The Ruby Pipeline is a proposed 42 inches (106.7 cm) natural gas pipeline that would run from Opal in western Wyoming

Wyoming

Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...

, to Malin, Oregon

Malin, Oregon

Malin is a city in Klamath County, Oregon, United States. The population was 637 at the 2000 census.-History:According to Lewis A. McArthur, Malin was settled 30 September 1909 on land that was formerly at the bottom of Tule Lake by 65 Bohemian families who named the new town for their former home....

. The planned route crosses northern Utah

Utah

Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...

, and Northern Nevada

Nevada

Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...

. Construction began on July 31, 2010, and the estimated completion is Spring 2011. The pipe is 680 miles (1,094.4 km) long and is expected to output 1.5 Gcuft/d.

Controversy

There is concern that the project crosses more than 1000 rivers and streams, and threatens some endangered fish species.

The Summit Lake Paiute Indian Tribe is currently petitioning the 9th circuit court of appeals for an emergency action blocking the pipeline, 12% of which has yet to be approved.