Asset Profiles
Spectra Energy Partners Has Prime Assets in Southeast for
Natural Gas Demand, Multiple Supply Basins
Spectra Energy Partners has an interest ownership in three assets located in the Southeast Region of the US. This area is one of the fastest growing regions in terms of natural gas demand and access to multiple supply basins.
East Tennessee Natural Gas System
Market Delivery Capability of 1.3 Bcf/d of Natural Gas for the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic
Spectra Energy Partners owns and operates the approximately 1,400-mile East Tennessee interstate natural gas transportation system. This stretch extends from central Tennessee eastward into southwest Virginia and northern North Carolina, and southward into northern Georgia.
East Tennessee supports the growing energy demands of the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States through its connection to 19 receipt points and more than 175 delivery points, as well as its market delivery capability of approximately 1.3 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of natural gas. East Tennessee also owns and operates an LNG storage facility in Kingsport, Tennessee with working gas storage capacity of approximately 1.1 Bcf and re-gasification capability of 150 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d).
Saltville Gas Storage
Working Gas Storage Capacity of 5.5 Bcf and Interconnected with East Tennessee Natural Gas System
Spectra Energy Partners owns 100 percent of the 4 Bcf of high-deliverability salt cavern natural gas storage and 1.5 Bcf of reservoir storage that is interconnected with the East Tennessee Natural Gas system in Virginia. It is strategically located near markets in Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina. Saltville Gas Storage offers firm and interruptible natural gas storage services and is currently capable of delivering up to 300 million cubic feet of natural gas per day to the surrounding region.
Gulfstream Natural Gas System
Market Delivery Capability of 1.1 Bcf/d of Natural Gas for South and Central Florida Markets
Spectra Energy Partners owns a 24.5 percent interest in the approximately 690-mile Gulfstream interstate natural gas transportation system, which extends from Pascagoula, Mississippi and Mobile, Alabama across the Gulf of Mexico and into Florida.
Gulfstream supports the fast growing south and central Florida markets through its connection to seven receipt points and 19 delivery points as well as its market delivery capability of approximately 1.1 Bcf/d of natural gas. Subsidiaries of Spectra Energy and The Williams Companies, Inc., respectively, own the remaining 25.5 percent and 50 percent interests in Gulfstream and jointly operate the system.
Market Hub Partners
Aggregate Gas Storage Capacity of 35 Bcf and Interconnects 12 Major Natural Gas Pipeline Systems
Spectra Energy Partners owns a 50 percent interest in Market Hub Partners, which owns and operates two high-deliverability salt cavern natural gas storage facilities located in Acadia Parish, Louisiana and Liberty County, Texas. These two facilities have aggregate working gas storage capacity of approximately 35 Bcf and interconnect with 12 major natural gas pipeline systems.
Market Hub’s storage facilities offer access to natural gas supplies from Texas, Louisiana and growing imports of liquified natural gas (LNG) to the Gulf Coast, and each facility interconnects with Spectra Energy’s Texas Eastern System. Spectra Energy Corp owns the remaining 50 percent interest in Market Hub Partners and operates the system.
