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Alliance Pipeline transports natural gas from northeastern British Columbia and northwestern Alberta, running underground through Saskatchewan, North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, and terminating in Illinois. The pipeline delivers more than 1.6 billion cubic feet per day of liquids-rich natural gas to the Chicago market. ==The Alliance Pipeline System== The Alliance Pipeline system consists of a integrated Canadian and U.S. natural gas transmission pipeline system, delivering natural gas from the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin and the Williston Basin to the Chicago market hub. The system has been in commercial service since December 2000 and delivers, on average, about 1.6 billion standard cubic feet (or 45.3 million standard cubic metres) of natural gas per day. Canadian portion of the system * of 1067 mm (42-inch) and of 914 mm (36-inch) diameter steel pipe * 52 receipt points connecting with lateral pipelines totaling about , ranging in length from about 0.3 to 142 km (0.2 to 96 miles) and in diameter from 114 to 610 mm (4 to 24 inch) * 7 mainline compressor stations of about 23 to 34 MW (31,000 to 46,000 hp) each, spaced about apart * 7 compressor stations on the lateral system that range from 0.4 - 15 MW (500 - 20,000 hp) * Mainline block valves spaced about every apart * Maximum Canadian operating pressure: 12,017 kPa (1,743 psig) * Contract capacity: 130.5 million cubic meter/d (4.6 Bcf/d) United States portion of the system * of 36-inch (914 mm) diameter steel pipe * 2 receipt points (Bantry) connecting the Prairie Rose Pipeline and Tioga Lateral connecting at Sherwood, ND * 7 compressor stations of about 31,000 hp (23 MW) each, spaced about apart * 11 delivery stations, including Aux Sable, Hankinson and Lyle * Mainline block valves spaced about every apart * Maximum US operating pressure: 13,341 kPa (1,935 psig) * Contract capacity: 42.8 million cubic meter/d (1.513 Bcf/d) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alliance Pipeline」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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