Open Seasons Begin Today for Transco Pipeline Expansions
Posted on Feb 8, 2006 in Markets and Competition, Pipelines | Comments Off on Open Seasons Begin Today for Transco Pipeline Expansions
Williams has announced that it will initiate open seasons today for participation in two pipeline expansion initiatives. The Production Area Mainline project would allow the company to transport gas and LNG from the Louisiana Gulf Coast to various points along the Transco pipeline grid, which goes north up to New Jersey and New York. “These pipeline projects represent...
Construction and Supply Tenders for Manzanillo Terminal Forthcoming
Posted on Feb 7, 2006 in Canada & Mexico, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Construction and Supply Tenders for Manzanillo Terminal Forthcoming
Platts LNG Daily yesterday reported that Mexico’s state-owned power company, Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE), hopes to issue two tenders this month for its Manzanillo LNG terminal. One is for constructing and operating the terminal and the other is for a 25-year supply contract starting in April 2010. CFE hopes to assess the offers in six months and finalize contracts by...
FERC Asks Bayou Casotte Energy to Address Gas Composition Issues
Posted on Feb 3, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Gas Composition, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Asks Bayou Casotte Energy to Address Gas Composition Issues
In a letter dated Feb. 2, FERC’s Office of Energy Projects asked Bayou Casotte Energy, which has proposed the Casotte Landing LNG terminal in Pascagoula, Miss., to supply information regarding the degree to which the Natural Gas Liquids Extraction System will “remove liquids such that the resultant gas quality conforms to the applicable sections of each interconnecting...
FERC Approves NEPA Pre-Filing for Elba Island Expansion Project
Posted on Feb 2, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on FERC Approves NEPA Pre-Filing for Elba Island Expansion Project
In a letter issued February 1, 2006, FERC accepted Southern LNG’s request to initiate the NEPA pre-filing process for its proposed expansion to increase storage capacity and deliverability at its Elba Island LNG terminal and construct 191 miles of pipeline facilities. The letter is available in the FERC e-Library in Docket...
Canadian LNG Construction Progressing
Posted on Feb 1, 2006 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Canadian LNG Construction Progressing
The Daily Oil Bulletin reports that two Canadian LNG projects are making headway toward completion by Nov. 2008. Anadarko has obtained permits and begun construction on its Bear Head LNG project in Nova Scotia. Clearing and site work are also underway at Canaport in Saint John, New Brunswick. In 2005, both terminals signed transportation agreements with Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline...
Norway’s TORP Submits Application to USCG for Offshore LNG Project
Posted on Jan 30, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Norway’s TORP Submits Application to USCG for Offshore LNG Project
Platts LNG Daily reported that Norway’s TORP Technology filed an official application Friday with the U.S. Coast Guard for its proposed Bienville Offshore Energy Terminal south of Alabama. The facility, which is expected to come online in 2009, would use proprietary HiLoad technology to unload LNG and would build twenty miles of pipeline to reach the existing transport system....