A big announcement yesterday from Tallgrass Energy Partners, owners of the Rockies Express Pipeline (REX). REX has received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to modify “certain facilities” along the REX pipeline from Monroe County, OH all the way to Moultrie County, IL–something they call the Zone 3 East-to-West Project. When complete, it means REX will flow an additional 1.2 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day from the Utica and Marcellus to Midwest markets. A second important announcement: The Seneca Lateral of the REX (Noble County, OH) is now fully operational. REX upgraded compressor stations along the Seneca Lateral which has boosted available capacity on the pipeline to 600 million cubic feet per day…
