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Article: Expanded natural gas pipeline provides more Mainers option
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
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- October 16, 2009
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BREWER - The newly expanded Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline has
created a real opportunity for more Mainers to have access to
natural gas, Tina Faraca, Maritimes president, said just before a
Thursday ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Brewer Compressor Station.
The company began shipping natural gas between Nova Scotia and
Massachusetts in 1999 and recently completed an expansion that
doubles the pipeline's capacity and opens doors for new suppliers,
she said.
"It's the cleanest-burning conventional fuel [and] it's abundant
and reliable," Faraca said. "As we bring more supplies to the state,
it will bring more opportunities for use."
The company's $300 million Phase IV expansion project went on ...