Questar Pipeline
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Questar Pipeline Company (QPC) provides natural gas
transportation and underground storage services from the Rocky Mountains
region. It is owned by Questar Corporation. Its FERC
code is 55.http://www.ferc.gov/industries/gas/gen-info/pipecode.asp
Questar Pipeline transports gas from these areas to other major pipeline systems for delivery to expanding markets in the West and Midwest including the Questar Gas local distribution system serving natural gas utility customers in Utah, southwest Wyoming and southern Idaho.
Through wholly owned subsidiaries, Questar Pipeline also owns and operates the Overthrust Pipeline in southwestern Wyoming and the eastern segment of Southern Trails Pipeline
, extending 488 miles from the Blanco Hub to just inside the California state line. Questar Pipeline owns 50% of the White River Hub in western Colorado. These facilities connect with six interstate pipeline systems and a major processing plant near Meeker, Colorado.
Questar Pipeline owns and operates the Clay Basin storage facility. Located on the Wyoming-Utah border, Clay Basin is the largest underground storage reservoir in the Rocky Mountains
Region.
Natural gas
Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...
transportation and underground storage services from the Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountains
The Rocky Mountains are a major mountain range in western North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch more than from the northernmost part of British Columbia, in western Canada, to New Mexico, in the southwestern United States...
region. It is owned by Questar Corporation. Its FERC
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is the United States federal agency with jurisdiction over interstate electricity sales, wholesale electric rates, hydroelectric licensing, natural gas pricing, and oil pipeline rates...
code is 55.http://www.ferc.gov/industries/gas/gen-info/pipecode.asp
Background
Questar Pipeline Company is an interstate natural gas pipeline company that provides transportation and underground storage services in Utah, Wyoming and Colorado. Questar Pipeline owns and operates slightly more than 2,500 miles of pipeline with total daily capacity of 4,155 Mdth. Questar Pipeline’s system is strategically located in the Rocky Mountains — one of the fastest-growing natural gas producing regions in the U.S. — near large reserves of natural gas in six major producing areas, including the Greater Green River, Uinta and Piceance basins.Questar Pipeline transports gas from these areas to other major pipeline systems for delivery to expanding markets in the West and Midwest including the Questar Gas local distribution system serving natural gas utility customers in Utah, southwest Wyoming and southern Idaho.
Through wholly owned subsidiaries, Questar Pipeline also owns and operates the Overthrust Pipeline in southwestern Wyoming and the eastern segment of Southern Trails Pipeline
Southern Trails Pipeline
The Southern Trails Pipeline is a small natural gas pipeline which brings gas from the San Juan Basin to southern California, United States. It is owned by Questar Corporation . Its FERC code is 182.-External links:*...
, extending 488 miles from the Blanco Hub to just inside the California state line. Questar Pipeline owns 50% of the White River Hub in western Colorado. These facilities connect with six interstate pipeline systems and a major processing plant near Meeker, Colorado.
Questar Pipeline owns and operates the Clay Basin storage facility. Located on the Wyoming-Utah border, Clay Basin is the largest underground storage reservoir in the Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountains
The Rocky Mountains are a major mountain range in western North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch more than from the northernmost part of British Columbia, in western Canada, to New Mexico, in the southwestern United States...
Region.