Horizon Pipeline is a

natural gas Natural gas (also called fossil gas or simply gas) is a naturally occurring mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane in addition to various smaller amounts of other higher alkanes. Low levels of trace gases like carbo ...

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in northern

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, United States. Its

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code is 178. The pipeline is owned and operated by Horizon Pipeline Company LLC, a joint venture of the

Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America (NGPL) is a natural gas pipeline company. It owns pipelines which bring natural gas from the Texas Permian Basin and Gulf of Mexico into the Chicago area. It has had several corporate owners over the past cen ...

(NGPL), owned by Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, and

Nicor Nicor Gas is an energy company headquartered in Naperville, Illinois. Its largest subsidiary, Nicor Gas, is a natural gas distribution company. Founded in 1954, the company serves more than two million customers in a service territory that en ...

. It carries natural gas from the NGPL's interstate natural gas pipeline system Chicago supply hub near Joliet into NGPL's and Nicor Gas distribution systems in northern Illinois near

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border. The pipeline is long and has a diameter of with capacity of 3.7 billion cubic meter of natural gas per year. It is designed to operate at a maximum operating pressure of . It consists of a segment of new pipeline built in 2001–2002, and long lease of existing pipeline from NGPL. The environmental impact assessment of the pipeline was completed in May 2001. The pipeline became operational on 11 May 2002.

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External links

Pipeline Electronic Bulletin Board
Natural gas pipelines in the United States Energy infrastructure in Illinois Kinder Morgan Energy infrastructure completed in 2002 2002 establishments in Illinois Natural gas pipelines in Illinois {{pipeline-stub