Apex Expansion Project

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Apex Expansion Project is a natural gas pipeline in Nevada, Utah and Wyoming, operated by Kern River Gas Transmission Company. It runs 28 miles of 36" pipe.

Apex Expansion Project
General information
KindPipeline project[1]
Project typeExpansion[2][3] or Loop[4][sources disagree]
StatusIn service[2]
CommodityNatural gas[2]
Owner and operator
Facility project
StatesNevada, Utah, Wyoming[1][2]
CountiesNevada: Clark
Utah: Beaver, Davis, Millard, Morgan, Salt Lake, Utah

Wyoming: Uinta
[4]
Approved16 September 2010[1]
In serviceOctober 2011[2] or 1 October 2011[5][sources disagree]
FERC docketCP10-14[1]
FERC pre-filing docketPF09-7[1]
Contractors
Technical information
Length28 mi[1][2]
Pipe size36"[2]
Capacity266 MMcf/d (FERC project list)[1][2]
Horsepower added78,000 hp[4]
Cost$30 million (EIA estimate; no dollar year given)[2] or $373.4 million (estimated project capital cost stated in the certificate order)[4][sources disagree]
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Apex Expansion Project is a natural gas pipeline in Nevada, Utah and Wyoming, operated by Kern River Gas Transmission Company. It runs 28 miles of 36" pipe.

Contractorsedit

ContractorWorkScope
Barnard Pipeline, Inc.[6]PrimeBuilt 28 miles of high-pressure natural gas pipeline through the Wasatch Range, Utah (the site's 2011 milestone, called the Wasatch Loop Pipeline), with grades of 40 percent or steeper and helicopter delivery of crews and materials
Milbar Hydro-Test, Inc.[7]HydrotestPre-cleaning, filling, hydrotesting, air testing, caliper pig run and dew point drying: 28 miles of 36-inch

Sources disagree

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FactValues given
Project type
Cost
  • $30 million (EIA estimate; no dollar year given)[2]
  • $373.4 million (estimated project capital cost stated in the certificate order)[4]
In service
  • October 2011[2]
  • 1 October 2011[5]

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Referencesedit

  1. “FERC: Approved Major Pipeline Projects (1997-Present)”. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Archived from the original on 1 July 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  2. “U.S. natural gas pipeline projects (Natural Gas Pipeline Projects)”. U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  3. “FERC eLibrary docket CP10-14”. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 2 November 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  4. “Order Issuing Certificate, Kern River Gas Transmission Company, Apex Expansion Project (CP10-14)”. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 16 September 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  5. “Notice of Placement In Service of Apex Expansion Facilities (CP10-14)”. Kern River Gas Transmission Company (filed with FERC). 5 October 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  6. “Our Story (milestones)”. Barnard Construction Company, Inc. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  7. “Kern River - APEX Expansion (project page)”. Milbar Hydro-Test, Inc. Retrieved 3 October 2026.

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