Spectra Energy Corp. is holding a pair of open seasons to assess customer requirements for expanded transportation service on its Transportation North (T-North) system and for raw gas gathering and processing service in the Fort Nelson resource area in British Columbia (BC), the Calgary-based company said Tuesday. Both open seasons close May 7.

Included in the transportation services binding open season is up to 200 MMcf/d of firm transportation service from Spectra’s Fort Nelson Gas Plant to existing and proposed delivery points into the NOVA Gas Transmission system. The planned expansion has a targeted in-service date of January 2012. Spectra is also seeking nonbinding expressions of interest for incremental transportation capacity required in 2012 or later between receipt and delivery points on the T-North system.

Interested parties must submit a service request by 3 p.m. MDT on May 7. Details and nomination forms are available at www.wei-pipeline.com. For information contact Mel Thorp, director of marketing and business development, at (403) 699-1578 or at melthorp@spectraenergy.com.

Spectra is also seeking nonbinding expressions of interest for the expansion of raw gas transmission service and processing service at its Fort Nelson Gas Plant and its Fort Nelson North Processing Facility. The expansion would handle new production from BC’s budding Horn River shale gas field. Interested parties must submit a nomination form by 3 p.m. MDT on May 7. For information and nomination forms contact Brian Tanaka, director of marketing, field services, at (403) 699-1810 or at btanaka@spectraenergy.com.

©Copyright 2010Intelligence Press Inc. All rights reserved. The preceding news reportmay not be republished or redistributed, in whole or in part, in anyform, without prior written consent of Intelligence Press, Inc.