A 187-mile pipeline is being planned to cross Sedgwick County carrying volatile gas liquids, including propane and butane, from Kansas to Oklahoma.
County officials were briefed Wednesday about the plan by representatives of the Williams Companies Inc., a Tulsa-based energy giant with holdings in natural gas transportation and processing.
The pipeline will be called the Bluestem and will run from the town of Conway in McPherson County to Kingfisher County, Okla. The line will mostly run across farmland, but will pass through the city of Cheney.
It will carry 225,000 barrels a day of pressurized gas liquids that are by-products of natural gas production, said Jay Vincent, a contractor for Williams who met with the Sedgwick County commissioners on Wednesday.
The county will have to issue permits for the pipeline to cross county roads. Commissioners asked several safety-related questions about depth and leak prevention.
(Read more: Wichita Eagle)