Kern River Gas Pipeline

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Kern River Gas Pipeline is a proposed natural gas pipeline.

Location

The pipeline runs from Opal, Wyoming through Utah and Nevada to Daggett, California.

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Project Details

• Current capacity: 1.76 billion cubic feet per day
• Proposed capacity:
• Length: 1,679 miles / 2,702 km
• Status: Operating
• Start Year: 1991

Background

The Kern River Gas Pipeline is owned and operated by Berkshire Hathaway Energy.

Environmental Impact

A 1992 report by the U.S. Geological Survey documented the potential for the Kern River Gas Pipeline and other pipelines to damage the environment in the Mojave Desert. "Residual environmental effects of the pipeline installations described above include accelerated wind and water erosion and long-term loss of habitat. Accelerated wind erosion has resulted in property damage, public safety hazards, possibly deleterious health effects on humans and domestic and wild animals, and enlargement of damage to plant communities adjacent to construction corridors.

Articles and resources

External articles

Wikipedia also has an article on Kern River Gas Pipeline (Kern River Pipeline). This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License].