural gas liquids (NGLs), including ethane and propane, with an initial 50,000 bpd of capacity, which is expandable to more than 75,000 bpd.
Pending a successful open season and timely receipt of necessary permitting and regulatory approvals, the new pipeline is expected to be in service by early 2018.
“We are pleased to offer this proposal, which will complement our existing transportation solutions for NGLs produced in the Utica,” said Don Lindley, president of NGLs, products and pipelines for Kinder Morgan. “The UTOPIA project will enable us to continue to provide a pipeline transportation solution into the growing Ontario market.”
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