Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company (Transco) is seeking Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approval to construct, install, modify, operate, and maintain its Texas to Louisiana Energy Pathway project. The project will include a new 15,900-hp (11,861-kW) compressor station in Fort Bend County, Texas; modification of six existing compressors at Compressor Station 40 in Hardin County, Texas, to accommodate new flow conditions; and programming updates at existing Compressor Station 23 in Victoria County, Texas, to allow for enhanced system operation in the northbound direction. The purpose of this project is to convert 130,000 dekatherms per day of capacity currently in Transco’s “IT Feeder System” to firm transportation capacity.
Transco’s new Compressor Station 33 with house one 15,900-hp Solar Mars 100 gas-fired turbine-driven compressor unit with associated cooling equipment.
