Subject: southern trails receives final approval
ferc approves questar pipeline
the ferc has given final approval for a questar $ 155 million
pipeline project to transport natural gas to southern california from
the four corners area at the borders of new mexico , arizona , utah and
colorado . the ruling came after the commission was satisfied the
questar southern trails pipeline project would not harm the
environment . the project will consist of 693 miles of crude oil
pipeline that was bought by questar in 1998 from arco . the pipeline
will be converted for natural gas and several new compressors will be
built . the pipeline would be divided into a east zone and a west
zone . the east zone will begin in the san juan basin in new mexico
and end at the california border and carry up to 88 mmcf per day . the
west zone is within california and has a capacity of 120 mmcf per
day .