2015 TOP
NATURAL
GAS
PRODUCING
COUNTIES
Doddridge (364.0 Bcf)
Wetzel (200.4 Bcf)
Harrison (143.5 Bcf)
Marshall (138.1 Bcf)
Ritchie (84.3 Bcf)
Tyler (62.1 Bcf)
Ohio (39.1 Bcf)
Taylor (29.8 Bcf)
Barbour (29.7 Bcf)
Marion (25.7 Bcf)
SOURCE: WVDEP
STATUS:
Pending FERC Approval
WB Xpress
The WB Xpress (WBX) project proposes
approximately 26 miles of pipeline re-
placement for existing pipeline in West
Virginia, two miles of new pipeline in
Virginia, a new compressor station in
Fairfax County, VA, and modifications
at existing Virginia compressor stations.
The project, which would cost approxi-
mately $850 million, would directly boost
West Virginia’s energy industry, as well as
the state’s economy as a whole, accord-
ing to Scott Castleman, U.S. Natural Gas
Communications manager.
“The WBX will help provide additional
capacity of natural gas transportation for
the Marcellus and Utica production areas
in West Virginia to markets across the
TransCanada system,” he says. “Through
its 1.3-billion-cubic-feet-per-day capacity
enhancement and new pipeline intercon-
nects, WBX could significantly improve
the service and flexibility of West Virgin-
ia’s interstate pipeline system.”
Specifically, the project promotes replac-
ing 26 miles of 26-inch-diameter pipeline
in Randolph and Pendleton counties;
building a new compressor station in
Kanawha County, which will require in-
stalling two natural gas-driven units for
added horsepower; building 1,500 feet
of 36-inch-diameter pipeline from the
Panther Mountain regulator station to the
Kanawha County compressor station and
3,300 feet of 36-inch-diameter pipeline
from the compressor station to the point
of delivery; and modifying the compressor
stations in Braxton, Upshur, Randolph,
Pendleton and Hardy counties, all of which
would require additional horsepower
and piping.
The WBX would be completed in two
phases in 2018, pending approval.
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