Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc
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Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc, headquartered in Owensboro, Kentucky
, is a natural gas
transmission system spanning over 6000 miles (9,656 km) in the Midwest and Mid-continent regions of the United States. Southern Star’s employees and its pipeline system and facilities are located throughout Kansas
, Oklahoma
, Missouri
, Wyoming
, Colorado
, Texas
, Nebraska
, and Kentucky
. It serves major markets such as St. Louis, Wichita, and Kansas City. Southern Star is a locally managed, private company owned by GE’s Energy Financial Services business and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec. The company is more commonly referred to as Southern Star. The company's FERC code is 43.
Owensboro, Kentucky
Owensboro is the fourth largest city by population in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is the county seat of Daviess County. It is located on U.S. Route 60 about southeast of Evansville, Indiana, and is the principal city of the Owensboro, Kentucky, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city's...
, is a natural gas
Natural gas
Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...
transmission system spanning over 6000 miles (9,656 km) in the Midwest and Mid-continent regions of the United States. Southern Star’s employees and its pipeline system and facilities are located throughout Kansas
Kansas
Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
, Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
, Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
, Wyoming
Wyoming
Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...
, Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....
, and Kentucky
Kentucky
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...
. It serves major markets such as St. Louis, Wichita, and Kansas City. Southern Star is a locally managed, private company owned by GE’s Energy Financial Services business and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec. The company is more commonly referred to as Southern Star. The company's FERC code is 43.
History
The company was formed in 1904. In 1926, it was renamed Cities Service Gas Company. It was again renamed in 1982 to the Northwest Central Pipeline Corporation. Five years later it took the name Williams Natural Gas Company. In 1997, it was reorganized and called the Williams Gas Pipeline Central, Inc. In 2003, it was renamed the Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.Pipeline Statistics
- System Design Capacity 2.4 Bcf/d
- Seasonal Storage 42.9 Bcf
- Annual Throughput 293.2 Bcf
- Supply Areas Midcontinent, Rockies
- Market Areas Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, and Missouri
- Miles of Pipeline 5,817
- Compressor Stations 39
- Horsepower 205,466
- Gas Storage Fields Pipeline Connections
- Pipeline Connections 20 (6 Delivery, 7 Receipt, 7 Bi-directional)