Facilities Overview
Project Details
- Type of Facility: Salt Cavern Storage
- Location: (Smith and Jasper Counties) Taylorsville, Mississippi
- Ultimate Working Gas Capacity: 48 Bcf permitted
- Maximum Daily Injection (Bcf/d): 0.6
- Maximum Daily Withdrawal (Bcf/d): 1.2
- In-Service Date: April 1, 2011
- Rate Structure: Market Based Rates
Tariff Services
- Firm and Interruptible Storage
- Firm and Interruptible Park and Loan
- No Notice Storage
- Interruptible Hourly Balancing
- Wheeling
Summary
Strategically located in southeastern Mississippi, the Leaf River Energy Center is a leading natural gas storage hub. It consists of multiple salt dome caverns with a combined natural gas storage capacity of 32.2 million dekatherms and pipeline infrastructure that interconnect with Tennessee Gas, Destin, Transco, Southern Natural Gas, Midcontinent Express and Gulf South pipelines through a 40 mile, dual 24” pipeline header system. This premier natural gas storage facility serves as a critical bridge between the shale plays and the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast markets.
| Pipeline Interconnects | Capacity (MMBtu/d) |
|---|---|
| Transco (Zone 4) | 840,000 |
| Sonat (Zone 1-Tier 1) | 1,138,614 |
| Destin | 400,000 |
| Tennessee (Zone 1-500L) | 461,250 |
| Gulf South | 327,376 |
| Midcontinent Express | 400,000 |