DOMINION ANNOUNCES $253 MILLION EXPANSION - Gilmer County Will Get Project

(12/31/2009)

Gilmer County will get a new compressor station. Dominion has announced the Gathering Enhancement Project, a $253 million expansion of its natural gas gathering, processing and liquids facilities in West Virginia. The project is designed to increase the efficiency and reduce high pressures in its gathering system, increasing the amount of natural gas local producers can move through Dominion's West Virginia system. Gary Sypolt, chief executive officer of Dominion Energy said, "Dominion will increase its investment and local producers will increase their production, thereby aiding the state's economy through job creation and increased property, severance and other taxes." Dominion will complete three compression units currently under construction. Over the next three years, they will add nine new units. Approximately 25 miles of replacement or new pipeline will be constructed at various places in its gathering system to address bottlenecks and increase delivery. The project is expected to be complete by fourth quarter 2012 and will be paid for by producers in their rates. Nine planned units totaling approximately 7,000 horsepower to be installed over the next three years in Harrison, Doddridge, Lewis, Gilmer and Kanawha counties. A 10 million cubic feet per day processing plant will be built in Pleasants County. A 40 million cubic feet per day processing plant in Lewis County. A 60,000 gallon per day expansion of the Hastings Extraction Plant in Wetzel County.

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