The US Energy Information Administration estimates that US natural gas pipeline companies added about 2,400 miles (3,862 km) of new pipe to the grid as part of more than 25 projects in 2011. New pipeline projects entered service in parts of the US natural gas grid that can be congested: California, Florida, and parts of the Northeast.
Natural gas pipeline capacity additions in 2011. Source: EIA. Click to enlarge.
Only a portion of this capacity serves incremental natural gas use; most of these projects facilitate better linkages across the existing natural gas grid.
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