Fayetteville Express Pipeline

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Fayetteville Express Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline in Arkansas and Mississippi. It entered service in 2010.

Fayetteville Express Pipeline
General information
KindPipeline project[1]
Project typeNew build[2]
StatusIn service[2]
CommodityNatural gas[2]
OperatorEnergy Transfer Partners[1] or Fayetteville Express Pipeline LLC[1][sources disagree]
Owner and operator
StatesArkansas, Mississippi[1][2]
CountiesArkansas: Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis, White, Woodruff
Mississippi: Coahoma, Panola, Quitman
[3]
Approved17 December 2009[1][3]
In service3 December 2010[2]
FERC docketCP09-433[1]
FERC pre-filing docketPF09-4[4]
Contractors
Technical information
Length185 mi[1][2] or 184.8 mi[1][sources disagree]
Pipe size42"[2]
Capacity2000 MMcf/d (FERC project list)[1][2]
Units added7 × Caterpillar G16CM34 (natural gas-fired reciprocating, 8,180 hp each); 3 × Caterpillar G3616 (natural gas-fired reciprocating, 4,735 hp each)[3]
Horsepower added71,465 hp[3]
Cost$1010 million (EIA estimate; no dollar year given)[2] or $1,257,431,334 estimated cost (certificate order)[3][sources disagree]
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Fayetteville Express Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline in Arkansas and Mississippi. It entered service in 2010.

Contractorsedit

ContractorWorkScopeYears
Dykon Blasting Corp.[5]rock drilling and blastingDrilling and blasting for both spreads of the section from near Bald Knob to southeast of Conway, AR (built by another pipeline contractor), up to 15 drills at once, paralleling three existing high-pressure lines1 January 2010
Sheehan Pipeline Contractors[6][7]PrimeBuilt the section from near Bald Knob to southeast of Conway, Arkansas in 2010 (two spreads)
Willbros Construction[7][8]PrimeSpreads 3 and 4: 120 miles of 42-inch pipe (wall .555 to .888 inch) from near Bald Knob, Arkansas to the Trunkline interconnection; construction planned April to October 2010

Inspection

FirmScope
Tetra Tech, Inc.[9]Named as the FERC contractor on FERC's November 2013 restoration inspection of the project (inspection performed under contract to FERC)

NDT

FirmHired byScope
AUT Specialists LLC[8]Willbros ConstructionAwarded spreads 3 and 4 by Willbros Construction (non-destructive testing of girth welds; the release describes the firm's work as automated ultrasonic testing)

Sources disagree

These sources give different values for the same fact. Each value is listed with the sources that give it.

FactValues given
Cost
  • $1010 million (EIA estimate; no dollar year given)[2]
  • $1,257,431,334 estimated cost (certificate order)[3]
Length
Operator
  • Energy Transfer Partners[1]
  • Fayetteville Express Pipeline LLC[1]

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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. “Order Issuing Certificates, Fayetteville Express Pipeline LLC (CP09-433)”. FERC (order). 17 December 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  4. “FERC eLibrary docket CP09-433”. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 15 June 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  5. “Fayetteville Express - Pipeline Blasting (portfolio entry)”. Dykon Blasting Corp. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  6. “Fayetteville Express - Pipeline Blasting (Dykon Blasting project page)”. Dykon Blasting Corp. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  7. “Environmental Compliance Monitoring Program Weekly Summary Report, July 18-24, 2010, Fayetteville Express Pipeline Project (CP09-433)”. FERC (Environmental Compliance Monitoring Program). 16 August 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  8. “Fayetteville Express Pipeline Project (AUT Specialists LLC press release, PR Newswire)”. AUT Specialists LLC (via Oil and Gas Online). 21 May 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  9. “Field Inspection Report (Nov 19-20, 2013), Fayetteville Express Pipeline Project (CP09-433)”. FERC staff report (prepared by a FERC contractor). 16 December 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2026.

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