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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
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 pipeline system totals approximately 1,700 miles,
of which more than 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 306,500 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 |
Proposed Expansion Project
Kern River’s proposed Apex expansion project will increase the system design capacity by approximately 266 million cubic feet per day and has an in-service date of November 2011. When the project is complete, the design capacity of Kern River’s system will have increased to a total of 2.14 billion cubic feet per day.
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