Northwest Pipeline Capacity Replacement Project

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Northwest Pipeline Capacity Replacement Project is a natural gas pipeline in Washington, operated by Northwest Pipeline LLC. It entered service in 2006.

Northwest Pipeline Capacity Replacement Project
Also calledNWPL Capacity Replacement Project[1]
General information
KindPipeline project[2]
Project typeExpansion[1] or Replacement[3][4][sources disagree]
StatusIn service[1]
CommodityNatural gas[1]
Owner and operator
StateWashington[1][2][4]
CountiesKing, Pierce, Skagit, Snohomish, Thurston, Whatcom[5]
Approved13 September 2005[2][4]
In serviceDecember 2006[1]
FERC docketCP05-32[2]
FERC pre-filing docketPF04-10[2]
Contractors
Technical information
Length79.5 mi[2][4] or 80 mi[1][sources disagree]
Pipe size26 in, 34 in[1] or 36 in[4][sources disagree]
Capacity360 MMcf/d additional capacity (EIA)[1]
Horsepower added10,760 hp[4]
Cost$333 million (EIA estimate; no dollar year given)[1]
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Northwest Pipeline Capacity Replacement Project is a natural gas pipeline in Washington, operated by Northwest Pipeline LLC. It entered service in 2006.

Contractorsedit

ContractorWorkScopeYears
Rockford Corporation[6]PrimeFt. Lewis Spread (22.5 miles of 36-inch, near Tacoma WA) and Snohomish Spread (11.8 miles of 36-inch, near Redmond WA)until 1 October 2006

Spreads

SpreadPrime contractor
Ft. Lewis Spread[6]Rockford Corporation
Snohomish Spread[6]Rockford Corporation

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Referencesedit

  1. “U.S. natural gas pipeline projects (Natural Gas Pipeline Projects)”. U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  2. “FERC: Approved Major Pipeline Projects (1997-Present)”. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Archived from the original on 1 July 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  3. “FERC eLibrary docket CP05-32”. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 29 November 2004. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  4. “Order Authorizing Abandonment and Issuing Certificate, Northwest Pipeline Corporation, Capacity Replacement Project (CP05-32)”. FERC. 13 September 2005. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  5. “Letter order approving in-service request for the pipeline loops, Capacity Replacement Project (CP05-32)”. FERC (Office of Energy Projects). 16 October 2006. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  6. “2006 Projects”. Rockford Corporation. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2026.

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