Stagecoach Gas Storage Facility
The Stagecoach Natural Gas Storage Facility was aquired by Inergy in August 2005. Please see press release section for more information on the sale.
Prior to conversion to a storage field, the Stagecoach Field was a substantially depleted gas producing reservoir consisting of three separate pools (two in New York and one in Pennsylvania). Stagecoach is located about twenty miles southwest of Binghamton, New York, and extends approximately eleven miles in a northeast/southwest direction from the Village of Apalachin in Tioga County, New York, to the northern part of Bradford County, Pennsylvania. 
The first phase of the Stagecoach project has a working gas capacity of 13 Bcf, and was placed in operation in the second quarter of 2002. This phase has a withdrawal capability of 500,000 Mcf per day and injection capability of 250,000 Mcf per day on the last day of injection as the reservoir pressure approaches the maximum operating pressure of 3250 psi. This capability is made possible by ten horizontal storage wells and 25,000 Hp of compression provided by three 8,333 Hp electric drive centrifugal compressors with magnetic bearings. The compressors were manufactured by MAN Turbo and are the first to incorporate the “sealed case” in a multi-stage compressor
In addition to the highly technical aspects of the project, significant attention was given to the project's impact on the community and environment. eCORP's philosophy is to be a "Good Neighbor" in communities in which the Company develops projects, and to minimize the disruption and inconvenience to the community and its environment during the construction and operation of its projects. Consistent with this philosophy, from the beginning of the development phase of the Stagecoach project, eCORP met with community leaders and citizens and strived to design the project so that it would blend into the surrounding environment to the extent possible. The Central Compressor Station was designed so that the gas dehydration and processing equipment would not be visible from nearby roads. Award winning architectural design was utilized to camouflage the building. The exposed exterior walls of the building are designed to be covered with natural stone and rooftop planting was used.
The balance of the exterior walls are concealed with contoured and landscaped earthen berms covering much of the first floor of the two story structure.