As more natural gas comes from the Marcellus shale, corporations are capitalizing on low prices with a proliferation of pipelines in New Jersey, experts say.
More than a dozen New Jersey pipeline projects have been in service, under construction or waiting for approval at the state or federal level in the past 12 months.
The Cape Atlantic Reliability Project will serve the B.L. England plant in Upper Township while feeding natural gas throughout Cape May and Atlantic counties. The pipeline would stretch 22 miles from Maurice River Township in Cumberland County to B.L. England and includes a 10-mile route through protected Pinelands. The cost will be upward of $100 million, according to Folsom-based South Jersey Industries, parent company of South Jersey Gas.
New Jersey Natural Gas’ Southern Reliability Link, which will stretch 30 miles and serve three counties, including Ocean County, is projected at $178 million.
And the PennEast Pipeline, a 118-mile project that stretches from Luzerne County in northeast Pennsylvania to Mercer County, is estimated at a $1 billion total investment. South Jersey Industries is a 20 percent partner in the project as well.