Together they ensure that natural gas transmission companies follow applicable safety and environmental laws. In Canada, the federal government has policies and standards in place to ensure that natural gas pipelines are built and operated to protect the public's safety. The GSX project team will ensure that all regulated standards regarding pipeline design and safety are met or exceeded. Natural gas pipelines are built from high-strength steel and are carefully tested to ensure that they do not leak. Only after the pipeline is tested, is natural gas put into the pipeline and delivered to a variety of customers.
Some customers are large industrial users such as electrical generating plants.
Some may be local distribution companies that sell natural gas through smaller pipelines to homes and businesses. In the United States, approximately 30 pipeline companies are responsible for transporting more than 90 percent of the natural gas sold in interstate commerce. Williams is one of the largest participants in this vast transportation system. More than 48 million residential, commercial and industrial users depend on Wiliams Gas Pipeline every day to deliver natural gas. Williams' five interstate natural gas pipelines quietly, safely and reliably deliver natural gas in the U.S. through a 27,000-mile pipeline network stretching from coast to coast and from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico.