Rockies Express Pipeline East Project

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Rockies Express Pipeline East Project is a pipeline project in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Ohio, operated by Rockies Express Pipeline LLC/East. It entered service in 2009. It runs 638 miles.

Rockies Express Pipeline East Project
General information
KindPipeline project[1]
StatusIn service[2]
OperatorRockies Express Pipeline LLC/East[3]
Owner and operator
Facility projects
StatesIllinois, Indiana, Missouri, Ohio[3]
Approved30 May 2008[3]
In service12 November 2009[2]
FERC docketCP07-208[3]
FERC pre-filing docketPF06-30[1]
Contractors
Technical information
Length638 mi[3]
Capacity1800 MMcf/d (FERC project list)[3]
On ProvenHand
Hands listed0

Rockies Express Pipeline East Project is a pipeline project in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Ohio, operated by Rockies Express Pipeline LLC/East. It entered service in 2009. It runs 638 miles.

Contractorsedit

ContractorWorkScopeSpreadYears
R-Value Foam Insulation LLC[6]Scope not itemized (foam padding and restoration firm)REX East project, 2007 and 2008: 144 miles of 42-inch pipe through Pike County, Missouri, and Illinois1 January 2007 – 1 January 2008
Hoover Construction Company[7]Rock drilling and blastingPipeline rock drilling and blasting, Spread 1 (Missouri and Illinois)Spread 11 January 2008
Hoover Construction Company[8]Rock drilling and blastingPipeline rock drilling and blasting, Spread 2 (Missouri and Illinois)Spread 21 January 2008
Henkels & McCoy, Inc.[9]PrimePipeline contractor for 180 miles in eastern Ohio (2009), listed jointly as 'Henkels & McCoy/Michels' on its blasting subcontractor's project listfrom 1 January 2009
Michels[9]PrimePipeline contractor for 180 miles in eastern Ohio (2009), listed jointly as 'Henkels & McCoy/Michels' on its blasting subcontractor's project listfrom 1 January 2009
Gregory General Contracting, Inc.[9]pipeline drilling and blastingRockies Express, 180 miles in eastern Ohio, 2009, working for Henkels & McCoy/Michelsfrom 1 January 2009
Michels Pipeline Construction, Inc.[10]PrimeSpread H: 52 miles of 42-inch near Circleville, OH (warehouse at Circleville; 828 people at peak)Spread H4 May 2009 – 24 November 2009
Brandenburg Drainage, Inc.[11]Drain tile installation and repairREX East spreads B, C, E, F, F2 and G (Illinois, Indiana, Ohio), through H.C. Price and Sheehan Pipeline: 590,409 feet of tile across the ditch, 992,604 feet parallel to the pipeline, 127,849 feet of temporary tile repairs1 August 2009 – 1 June 2010
Associated Pipe Line Contractors, Inc.[12]PrimeSpread D: 67.8 miles of pipeline in IndianaSpread D
HC Price Construction[12]PrimeSpread C: 46.7-mile section through Douglas and Edgar Counties, Illinois, toward the Indiana lineSpread C
Mundell & Associates[13]environmental consulting (FERC-required SPCC plan for the Hoosier Hills Wellhead Protection Area crossing)SPCC plan for construction across the Hoosier Hills Wellhead Protection Area, Franklin County, Indiana

Inspection

FirmScopeYears
Mundell & Associates[13]Environmental oversight of construction within the Hoosier Hills Wellhead Protection Area (about three months, completed June 2009)until 1 June 2009

Spreads

SpreadPrime contractorDates
Spread 1[7]
Spread 2[8]
Spread A-2[14]
Spread B[15]
Spread C[12][16]HC Price Construction
Spread D[12][17]Associated Pipe Line Contractors, Inc.
Spread E[18]
Spread F[19]
Spread G[20]
Spread H[10][21]Michels Pipeline Construction, Inc.4 May 2009 – 24 November 2009
Spread K[22]

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Referencesedit

  1. “FERC eLibrary docket CP07-208”. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 17 April 2007. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  2. “Kinder Morgan Energy Partners fourth-quarter 2009 earnings release (Form 8-K exhibit 99.1)”. Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (SEC filing). 20 January 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  3. “FERC: Approved Major Pipeline Projects (1997-Present)”. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Archived from the original on 1 July 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  4. “Rockies Express Pipeline LLC, Commencement of Service MP 0.0 to MP 444.0 (CP07-208)”. Rockies Express Pipeline LLC (FERC eLibrary). 2 July 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  5. “Rockies Express Pipeline LLC filing: service request for mileposts 444.0 to 639.1, REX-East (CP07-208)”. Rockies Express Pipeline LLC (FERC eLibrary). 5 November 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  6. “PROJECTS - R-Value Foam”. R-Value Foam Insulation LLC. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  7. “2008 Rockies Express Pipeline Spread 1 (Missouri and Illinois) – Hoover Construction”. Hoover Construction Company. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  8. “2008 Rockies Express Pipeline Spread 2 (Missouri and Illinois) – Hoover Construction”. Hoover Construction Company. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  9. “Projects (company resume): Pipeline Drilling & Blasting”. Gregory General Contracting, Inc. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  10. “Challenges Of Overlapping Construction On 3 Major Pipeline Projects”. Underground Construction. May 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2026.
  11. “Brandenburg Drainage, Inc. - Resume (archive 2020-02-22)”. Brandenburg Drainage, Inc. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  12. “Rockies Express Pipeline - New Natural Gas Pipeline, USA”. Offshore Technology. 23 December 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  13. “Pipeline - Rockies Express East (case history)”. Mundell & Associates. 2 September 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  14. “Letter order, Authorization to Start Construction of Spread A-2, REX-East (CP07-208)”. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of Energy Projects. 18 July 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  15. “Letter order, Authorization to Start Construction of Spread B, REX-East (CP07-208)”. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of Energy Projects. 9 July 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  16. “Letter order, Authorization to Start Construction of Spread C, REX-East (CP07-208)”. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of Energy Projects. 14 July 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  17. “Letter order, Authorization to Start Construction of Spread D, REX-East (CP07-208)”. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of Energy Projects. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  18. “Letter order, Authorization to Start Construction of Spread E, REX-East (CP07-208)”. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of Energy Projects. 11 September 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  19. “Letter order, Authorization to Start Construction of Spread F (Milepost 404.7 to 432.9), REX-East (CP07-208)”. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of Energy Projects. 14 October 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  20. “Letter order approving start of construction of Spread G between MP 444.0 and 467.2, REX-East (CP07-208), eLibrary record”. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 5 May 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  21. “Letter order approving start of construction of Spread H, REX-East (CP07-208), eLibrary record”. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 6 February 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  22. “Letter order, Authorization to Start Construction of Spread K, REX-East (CP07-208)”. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of Energy Projects. 19 March 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2026.

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