page_title: Newcomb Township, Champaign County, Illinois
section_title: Natural gas storage area
hierarchical_section_title: Newcomb Township, Champaign County, Illinois / Natural gas storage area
caption_attribution_description: Manlove Field Natural gas storage area operated by Peoples Gas Light &amp; Coke Company.(40°14′33″N 088°25′17″W﻿ / ﻿40.2425°N 88.42139°W)
context_page_description: Newcomb Township is a township in Champaign County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,292 and it contained 492 housing units.
context_section_description: Though the township is mostly farmland, it also contains the Manlove Field Natural gas storage area operated by Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company.(40°14′33″N 088°25′17″W) The storage facility is an underground aquifer opened in 1966 capable of storing around 150 billion cubic feet (4.2×10⁹ m³) of natural gas for delivery to the Chicago area via connected pipelines. Peoples gas holds property easements covering around 32,000 acres (129.5 km²) for the storage facility and co-located liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant.
caption: Peoples Gas Manlove Field Natural gas storage area. In the foreground is one onf the numerous wells in the area with the LNG plant and tanks in the background.
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