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Williams outlines small compressor-station project near Highway 191, schedules public meeting
Summary
Williams told Daggett County commissioners it plans to add a compressor station on BLM land near Highway 191, beginning the FERC review process and holding a public meeting Thursday in Dutch John; company says the project would add about 83,000 dekatherms per day of capacity and enter service around 2027.
Williams state-government affairs director Jimmy Hamentry told the Daggett County Commission on July 15 that the company plans to add a compressor station to the Northwest Pipeline on Bureau of Land Management land near Highway 191 and is in the early stages of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) review.
"We're just adding a compressor station to our existing system," Hamentry said, and invited local residents and agency representatives to a community meeting on Thursday at Dutch John Town Hall from 4 to 6 p.m.
Hamentry said the permitting process is lengthy: Williams began the FERC pre-filing process in May and expects to seek approval and begin construction in the third quarter of 2026, with commercial service around 2027. He said the addition would provide about "83,000 dekatherms per day of new capacity to the system," which he characterized as roughly the equivalent supply to heat about "almost 400,000 homes." He also said the site would be on BLM land and that FERC is conducting environmental review.
Commissioners asked whether the station would be manned and whether it would create permanent local jobs; Hamentry said the facility would not add permanent full‑time positions but would produce construction jobs during the build phase. He described seasonal pipeline flows — drawing gas out of nearby storage in winter and injecting in summer — and said the upgrade would enhance bidirectional capacity on the system.
The company provided a public-outreach contact and encouraged attendance at the Dutch John meeting for technical questions from subject-matter experts.
No formal action, permit condition or county-level approval was recorded during the presentation; Hamentry described federal (FERC) jurisdiction for permitting.
The commission did not vote on the project at the meeting. The next procedural step for local residents is the Williams-hosted public meeting and the ongoing FERC environmental process.
