Where Are Natural Gas Pipelines Located?

Natural gas is drawn from deep inside the earth and fed into pipelines that eventually feed into large transmission pipelines that crisscross the nation.

Once the gas arrives in Virginia, Richmond Gas Works distributes it through underground pipelines safely and reliably to its customers. Since these pipelines are underground, line markers are sometimes used when possible to approximate their location along a route.

These markers display the material transported (yellow means natural gas), the name of the pipeline owner, and telephone number of the owner in the event of an emergency or damaged pipeline. These markers only indicate the general location of the pipeline and cannot be relied upon to indicate the exact location of the pipeline.

Because many of these distribution lines are not marked, it is critical that people call 811 prior to ANY excavation. When excavation work is planned, the gas pipelines are identified with yellow paint markings or flags.