Pipeline Company Seeks to Pump More Gas Through Wyoming Wilds
Published Date: 11/18/2025
Notice
Summary
Northwest Pipeline LLC wants to build about 6.75 miles of new pipeline and upgrade some facilities in Wyoming to boost natural gas delivery by over 30,000 dekatherms daily. This $14.7 million project will help move more gas from Oregon to Wyoming, benefiting energy users along the way. People have until a set deadline to speak up or protest before the plan moves forward.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Pipeline adds 30,278 Dth/day capacity
Northwest Pipeline plans to install about 6.75 miles of 12-inch looping pipeline and modify facilities in Uinta County, Wyoming (Ryckman Creek Loop Project). The Project will enable an incremental 30,278 dekatherms per day (Dth/day) of firm transportation capacity and provide a total of 50,500 Dth/day from the Stanfield receipt point in Umatilla County, Oregon to delivery points in Sweetwater County, Wyoming; estimated cost is $14,680,838.
Project may be automatically authorized if unopposed
If no protest is filed by the January 12, 2026 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time deadline, or if a filed protest is withdrawn within 30 days after the allowed time for filing a protest, the proposed activity will be deemed authorized effective the day after the protest deadline. If a protest is filed and not withdrawn within 30 days after the allowed time, the Commission will consider the request.
Public can file protests and intervene
Any person may file a protest, a motion to intervene, or comments about the project at no cost. The deadline for protests, motions to intervene, and comments is 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on January 12, 2026, and intervenors have the right to request rehearing and to challenge Commission orders in the U.S. Courts of Appeal.
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