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 Rextag Strategies' 2008 Interstate Natural Gas Infrastructure Map Book
System Name (As Filed With FERC): Great Lakes Gas Transmission Company
FERC Code: 051
Also Known As: Great Lakes
This article is based on information as presented in the new 2008-2009 Natural Gas Infrastructure Map Book published by Rextag Strategies. This information is publicized as a courtesy by Rextag Strategies as presented at Rextag Strategies.
If you would like to learn more about the Great Lakes Pipeline System and wish to see a complete map of this pipeline system, you can purchase the 2008-2009 Natural Gas Infrastructure Map Book here. With more than fifty pipeline systems mapped in full color, the 2008-2009 Natural Gas Infrastructure Map Book is a unique guide to the U.S. Natural Gas Interstate Pipeline Systems. In addition to the map, the 2008-2009 Natural Gas Infrastructure Map Book includes details on major receipt and delivery points, gas flows, throughputs, pipeline’s customers, contracts, rates and fuels, and much more. The Rextag Strategies 2008-2009 Natural Gas Infrastructure Map Book supplements you with information by including information on major gas storage fields, LNG Terminals and natural gas pipeline systems in different regions of the United States.
The Great Lakes Pipeline System is one of the larges interstate pipelines in the United States. As such, it is regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
The Great Lakes Pipeline System is owned by TransCanada Corporation & TC Pipeline LP and operated by Great Lakes Transmission. The Great Lakes Pipeline has a system capacity of 2.5 MDth. There are 14 compressors along the 2,115 Miles of pipeline the Great Lakes Pipeline System.
Tariff's Preliminary Statement
Effective April 6, 1990, Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited Partnership (Great Lakes) became the successor and assignee of Great Lakes Gas Transmission Company. Great Lakes was certificated to construct and operate a pipeline system extending from the international boundary near Emerson, Manitoba, to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and St. Clair, Michigan. By means of such facilities, Great Lakes is authorized to transport natural gas in interstate commerce.
The Great Lakes Pipeline System operates in the United States in different states as follows:
From Canadian Border Through Wisconsin
Through Minnesota To Michigan
In 2008 the Great Lakes Pipeline System receives gas from various interconnections and receipt points in the states of Minnesota, Canadian Border, and Michigan, those points include TransCanada-Emerson and ANR-Farewell.
Some of the largest delivery points for Great Lakes in 2008 include TransCanada-St. Clair, Chippewa, and ANR-Fortune, located primarily in the states of Michigan, Canadian Border, and Wisconsin.
The top gas transportation customers for the Great Lakes Pipeline System are TransCanada Pipelines with a total transport of 1,322.0 Mdth/d and ANR Pipeline with a total transport of 286.0 Mdth/d.
The Great Lakes Pipeline System does not offer storage services. For information on natural gas pipelines that do offer storage services you can consult the Rextag Strategies 2008 Interstate Natural Gas Infrastructure Map Book.
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