Williams Partners announces record delivery volume for Transco Pipeline

U.S. Williams Partners L.P. recently announced that it delivered a new one-day record of 15.58 million dekatherms (MMdt) of natural gas on its Transco interstate gas pipeline on Jan. 5.

The previous one-day high was set on Jan. 1. The Transco system, which carries natural gas from South Texas to New York City, also set a new three-day market area delivery record with an average of 14.90 MMdt from Jan. 4 to Jan. 6.

Five fully contracted Transco expansions completed in 2017 created additional firm transportation capacity. The expansions, Gulf Trace, Hillabee Phase 1, Dalton, New York Bay and Virginia Southside II, added more than 2.8 MMdt of firm transportation capacity to the existing pipeline system, an increase of more than 25 percent in Transco’s design capacity.

“Our focused strategy on natural gas infrastructure in support of consistent and sustainable growth in gas volumes continues to enhance our ability to meet the increasing demand for natural gas for heating, industrial use, clean-power generation and LNG as highlighted by these recent delivery records,” Alan Armstrong, CEO of Williams Partners’ general partner, said.

Construction is currently underway on two additional Transco projects, Atlantic Sunrise and Garden State Phase II, which are designed to create approximately 1.9 MMdt of additional pipeline capacity in 2018.