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Testimony to the Kansas Senate Utilities Committee, February 27, 2001

• Presented by Joe L. Ratigan on behalf of the city of Hutchinson (430 k)

Testimony to the Kansas House Utilities Committee, March 8, 2001

• Presented by Karl Mueldener, Kansas Dept. of Health and Environment (132 k)

Testimony to the Kansas House Environment Committee, March 13, 2001

• Presented by M. Lee Allison, Kansas Geological Survey (12 k)

The following list of gas storage fields was provided by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
It is not complete and is being updated. Note the following changes:

1. the Western Resources Yaggy facility is now the Kansas Gas Service Yaggy facility;
2. the Koch Hydrocarbons, Inc operator (third from bottom) is now Williams; and
3. the Mapco Fractionating operator (second from bottom) is now Williams.

(see also table of underground gas storage facilities regulated by KDHE, described below)

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) regulates underground gas storage in salt caverns. KDHE has provided a table of underground gas storage facilities regulated by KDHE. Locations of those facilities are shown below. The Kansas Gas Service Yaggy facility is the only facility in Kansas in which natural gas is stored in salt caverns. The remainder of the facilities listed in the table and shown on the map store gas liquids.

Locations of gas storage facilities in salt caverns in Kansas (includes both natural gas and gas liquids storage). These facilities are regulated by KDHE (map from KDHE).

In the vicinity of Hutchinson, the Kansas Gas Service (Yaggy) facility stores natural gas. The Ferrellgas and Koch facilities are used for gas liquids storage.

Gas storage facilities in the vicinity of Hutchinson.
These facilities are regulated by KDHE (map from KDHE).

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