Tennessee Gas Pipeline and CNG Transmission said the AtlanticAlliance Project open season will be extended to Nov. 30. The openseason was originally proposed to close on Sept. 30. The pipelinessaid potential shippers requested the extension because of increaseduncertainty regarding the Millennium and Independence/MarketLinkcertificate proceedings, especially pending FERC’s announced publicconference on Independence/MarketLink. The conference is scheduled forthis Wednesday (see Daily GPI, Sept.16). Additionally, the targeted gas-fired power plant market isstill being defined. The Atlantic Alliance Project is proposed totransport up to 750,000 Dth/d of gas from Chicago and the NiagaraImport Point to developing markets in the Northeast. It will includeaccess to Transco and the proposed MarketLink Project at Leidy, PA,and to Columbia and the proposed Millennium Project at Horseheads andGreenwood, NY. Capacity will be phased in as needed on Tennessee’s andCNG’s existing systems by adding limited facilities along existingrights-of-way.

El Paso’s Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. announced the completion ofits third link to Mexico’s Pemex Gas yesterday. The newinterconnect links Tennessee’s Donna lateral to existing facilitiesof Pemex Gas y Petroquimica Basica in Reynosa, Mexico. Financialterms were not disclosed. The 9.5 mile, 24-inch bi-directionalpipeline will flow up to 220,000 Dth/d. Pemex has entered into a10-year firm commitment for 185,000 Dth/d of capacity on the newfacilities and on Tennessee’s system. The El Paso subsidiary alsoserves Pemex through the $35 million Samalayuca Pipeline andanother interconnect from Naco, AZ.

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