November 18, 2009 (FinancialWire) — Williams (NYSE: WMB) said it has filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to expand its Transco natural gas pipeline to serve markets in the southeastern United States.

The company said that new service from the Mobile Bay South II Expansion project would be available in the spring of 2011, subject to FERC approval.

The project is designed to create an additional 380,000 dekatherms of southbound, year-round firm transportation capacity on the Mobile Bay Lateral from Transco’s mainline at Station 85 near Butler, Alabama, to its interconnect with Gulfstream Natural Gas System in Coden, Alabama.

Tulsa-based Williams finds, produces, gathers, processes and transports natural gas. Williams’ operations are concentrated in the Pacific Northwest, Rocky Mountains, Gulf Coast, and Eastern Seaboard.

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