Six companies are getting behind a gas liquids pipeline fromAlabama and Mississippi to Louisiana fractionators. They’ve agreedto form Tri-States NGL Pipeline to build the pipeline from Alabamaand Mississippi to Louisiana fractionators. The line will linkthree processing plants under construction to new and expandedfractionators on the Mississippi River.

Project participants have agreed to form Tri-States NGL Pipelineto build the line. Participants with equal shares are AmocoPipeline, Enterprise Products Co., Koch Pipeline Southeast, a groupled by Duke Energy Field Services, Tejas Natural Gas Liquids, and aunit of Williams.

The common-carrier raw mix NGL line will be 160 miles of 12- and16-inch pipe and will have an initial capacity of 80,000 barrels/d,with a final capacity of 150,000 barrels/d. It will originate fromgas plants in the Mobile Bay area, including a 600 MMcf/d plantowned by Mobile Bay Processing Partners near Mobile, AL; a 600MMcf/d Williams plant near Mobile; and a 1 Bcf/d plant owned byShell and Amoco near Pascagoula, MS. Williams’ field services unitwill operate the line, which is expected to be in service byAugust.

A rate filing at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission isexpected in May. Rates will have a volume incentive.

Privately held Enterprise Products of Texas has fractionationfacilities in Texas and Mississippi, gas liquids pipelines inTexas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, and underground gasliquids storage facilities in Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana.Tejas Natural Gas Liquids, an affiliate of Shell Oil, is the gasprocessing, treating, fractionation, storage and NGL marketingbusiness formerly operated by Shell in Louisiana, Texas andMississippi. It was formed following the merger of Shell’smidstream gas business with Tejas Gas earlier this year.

Joe Fisher, Houston

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