Transwestern Pipeline Company, LLC owns and operates 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 ...
transmission system that connects natural gas supplies in the San Juan and Rocky Mountain Basins in northwest
New Mexico
)
, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
, OfficialLang = None
, Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ker ...
, southwest
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...
, the Texas-Oklahoma Panhandle, and the Permian Basin region of West Texas and Southeastern New Mexico with California, Arizona, Nevada in the West and Texas, and New Mexico on its Eastern end. Transwestern is a "natural gas company" as defined under the Natural Gas Act, and is regulated under the rules and regulations of the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is the United States federal agency that regulates the transmission and wholesale sale of electricity and natural gas in interstate commerce and regulates the transportation of oil by pipeline in ...
.
Warren Petroleum, along with Monterey Oil Company and J. R. Butler founded the Transwestern Pipeline Company on March 11, 1957.
Energy Transfer Partners bought the Transwestern Pipeline in 2006.
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. Announces Agreements to Acquire Transwestern Pipeline
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References
External links
Pipeline Electronic Bulletin Board
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Natural gas pipelines in the United States
Natural gas pipelines in New Mexico
Natural gas pipelines in Colorado
Natural gas pipelines in Oklahoma
Natural gas pipelines in Texas
Natural gas pipelines in California
Natural gas pipelines in Nevada
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