OPEN (Ohio Pipeline Energy Network) Project

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OPEN (Ohio Pipeline Energy Network) Project is a natural gas pipeline reversal, operated by Texas Eastern Transmission, LP. Construction began in 2015.

OPEN (Ohio Pipeline Energy Network) Project
Also calledOhio Pipeline Energy Network[1], Ohio Pipeline Energy Network (OPEN) Project[2]
General information
KindPipeline project[1]
Project typeReversal[3]
StatusIn service[3]
CommodityNatural gas[3]
Owner and operator
StateOH[1] or AL, KY, LA, MS, OH, TN[3][sources disagree]
Approved2 December 2014[1]
Construction started2 February 2015[4]
In serviceDecember 2015[3] or 20 November 2015[4][sources disagree]
FERC docketCP14-68[1]
FERC pre-filing docketPF13-15[1]
Contractors
Technical information
Length75.8 mi[1][5] or 76 mi[3][sources disagree]
Pipe size30"[3][5]
Capacity550 MMcf/d (FERC project list)[1][3]
Cost$468 million (EIA estimate; no dollar year given)[3]
On ProvenHand
Hands listed0

OPEN (Ohio Pipeline Energy Network) Project is a natural gas pipeline reversal, operated by Texas Eastern Transmission, LP. Construction began in 2015.

Contractorsedit

ContractorWorkScopeYears
Dykon Blasting Corp.[6]rock drilling and blastingOhio: hired by a pipeline contractor to blast on its spread of the Spectra Energy OPEN project (76 miles of new pipeline), 15,693 lineal ft of ditch and 1,083 cubic yards of right-of-way and mass rock1 January 2015
Associated Pipe Line Contractors, Inc.[7][8]PrimeTexas Eastern Transmission LP 30-inch work in Columbiana, Carroll and Jefferson Counties, OH: 29.5 miles (pre-jobbed as 29 miles of 30-inch at Wellsville, OH, approx. completion Aug 2015)from 1 January 2015
Sheehan[5]PrimeSpreads 2 and 3 contractor (FERC compliance monitoring report, Feb 2015)

Spreads

SpreadPrime contractor
Spread 2[5]Sheehan
Spread 3[5]Sheehan

Sources disagree

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

FactValues given
In service
  • December 2015[3]
  • 20 November 2015[4]
Length
States
  • OH[1]
  • AL, KY, LA, MS, OH, TN[3]

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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. “FERC eLibrary docket CP14-68”. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  3. “U.S. natural gas pipeline projects (Natural Gas Pipeline Projects)”. U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  4. “Notice of Commencement of Service, Ohio Pipeline Energy Network Project (CP14-68)”. Texas Eastern Transmission, LP (filed with FERC). 1 December 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  5. “Environmental Compliance Monitoring Program weekly summary report, Ohio Pipeline Energy Network Project (CP14-68), February 1-7, 2015”. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 24 February 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  6. “Spectra Energy Ohio - Pipeline blasting (portfolio entry)”. Dykon Blasting Corp. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  7. “Land Division (recent projects) (Wayback capture 2020-08-11)”. Associated Pipe Line Contractors, Inc. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  8. “Blue Light Reports, July 2015 (pre-jobs)”. Pipeliners Local Union 798. July 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2026.

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