Rockies Displacement Project

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Rockies Displacement Project is a natural gas pipeline. It was built and entered service in 2003.

Rockies Displacement Project
Also calledNWPL Rockies Expansion[1], Rockies Expansion Project[2]
General information
KindPipeline project[1][2]
Project typeExpansion[3] or Loop[2][sources disagree]
StatusIn service[3]
CommodityNatural gas[3]
Owner and operator
Operator
StatesID, OR, WY[1] or ID, OR, UT, WA, WY[3][sources disagree]
Approved23 September 2002[1][5]
Construction startedMay 2003[6]
In serviceNovember 2003[3]
FERC docketCP01-438[1]
Contractors
Technical information
Length91.1 mi[1] or 91 mi[3][sources disagree]
Pipe size26", 30"[3] or 24", 30"[2][sources disagree]
Capacity191 MMcf/d (FERC project list)[1] or 175 MMcf/d additional capacity (EIA)[3][sources disagree]
Cost$139.4 million (EIA estimate; no dollar year given)[3]
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Rockies Displacement Project is a natural gas pipeline. It was built and entered service in 2003.

Contractorsedit

ContractorWorkScopeYears
U.S. Pipeline, Inc.[2]PrimePegram Loop (11 miles of 24-inch), Kemmerer Loop (15 miles of 30-inch) and Muddy Creek Loop (30 miles of 30-inch)1 January 2003

Sources disagree

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

FactValues given
Capacity
  • 191 MMcf/d (FERC project list)[1]
  • 175 MMcf/d additional capacity (EIA)[3]
Project type
Pipe size
Diameters
  • 26 in, 30 in[3]
  • 24 in, 30 in[2]
Length
Operator
  • Northwest Pipeline LLC[1]
  • Williams - Northwest Pipelines[2]
States
  • ID, OR, WY[1]
  • ID, OR, UT, WA, WY[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. “Current Projects (archive 2005-12-27)”. U.S. Pipeline, Inc. Archived from the original on 27 December 2005. 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. “Northwest Pipeline Corp supplement to application, Rockies Expansion Project (CP01-438)”. Northwest Pipeline Corp (filed with FERC). 2 October 2001. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  5. “Order issuing certificate authorizing construction, Northwest Pipeline Corp (CP01-438)”. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 23 September 2002. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  6. “Northwest Pipeline Corporation Weekly Status Report #1, construction of the Rockies Expansion Project (CP01-438)”. Northwest Pipeline Corporation (filed with FERC). 30 May 2003. Retrieved 4 October 2026.

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