Empire Pipeline

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Empire Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline running from Canada to Pennsylvania.

Location

The pipeline will run from Cippawa, Ontario, Canada to Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Project Details

• Owner: National Fuel Gas Company
• Proposed capacity: 300 Million cubic feet per day
• Length: 428.1 kilometers / 266 miles
• Status: Operating
• Start Year: 1993

Background

Empire Pipeline is a FERC-regulated interstate pipeline system that generally transports natural gas from various receipt points in southern New York and at the Pennsylvania border to various local distribution companies, end-users and other interstate pipelines in Western and Central New York and Canada. Empire Pipeline started operations in 1993 as a 157-mile natural gas transmission pipeline that stretched from the Canadian Border at Chippawa to Oswego County, New York. In 2008, the 77-mile Empire Connector Pipeline was placed into service, adding a southern mainline that joined Empire to Millennium Pipeline at Corning, New York. In November 2011, the 15-mile Tioga County Extension was constructed, extending the Empire Connector to producer-gathering systems located in Tioga County, Pennsylvania. In late 2015, the 17-mile Tuscarora Lateral was placed into service, bridging the gap between National Fuel Supply Corporation’s Tuscarora Compressor Station in Steuben County, New York and the Tioga County Extension.