Black Hills : Shale Gas Basins and Pipelines

Shale Gas Basins and Natural Gas Pipelines

Northwest P/L

Ruby P/L

Kern River P/L

Pipeline	Length	Capacity
El Paso	10,200 miles	4.8 bcf/d
Kern River	1,700 miles	2.2 bcf/d
Northwest	4,000 miles	3.7 bcf/d
Ruby	680 miles	1.5 bcf/d
Transwestern	2,500 miles	2.8 bcf/d

Transwestern P/L

El Paso P/L

Purple - major shale gas production basins Green lines - major pipelines serving Pacific West Black lines - natural gas pipelines

Supply disruptions on EL Paso P/L can redirect supply demands from West Texas to Rockies, which ultimately pressures Rocky Mountain pricing

Note: Information and mapping from S&P Capital IQ and pipeline websites

Daily Spot Natural Gas Prices

NW Rockies Hubs

$55

$50

$45

$40

$35

$30

$25

$20

$15

$10

$5

$0

12/1/22

12/8/22

12/15/22

12/22/22

12/29/22

1/5/23

1/12/23

1/19/23

1/26/23

2/2/23

2/9/23

2/16/23

2/23/23

Cheyenne

CIG RM

HH

Kern River

SJ Basin

Opal

Green River

Questar

White River

Note: Information from S&P Capital IQ