In a move that will improve the availability of natural gas and its economic and environmental benefits to the western Virginia region, NUI Corporation and a unit of Duke Energy have agreed to develop a natural gas storage facility in Saltville, Virginia.
The storage field will be jointly developed by NUI’s Virginia Gas Company and a subsidiary of Duke Energy Gas Transmission (DEGT). The agreement calls for expansion of the storage facility from its current capacity of 1.1 billion cubic feet (Bcf) up to 10 Bcf and its connection to DEGT’s East Tennessee Natural Gas (ETNG) mainline system. At full capacity, the Saltville storage field will be able to deliver up to 500 million cubic feet of natural gas per day to area markets. The Saltville facility features the fast-fill and fast-withdrawal capabilities offered by salt cavern storage.
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