Michels

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Michels is a pipeline contractor based in Brownsville, Wisconsin.

Michels
General information
Industry
TypePrivate[4]
StatusActive[5]
Predecessors
HeadquartersBrownsville, Wisconsin[4]
Websitewww.michels.us[7]
PLCANot a PLCA member as of 3 October 2026[8]
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Michels is a pipeline contractor based in Brownsville, Wisconsin.

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Projects

As contractor

ProjectWorkPrime or subScopeSpreadYearsProject built
Port Arthur Pipeline Louisiana Connector[1]HDD and boreUnder Troy ConstructionHDD subcontractor2024–2026
Kewaskum Compressor Station[9]Prime2024–2025
Weyauwega Compressor Station[9]Prime2025
Wisconsin Reliability Project[2][3][9][10]Prime2024–2025
Albert Lea North E-line Expansion Project[11]Electrical and instrumentationCompleted electrical work at the Albert Lea compressor station (Nov 10, 2023)2023
Keystone XL Pipeline[12]PrimeOne of six U.S. union contractors awarded 2021 pipeline construction contracts (announced Oct 2020); project suspended Jan 20212020
Keystone XL Pipeline[13]Pump station constructionEight pump stations in Montana, South Dakota, Oklahoma and Texas; started late June 2020, completion planned Q1 2021from 1 June 20202020
Keystone XL Pipeline[13]Pump station constructionAwarded eight pump stations in Montana, South Dakota, Oklahoma and Texas under a TC Energy contract; construction began June 2020, completion planned for Q1 2021 (company release)from 1 June 20202020
Marquette Branch Line Expansion Project[14]Prime2018–2019
Northern Lights 2019[15]PrimeRockford to Buffalo greenfield lateral (about 10.0 miles of 24-inch)Rockford to Buffalo greenfield lateralfrom 14 June 20192019
Spire STL Pipeline[16]PrimeListed 2018-2019 as the pipeline construction contractor2019
NEXUS Gas Transmission[17]subcontractor (work not stated)Under FluorListed 2017 as a subcontractor to Fluor; work not stated2017–2018
NEXUS Gas Transmission[16]PrimePipeline construction in Ohio and Michigan (listed 2018-2019)2017–2018
Rover Pipeline[18]PrimeSpread 4, Mainlines A and B (101 miles of 42-inch); Burgettstown Lateral (52 miles of 36-inch) (listed 2017)2017–2018
Lebanon Extension Project[19]PrimeListed 2017-2018 as contractor: 2.1 miles of 36-inch in Monroe County, OH2017
Northern Lights 2017 Expansion[20]PrimeListed 2017-2018 as contractor: 5.3 miles of 16-inch (Chisago Interconnect Loop) and 6-inch pipe, Chisago, Le Sueur and Scott counties, MN2017
Flanagan South Pipeline[21]PrimeSpread 1: Pontiac, IL to the Illinois/Missouri border (contract awarded June 2013)Spread 12013–2014
Flanagan South Pipeline[21]PrimeSpread 2: Illinois/Missouri border to 1.5 miles south of Mount Leonard, Saline County, MO (contract awarded June 2013)Spread 22013–2014
West Leg 2014 Expansion[22]Primepipeline segmentsfrom 31 March 20142014
Texas East Tran NJ-NY Expansion Project[23]HDD and boreHorizontal directional drill work, awarded to its Michels Directional Crossings division (draft Implementation Plan, May 2012)2013
Tiger Pipeline[24]PrimeSpreads 3 and 4 (97 miles, from the Bienville Parish compressor station to Franklin Parish, Louisiana)2010
Rockies Express Pipeline East Project[25]PrimePipeline contractor for 180 miles in eastern Ohio (2009), listed jointly as 'Henkels & McCoy/Michels' on its blasting subcontractor's project listfrom 1 January 20092009
Atlantic Coast Pipeline Project[16]PrimeListed 2018-2019 as a pipeline construction contractor
Dakota Access Pipeline (nd_psc:PU-14-842)[17]listed contractor (work not stated)Listed in May 2017 among the Dakota Access contractors (Savage Services Corp., Michels Corp., Precision Pipeline); work not stated
Dakota Access Pipeline (nd_psc:PU-14-842)[26]PrimeNorth Dakota: Lake Oahe to the state line
Savage DAPL Connector Pipeline[27]listed contractor (work not stated)Listed 2017 among the project's contractors (Savage Services Corp., Michels Corp., Precision Pipeline); construction then on hold
Southern Lights Diluents Pipeline[28]PrimeMember of the Global Pipeline Partners joint venture (with Welded Construction, Precision Pipeline and U.S. Pipeline) that built 321 miles of 20-inch for Southern Lights in Wisconsin, January 2007 to 20081 January 2007 – 1 January 2008

Spreads

Spreads this company built as the prime contractor.

ProjectSpreadDates
Dakota Access Pipeline (nd_psc:PU-14-842)North Dakota: Lake Oahe to the state line[26]
Flanagan South PipelineSpread 1[21][29]
Flanagan South PipelineSpread 2[21][29][30]
Northern Lights 2019Rockford to Buffalo greenfield lateral[15]from 14 June 2019
Rover PipelineSpread 4[18]
Tiger PipelineSpread 3[24][31]
Tiger PipelineSpread 4[24][31]
Wisconsin Reliability ProjectSegment PL-3[32][33][34]

Crossings

Crossings this company drilled or bored.

ProjectFeature
Texas East Tran NJ-NY Expansion ProjectHudson River[35]

References

  1. “Inside Sempra’s 72-mile pipeline with 18 major trenchless crossings”. Underground Infrastructure (written by HDR staff). December 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  2. “TC Energy completes Wisconsin Reliability Project”. TC Energy. 3 November 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  3. “TC Energy's Wisconsin Reliability Project reaches in-service”. Mott MacDonald. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  4. “Michels Corp.: Making History For 50 Years”. Underground Construction. June 2009. Retrieved 6 October 2026.
  5. “Michels Family of Companies media kit (June 2024)”. Michels Corporation. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2026.
  6. “About Us (Michels Pipeline, Inc.): company history”. Michels Corporation. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  7. “Challenges Of Overlapping Construction On 3 Major Pipeline Projects”. Underground Construction. May 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2026.
  8. “PLCA Member Directory”. Pipe Line Contractors Association. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  9. “Top Projects of 2025: Wisconsin Reliability Project”. The Daily Reporter. 8 May 2026. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  10. “TC Energy Puts $700 Million Wisconsin Pipeline Project in Service”. Pipeline & Gas Journal. 4 November 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  11. “Weekly Environmental Inspector Report No. 25 (November 6 to November 12, 2023), Albert Lea North E-line Expansion Project (CP22-489)”. Northern Natural Gas Company (filed with FERC). 16 November 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  12. “TC Energy Awards More Than $1.6 billion in American Contracts to Build Keystone XL”. TC Energy Corporation. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  13. “Michels selected to build facilities on Keystone XL”. Michels Corporation. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  14. “Weekly report No. 1, Marquette Branch Line Expansion Project (CP18-81)”. Northern Natural Gas Company (filed with FERC). 29 May 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  15. “Northern Lights 2019 and Rochester Expansion Projects (CP18-534) Biweekly Status Report No. 8, June 17-30, 2019”. Northern Natural Gas Company (filed with FERC). 9 July 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  16. “Ongoing Projects: Construction Underway (Pipeline News, August 2019)”. Pipeline News. August 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  17. “Ongoing Projects: Construction Underway (Pipeline News, May 2017)”. Pipeline News. May 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  18. “Ongoing Projects: Construction Underway (Pipeline News, October 2018)”. Pipeline News. October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  19. “Ongoing Projects: Construction Underway (Pipeline News, February 2018)”. Pipeline News. February 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  20. “Ongoing Projects: Construction Underway (Pipeline News, July 2018)”. Pipeline News. July 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  21. “Flanagan South Pipeline project profile”. Offshore Technology. Retrieved 6 October 2026.
  22. “Biweekly Status Report No. 2, West Leg 2014 Expansion Project (CP13-528)”. Northern Natural Gas Company (filed with FERC). 9 April 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  23. “Draft Implementation Plan, New Jersey-New York Expansion Project (CP11-56)”. Texas Eastern Transmission, LP and Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC (filed with FERC). 18 May 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  24. “ETC Tiger Pipeline Project (project page)”. Offshore Technology (offshore-technology.com). 24 June 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  25. “Projects (company resume): Pipeline Drilling & Blasting”. Gregory General Contracting, Inc. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  26. “Dakota Access Pipeline Project progress report, month ending June 2016, PU-14-842”. Dakota Access, LLC (filed with the North Dakota Public Service Commission). 13 July 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  27. “Ongoing Projects: Construction Underway (Pipeline News, March 2017)”. Pipeline News. March 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  28. “Global Pipeline Partners Complete Two Wisconsin Pipelines”. Underground Construction. November 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2026.
  29. “Brandenburg Drainage, Inc. - Resume (archive 2020-02-22)”. Brandenburg Drainage, Inc. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  30. “2013 Enbridge Flanagan South Drilling and Blasting Spread 2 (Missouri) – Hoover Construction”. Hoover Construction Company. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  31. “Weekly Construction Status Report No. 1 (April 7-14, 2010), ETC Tiger Pipeline Project (CP09-460)”. ETC Tiger Pipeline, LLC (filed with FERC). 16 April 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  32. “Abbreviated Application for a Certificate and Abandonment Authority, Wisconsin Reliability Project (CP23-15)”. ANR Pipeline Company (filed with FERC). 14 November 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  33. “Environmental Compliance Monitoring Report, May 11-17, 2025, Wisconsin Reliability Project (CP23-15)”. FERC (third-party compliance monitor report). 29 May 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  34. “Environmental Compliance Monitoring Report, Oct 27-Nov 1, 2025, Wisconsin Reliability Project (CP23-15)”. FERC (third-party compliance monitor report). 4 November 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  35. “New York & New Jersey Pipeline Expansion Project (project page)”. Jay Cashman, Inc. Retrieved 4 October 2026.

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