The Williams
Companies, Inc have key production areas in the Arkoma, Fort
Worth, Piceance, Powder River and San Juan basins, and are the tenth
largest natural gas producer in the United States. Most recently,
Williams entered the
Marcellus Shale gas play in the Appalachian Basin, applying
their prior experience in coalbed, tight sands and
shale
formations.
Williams midstream operations include two dozen gas
processing facilities and over 10,000 miles of gas gathering
pipelines, as well as deepwater infrastructure hubs. Their companies
include: Aux Sable Liquid Products; Discovery Producer
Services, LLC; Discovery Gas Transmission Services, LLC;
and
Laurel Mountain Midstream, LLC, with service areas in
Canada, Colorado, the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf Coast, Kansas, New
Mexico, Pennsylvania and Wyoming.
Williams pipeline operations include three interstate natural
gas pipeline systems: Gulfstream, Northwest Pipeline
and Transco.
- Gulfstream
pipeline is a partnership with
Spectra Energy, delivering natural gas across the Gulf
of Mexico to Florida through a 745-mile pipeline.
- Northwest
Pipeline is a 3,900 mile western US pipeline used primarily
for transmission of natural gas to the Intermountain Region and
the Pacific Northwest, also providing access to British Columbia
and Alberta Canada.
- Transco
is a 10,000 mile pipeline stretching from south Texas to New
York City, providing natural gas to a dozen Southeastern US and
Atlantic Seaboard states.
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Brief History of Williams:
- 1908 –
Began building natural gas and petroleum pipelines in Arkansas.
- 1919 –
Relocated to Tulsa, Oklahoma.
- 1966 –
Purchased Great Lakes Pipeline Company, the largest US
petroleum products pipeline.
- 1970 –
Name changed from Williams Brothers to The Williams
Companies, Inc.
- 1982 –
Purchased Northwest Energy Company.
- 1995 –
Purchased Transco Energy Company.
- 1997 –
Adopted the shortened name of WILLIAMS.
- 2001 –
Acquired Barrett Resources natural gas reserves.
- More
recently, Williams has expanded exploration, production and
midstream in the Marcellus Shale.
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