NGT system will include 250 miles of large diameter pipe, and is expected to transport one billion cubic feet per day of natural gas from the Ohio Utica shale to markets in the US Midwest, including Ohio and Michigan and to Ontario, Canada.
The pipeline will utilize the existing Vector Pipeline system to reach the market in Ontario, Canada and follow existing utility corridors to an interconnect in Michigan.
On completion of the project in 2015, Spectra Energy will become a 20% owner in Vector Pipeline, a joint venture between DTE Energy and Enbridge.
The new pipeline will include interconnects with Michigan Consolidated Gas, Consumers Energy and through the Vector Pipeline, the Enbridge Tecumseh Gas Storage facility and Union Gas’ Dawn Hub in Ontario.
An open season for the project is planned later in 2012; expressions of interest for a significant level of firm capacity have been received.
