Houston-based Petal Gas Storage LLC has scheduled an open season between Oct. 1-7 for up to 600,000 MMBtu of firm natural gas storage capacity and up to 60,000 MMBtu of firm transportation capacity beginning April 1.

The Petal facilities, which consist of 9.5 Bcf of high-deliverability natural gas storage and 30,400 horsepower of compression, have bi-directional interconnects with Tennessee Gas Pipeline, Gulf South Pipeline and Hattiesburg Gas Storage. Via the Petal Pipeline, a 60-mile take-away pipeline between Petal, MS and Enterprise, MS, there are additional bi-directional interconnects with Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line, Southern Natural Gas and Destin Pipeline.

Customers interested in bidding on the available capacity must complete a Request for Service Form(s), which may be obtained at www.starwebgas.com or by contacting Russ Kovin at (832) 676-5659.

Petal is a subsidiary of GulfTerra Energy Partners LP, a publicly traded master limited partnership with interests in a diversified set of midstream assets located both offshore and onshore.

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