Transco Virginia Southside Expansion

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Transco Virginia Southside Expansion is a natural gas pipeline expansion, operated by Williams (Transco). Construction began in 2014 and the line entered service in 2015.[1]

Transco Virginia Southside Expansion
Also calledVirginia Southside Expansion Project, Virginia Southside Expansion
General information
Project typeExpansion[3][4]
StatusIn service[3]
CommodityNatural gas[3]
OperatorWilliams (Transco)
Owner and operator
Facility project
StateVA or NC, NJ, VA[5] or NC, VA[3] or MD, NC, NJ, PA, VA[6][sources disagree]
CountiesBrunswick, Charlotte, Halifax, Mecklenburg, Pittsylvania[6]
Approved21 November 2013[5][6]
Construction started7 January 2014[7]
In service27 August 2015[3]
FERC docketCP13-30[5]
FERC pre-filing docketPF12-15[5]
Contractors
Technical information
Length100 mi[3] or 98 mi[5][sources disagree]
Pipe size24"[3][6]
Capacity270 MMcf/d (FERC project list)[3][5]
Cost$300 million (EIA estimate; no dollar year given)[3] or approximately $298 million (Transco's estimate in the certificate order)[6][sources disagree]
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Transco Virginia Southside Expansion is a natural gas pipeline expansion, operated by Williams (Transco). Construction began in 2014 and the line entered service in 2015.[1]

Contractorsedit

ContractorWorkScopeYears
Dykon Blasting Corp.[8]rock drilling and blastingVirginia: drilling and blasting along 99 miles of new 24-inch line from Chatham to Freeman, 59,091 lineal ft of trench and 9,345 cubic yards of rock, mostly within 20 ft of an existing line1 January 2014

Sources disagree

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

FactValues given
Cost
  • $300 million (EIA estimate; no dollar year given)[3]
  • approximately $298 million (Transco's estimate in the certificate order)[6]
Length
States
  • VA (on this page, no source given)
  • NC, NJ, VA[5]
  • NC, VA[3]
  • MD, NC, NJ, PA, VA[6]

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Referencesedit

  1. finance.yahoo.com · williams-companies-transco-pipeline-expa
  2. americanpipeliner.com
  3. “U.S. natural gas pipeline projects (Natural Gas Pipeline Projects)”. U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  4. “FERC eLibrary docket CP13-30”. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  5. “FERC: Approved Major Pipeline Projects (1997-Present)”. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Archived from the original on 1 July 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  6. “Order Issuing Certificate, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC, Virginia Southside Expansion Project (CP13-30)”. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  7. “Notification of Commencement of Construction, Virginia Southside Expansion Project (CP13-30)”. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC (filed with FERC). 23 January 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  8. “Williams Transcontinental - Pipeline Blasting (portfolio entry)”. Dykon Blasting Corp. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2026.

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