Questar Pipeline Company (QPC) provides
natural gas transportation and underground storage services from the
Rocky Mountains region. Its
FERC code is 55.
Questar Pipeline is a subsidiary of
Questar Corporation
Questar Corporation is a company based in New Hope, Pennsylvania. It manufactures precision optical devices for consumer, industrial, aerospace, and military markets. Its telescopes produced for the consumer market are sold under the brand name "Q ...
. Questar Corporation was acquired in 2016 by
Dominion Energy.
Background
Dominion Energy Questar Pipeline, LLC is a subsidiary of Dominion Energy Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: D) an interstate
natural gas pipeline company that provides transportation and underground storage services in Utah, Wyoming and Colorado. DEQP owns and operates slightly more than of pipeline with total daily capacity of 2,530 million decatherms or . The company's system is in the Rocky Mountains, near large reserves of natural gas in six major producing areas, including the Greater Green River, Uinta and Piceance basins.
DEQP transports gas from these areas to other major pipeline systems for delivery to markets in the West and Midwest including Dominion Energy's local natural gas distribution system serving Questar Gas' natural gas utility customers in Utah, southwest Wyoming and southern Idaho.
Through wholly owned subsidiaries, Dominion Energy Midstream Partners, LP also owns and operates the Overthrust Pipeline in southwestern Wyoming and the eastern segment of
Southern Trails Pipeline The Southern Trails Pipeline is a 16-inch-diameter steel natural gas pipeline which brings gas from the San Juan Basin to southern California, United States. It has a 487-mile eastern branch in New Mexico and a 210-mile western branch in California. ...
, extending from the Blanco Hub to just inside the California state line. Questar Pipeline owns 50% of the White River Hub in western Colorado. These facilities connect with six interstate pipeline systems and a major processing plant near Meeker, Colorado.
DEQP owns and operates the Clay Basin storage facility. Located on the Wyoming-Utah border, Clay Basin is the largest underground storage reservoir in the
Rocky Mountains Region.
See also
*
List of North American natural gas pipelines
This is a list of pipelines used to transport natural gas.
Africa
* Trans-Saharan gas pipeline (planned)
* West African Gas Pipeline
* Escravos–Lagos Pipeline System
Asia
* Altai gas pipeline (planned)
* Arab Gas Pipeline
* Pak Arab Pipeline ...
References
External links
DominionEnergy.com websiteDominion Energy Midsteam Partners websiteDominion Energy Questar Pipeline website
Natural gas pipelines in the United States
Companies based in Salt Lake City
1928 establishments in Utah
Natural gas pipelines in Utah
Natural gas pipelines in Wyoming
Natural gas pipelines in Colorado
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