Application

The national pipeline expansion frenzy continued this week with Tennessee Gas Pipeline announcing a certificate application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to add new pipeline capacity in New England at its connection with the Maritimes & Northeast pipeline, which imports Canadian gas produced offshore Nova Scotia at the Sable Offshore Energy Project.

Southern Natural Gas filed an application with FERC last week for a $24.9 million pipeline expansion project designed to serve a new power plant being built in Calhoun County, AL, by Calhoun Power and to provide additional capacity for Alabama Gas Co. and the City of Sylacauga, AL. The project will add 33 MMcf/d of firm capacity to the Sonat system, and when combined with existing unused summer capacity, will enable Southern to transport a total of 118 MMcf/d for the three customers.

El Paso subsidiary Southern Natural Gas Co. filed a certificate application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to construct and operate a $240 million pipeline to transport vaporized LNG to Jacksonville, FL, from a recommissioned import terminal at Elba Island, GA, near Savannah. (see Daily GPI, April 26, 2000).

Southern Natural Gas filed an application with FERC this week for a $24.9 million pipeline expansion project designed to serve a new power plant being built in Calhoun County, AL, by Calhoun Power and to provide additional capacity for Alabama Gas Co. and the City of Sylacauga, AL. The project will add 33 MMcf/d of firm capacity to the Sonat system, and when combined with existing unused summer capacity, will enable Southern to transport a total of 118 MMcf/d for the three customers.

Chandeleur Pipe Line Co. has asked FERC for the go-ahead toincrease the capacity of its 12-inch mainline to 321 MMcf/d from280 MMcf/d. In an application filed Monday, the pipeline said itwas seeking the additional capacity to accommodate greaterproduction levels and a planned new interconnection with DestinPipeline Co. L.L.C., which is being built under the blanketconstruction certificates of both Destin and Chandeleur. Theinterconnection will serve a refinery in Pascagoula, MS, owned byChevron Products Co., an affiliate of Chandeleur’s. The pipelinenoted that it already has conducted an open season for the proposednew mainline capacity, and is in the process of completingprecedent agreements with shippers. The Chandeleur system — whichconsists of an 80-mile, 12-inch mainline; a parallel 82-mile,16-inch mainline; and an 11-mile, 12-inch lateral — extends fromoffshore Louisiana and Mississippi to onshore Mississippi. Inaddition to serving Chevron Products, Chandeleur hasinterconnections with Gulf South Pipeline and Texas EasternTransmission.

Williams’ Northwest Pipeline has filed a FERC application thatwould allow the company to expand upon a system that is alreadyclassified as one of the nation’s largest natural gas transporters.The filing would allow Northwest to build and operate a newnine-mile, 20-inch diameter lateral pipeline in Snohomish County,WA.

Williams’ Northwest Pipeline has filed a FERC application thatwould allow the company to expand upon a system that is alreadyclassified as one of the nation’s largest natural gas transporters.The filing would allow Northwest to build and operate a newnine-mile, 20-inch lateral pipeline in Snohomish County, WA.

Kern River Gas Transmission, a subsidiary of Williams, filed anapplication last week with FERC to add 124,500 Dth/d of additionalfirm transportation capacity to its 922-mile pipeline system. Thecompany said the California Expansion Project will not only provideadditional transportation capacity from Wyoming to markets inCalifornia, but also will provide an opportunity for Williams tooffer significantly reduced rates for firm transportation based onthe recent approval by FERC of Kern River’s Extended Term RateProgram.

Kern River Gas Transmission, a subsidiary of Williams, said itplanned on filing an application yesterday with FERC to add 124,500Dth/d of additional firm transportation capacity to its 922-milepipeline system. The company said the California Expansion Projectwill not only provide additional natural gas capacity from Wyomingto markets in California, but also will provide an opportunity forWilliams to offer significantly reduced rates for firmtransportation based on the recent approval by FERC of Kern River’sExtended Term Rate Program.