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Kern River work begins
Deseret News August 15, 2002.  $1.27 billion project will help fulfill the West's energy needs

Pipeline Project Marks New Era link removed*
The Salt Lake Tribune August 14, 2002.  The Kern River Gas Transmission Co. today will hold a groundbreaking ceremony at the Utah Industrial Depot in Tooele for a $1.2 billion pipeline expansion designed to meet growing demand for natural gas in Utah, Nevada and California.

Utah Natural Gas Company to Double Pipeline Capacity link removed*
The Salt Lake Tribune June 25, 2002.  Kern River Gas Transmission Co. said Monday it closed on $875 million in new financing necessary to launch the 700-mile expansion of its Kern River natural gas pipeline that runs through Utah.

Kern Gas Co. Seeks to Lay Second 900-Mile Pipeline link removed*
The Salt Lake Tribune February 27, 2002.  A decade after it laid a 900-mile pipeline from Wyoming to California, the Kern River Gas Transmission Co. wants to do it again -- but this time, it likely will attract less controversy.

Gas Pipeline to Cross 260 Miles of Utah link removed*
The Salt Lake Tribune April 6, 2001.  The pipeline from Bloomfield, N.M., would travel over 260 miles of Utah, much of it buried across public lands managed by the state, U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Bureau of Land Management, which is handling the environmental study on the proposal.

Williams Line Expanding To Ease Energy Crunch link removed*
The Salt Lake Tribune March 23, 2001.  California is desperate for additional natural gas to power new electric generating plants and The Williams Companies of Tulsa, Okla., plans to answer the call by expanding its Kern River pipeline that runs through Utah.

Meetings Planned to Discuss Proposal For Natural Gas, Petroleum Pipelines link removed*
The Salt Lake Tribune March 14, 2001.  Plans to snake three new fossil-fuel pipelines from the hinterlands to the Wasatch Front are the subject of a series of public meetings that begins tonight in West Valley City.

Accidents rise on pipelines, probers say
Deseret News June 17, 2000.  Accidents are increasing on the 2.2 million miles of pipelines carrying natural gas and other hazardous materials nationwide, as the federal government slacked off on enforcing many safety regulations, investigators say.

Questar plans new gas line in joint project
Deseret News November 13, 1999.  Questar Pipeline Co., a subsidiary of Questar Corp., said Friday it has signed an agreement with Colorado Interstate Gas Co., a subsidiary of Coastal Corp., to jointly build and own a 75-mile interstate natural gas pipeline that will extend from the Price area to a proposed interconnect with Kern River Gas Transmission Co. near Elberta, Utah County.

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