Oklahoma Gas Project Seeks Input on Compressor Station Spots
Published Date: 6/6/2025
Notice
Summary
Southern Star wants to build a new compressor station in Osage County, Oklahoma, to help move natural gas. The government is checking out three possible spots for the station and wants local folks and landowners to share their thoughts on how each location might affect the environment. Your comments will help decide where the station goes and when construction might start, which could impact the community and local land use.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
Landowners Face Easement Negotiations and Eminent Domain
If you own land near the proposed Cedar Vale Compressor Station in Osage County, Oklahoma or the alternate sites in Cowley or Chautauqua Counties, Kansas, Southern Star may contact you to negotiate an easement to build and operate the project. You do not have to sign an agreement, but if FERC approves the project the company could initiate eminent domain (condemnation) proceedings and a judge would determine compensation under state law.
Construction Will Disturb and Use Several Acres
Building the Cedar Vale Compressor Station would disturb about 12.23 acres of land and Southern Star would maintain about 7.78 acres for operations; the rest would be restored. FERC's environmental review will evaluate effects on geology and soils, water and wetlands, vegetation and wildlife, threatened species, cultural resources, land use, socioeconomics, environmental justice, air quality and noise, and reliability and safety.
Project Increases Natural Gas Delivery Capacity
Southern Star says the Cedar Vale Project would facilitate delivery of approximately 98,000 dekatherms per day of natural gas to customers in Kansas and Missouri. The project includes a new 6,091-horsepower compressor unit, about 1,028 feet of piping, and other associated facilities to increase transmission capacity.
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