Project Description

Southern Natural Gas Company (Southern) proposes to construct a new interstate natural gas pipeline, Elba Express, from a point of interconnection with Southern near Port Wentworth, Chatham County, Georgia, to points of interconnection with Transco Pipeline on the east and west sides of the Savannah River in Anderson County, South Carolina and Hart County, Georgia. The project as proposed will be constructed in two phases. Phase A will include the pipeline with approximately 190 miles of 42-inch diameter pipe and 36-inch diameter pipe. Phase B will add a compressor station to the pipeline to increase the pipeline's capacity.

The pipeline is designed to help meet the current and future gas requirements of markets in Georgia and the southeast and east. Elba Express will provide supply diversity for gas consumers in these markets and increase gas supply access and reliability in these areas. In addition, the pipeline will enable gas suppliers of Southern's LNG facility near Savannah to deliver incremental gas supplies into these markets. The Elba Express Pipeline will have the ability to flow gas bidirectionally from Elba to Southern and/or Transco, from Southern to Transco, and from Transco to Southern.

In summary, Elba Express Pipeline will provide significant new pipeline infrastructure to meet the growing need for natural gas and gas supply diversity in the southeast and east.