Boardwalk Pipeline Partners LP subsidiaries Gulf Crossing Pipeline Co. LLC and Gulf South Pipeline Co. LP Tuesday asked FERC for the go-ahead to place in service the initial portion of the Gulf Crossing project from Grayson County, TX, to Ouachita Parish, LA, by Friday (Jan. 16).

“Specifically, Gulf Crossing is seeking written authorization to place the new pipeline in service, on a free-flow basis, from the new interconnect with Enterprise Texas Pipeline from MP [Mile Post] 0.0 to the Texas Gas [Transmission LLC metering and regulating] station at MP 302.9,” the companies wrote in their letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

In addition, Gulf Crossing asked FERC for authorization to place three metering facilities in service: Enterprise Texas Pipeline’s station in Grayson County; Enogex Inc.’s station in Bryan County, OK; and Texas Gas Transmission’s station in Ouachita Parish.

The latest request comes two weeks after the Commission gave Gulf South the green light to place in service the 42-inch diameter Mississippi Loop of the Gulf Crossing project (see Daily GPI, Dec. 24, 2008). The 17.8 miles of pipeline loop are located between Hinds County, MS, and Simpson County, MS.

The two pipelines also have asked FERC to amend their operating lease agreement so Gulf Crossing can lease on Gulf South a maximum of 1.1 Bcf/d, rather than 1.05 Bcf/d.

Gulf Crossing expects to place in service during the first quarter the 356.3-mile, 42-inch diameter pipeline and associated compression facilities (100,734 hp) extending from Sherman, TX, in Grayson County to an interconnect with affiliate Gulf South Pipeline’s Tallulah Compressor Station in Madison Parish, LA. It also proposes to lease up to 165,000 Dth/d of upstream capacity on the Oklahoma intrastate system of Enogex and more than 1 Bcf/d of capacity on Gulf South from Tallulah to an interconnect with Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line’s Station 85 in Choctaw County, AL, located at the terminus of Gulf South’s 116-mile Southeast Expansion Project [CP07-398, CP07-401]. FERC approved the Gulf Crossing Pipeline project last May (see Daily GPI, May 7,2008).

The companies said they expect the project to provide up to 1.732 Bcf/d of capacity. Devon Energy Corp., Enterprise Products Partners LP and Crosstex Energy LP are among the companies that have committed to transportation capacity on the line.

In November FERC approved MarkWest Pioneer LLC’s proposal to build the 24-inch diameter Arkoma Connector Pipeline, which would extend from the outlet of an affiliate’s existing treating plant in northeast Oklahoma 50 miles in a southeasterly direction to near Bennington, OK, where it would interconnect with the proposed Midcontinent Express and Gulf Crossing pipeline systems (see Daily GPI, Nov. 14, 2008). MarkWest’s interstate natural gas pipeline would allow producers in the Woodford Shale area of Oklahoma to access Midcontinent Express and Gulf Crossing for delivery of their gas to eastern markets.

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