Northern Access 2016 Project

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Northern Access 2016 Project is a natural gas pipeline expansion in New York and Pennsylvania, operated by National Fuel Gas Supply Corp/Empire Pipeline, Inc.. It entered service in 2021.

Northern Access 2016 Project
General information
KindPipeline project[1]
Project typeExpansion[2]
StatusIn service[2]
CommodityNatural gas[2][3]
OperatorNational Fuel Gas Supply Corp/Empire Pipeline, Inc.[1]
Owners and operators
Facility project
StatesNew York, Pennsylvania[1][2][3]
CountiesNew York: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Niagara
Pennsylvania: McKean
[3]
Approved3 February 2017[1][3] or 16 July 2020[1][sources disagree]
In serviceDecember 2021[2]
FERC docketCP15-115[1]
FERC pre-filing docketPF14-18[1]
Technical information
Length99.8 mi[1] or 31.3 mi[2][sources disagree]
Pipe size20"[2]
Capacity497 MMcf/d (FERC project list)[1] or 330 MMcf/d additional capacity (EIA)[2][sources disagree]
Capacity addedexpand firm service on National Fuel Supply's system by 497,000 Dth/d and on Empire's system by 350,000 Dth/d[3]
Cost$279 million (EIA estimate; no dollar year given)[2]
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Northern Access 2016 Project is a natural gas pipeline expansion in New York and Pennsylvania, operated by National Fuel Gas Supply Corp/Empire Pipeline, Inc.. It entered service in 2021.

Sources disagree

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FactValues given
Approved
Capacity
  • 497 MMcf/d (FERC project list)[1]
  • 330 MMcf/d additional capacity (EIA)[2]
Length

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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 Granting Abandonment and Issuing Certificates, National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation and Empire Pipeline, Inc., Northern Access 2016 Project (CP15-115)”. FERC. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2026.

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