Spire Storage overview

At Spire, we believe that natural gas is vital to America's affordable energy future, as well as its energy independence. 

Spire Storage facilities in Wyoming and Oklahoma provide safe, reliable storage and support grid security for a diverse customer base throughout the Midwest and Western U.S. regions. 

Storage in Wyoming

This facility comprises two underground natural gas storage fields adjacent to and connected with each other: the Clear Creek Field and the Belle Butte Field, near Evanston, Wyoming, in Uinta County. 

The Spire Storage gas storage facility can serve major markets throughout the Western U.S., including Southern and Northern California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, the Pacific Northwest and the Desert Southwest through the facility’s pipeline connections:

• Kern River Gas Transmission
• Ruby Pipeline
• MountainWest Pipeline
• MountainWest Overthrust Pipeline
• Northwest Pipeline

Storage in Oklahoma

As of April 1, 2023, Spire owns Salt Plains Storage. Located in Manchester, Oklahoma, this facility is now called Spire Storage Salt Plains.

Salt Plains is a depleted reservoir natural gas storage facility located in Grant County, Oklahoma, near the Oklahoma and Kansas border. The facility has a certificated working gas capacity of 17 Bcf; a peak withdrawal rate of 250 MMCF/d; and a peak injection rate of 100 MMCF/d.

Salt Plains is equipped with 10,500 horsepower of compression and 30 storage wells and is interconnected with Southern Star Central Pipeline and ONEOK Gas Transmission lines via a 12.5 mile, 16-inch header

Spire Storage serves customer groups including electric utilities, gas utilities, pipelines, industrial manufacturers, gas marketers/traders and natural gas producers.  

The facility’s two storage fields are connected and operated in an integrated manner and currently provide firm and interruptible storage services and interruptible wheeling services at market-based rates. 

The facility is led by a dedicated operations team, with strong experience in natural gas processing, gathering, exploration and production operations, and a commitment to ensuring the integrity of customer needs.

Spire Storage is committed to being a positive, contributing member of the areas where we live and work

We are a proud community partner and have relationships with several organizations across the communities where we do business.

In Wyoming, here are a few of the organizations we support:

• Boys & Girls Club of Evanston
• Evanston Cowboy Days
• United Way of Southwest Wyoming
• Evanston Volunteer Firefighters
• University of Wyoming Extension
• 4-H in Uinta County

In Oklahoma, we look forward to being part of the Manchester and surrounding Grant County communities.

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One of our core values is safety, and there's nothing more important to us than protecting people and the planet we all share. 

At Spire Storage, we take several actions to help Spire Inc. meet its goal to becoming a carbon neutral company by 2050 and to protect the environment. For example:

• We use renewable solar energy at all well pads
• Participate in local oil filter recycling programs
• Conduct aerial leak surveys to monitor and reduce methane emissions

Our team of professionals also works diligently to ensure the safety of our operations. We conduct ongoing monitoring and surveillance, routine inspections and maintenance work to keep our facilities safe. Plus, we train with first responders to help bring our safety protocols to life, so we're prepared for anything.

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