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FACTS & FIGURES
Kern River Gas Transmission Company
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 Overview
The Kern River Gas Transmission Company pipeline system transports natural
gas from the vast reserves in the Rocky Mountain states to growing markets
in Utah, Nevada and California. Kern River delivers 1.9 billion cubic feet
of natural gas per day to customers along the pipeline system.
Design Capacity
Kern River has a design capacity of 1.9 billion cubic feet per day –
enough to serve more than 10 million typical residential natural gas
customers per day.
Pipeline Length and Size
The Kern River system totals nearly 1,700 pipeline miles, of which 1,300
miles are 36-inch-diameter steel pipe.
Compressor Stations
The Kern River system has 11 compressor stations – four in Wyoming,
four in Utah, two in Nevada and one in California. Total system compression
is approximately 306,220 horsepower.
Kern River's History
| February 1992 |
Original pipeline system placed in-service |
| July 2001 |
California Action Project placed in-service |
| May 2002 |
2002 Expansion Project placed in-service |
| August 2002 |
High Desert lateral and meter station placed in-service |
| December 2002 |
Bighorn lateral and meter station placed in-service |
| May 2003 |
2003 Expansion Project placed in-service |
| April 2010 |
2010 expansion project placed in-service |
| October 2010 |
Apex Expansion Project construction began |
Apex Expansion Project
Kern River’s Apex Expansion Project will increase the system design
capacity by approximately 266 million cubic feet per day and has an
in-service date in late 2011. When the project is complete, the
design capacity of Kern River’s system will have increased to more
than 2.16 billion cubic feet per day.
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