TransCanada Alaska Co. LLC (TC Alaska) has suspended development of the North Slope-to-Alberta leg (Alberta option) of its planned Alaska Pipeline Project while it assesses other alternatives to commercialize Alaska North Slope gas, including the potential export of liquefied North Slope gas, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) said in a report to Congress. Following an unsuccessful open season, “TC Alaska notified the Commission on May 11 it was curtailing interim work on the Alberta option while requesting to maintain the record in Docket No. PF09-11 for potential future use. Keeping the prefiling docket open will enable the draft resource reports and other information…to remain viable until TC Alaska moves forward on either the Alberta option or another alternative,” FERC said. TC Alaska “also indicated it was working with Alaska North Slope producers to explore the feasibility of developing a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project that would include constructing a pipeline from the North Slope to an LNG export terminal at an undetermined location in Southcentral Alaska (LNG option). TC Alaska estimated that it would file an application with the Commission for that project in October 2014,” the agency told Congress. “The Commission will not move forward to the next step in its NEPA [National Environmental Policy Act] process until TC Alaska decides whether it will proceed with a pipeline to serve North American markets (Alberta option) or embarks on a project to liquefy and export natural gas to foreign markets (LNG option).”
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FERC Updates Congress on Switch in Plans for Alaska Gas
TransCanada Alaska Co. LLC (TC Alaska) has suspended development of the North Slope-to-Alberta leg (Alberta option) of its planned Alaska Pipeline Project while it assesses other alternatives to commercialize Alaska North Slope gas, including the potential export of liquefied North Slope gas, FERC said in its 14th report to Congress on the Alaska pipeline project.
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Pacific Gas & Electric implemented a systemwide Stage 2 high-inventory OFO for its California Gas Transmission system Saturday. The order assesses penalties of $1/Dth for exceeding a 16% tolerance on positive daily imbalances.
Sabine’s Force Majeure Continues as Damage is Assessed
Sabine Pipe Line said Sunday that the force majeure at all receipt and delivery points continues to remain in effect as the company assesses Hurricane Rita damage.
DOE Study Assesses Impact of Regulatory, Environmental Constraints on Gas Supply
About 30 major regulatory and environmental impediments to natural gas production have taken substantial amounts of supply off the market at a time of rapidly increasing gas demand, according to a new report titled “Environmental Policy and Regulatory Constraints to Natural Gas Production” by the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory.
10 Years After Massive Quake, SoCalGas Assesses Delivery System
Nearing the 10-year anniversary of the Northridge earthquake that jolted the Los Angeles metropolitan area awake in the still-dark early morning hours of Jan. 17, 1994, one of the major utilities impacted, Sempra Energy’s Southern California Gas Co., looked back Tuesday over how its largest-in-the-nation gas infrastructure has been upgraded over the past decade.
Industry Assesses Damage as Enron Stock Falls Even Lower
In the continuing saga of what has been described as “one of the world’s biggest ever corporate failures,” Enron Corp.’s European arm filed for protection from its creditors Thursday, while major energy industry players rushed to reassure investors that their individual exposures to the troubles of Enron Corp. were minimal. The companies attempted to boost confidence in the energy sector as Enron stock dropped another 25 cents to close at 36 cents Thursday on trades of nearly 265 million shares.
Questar Assesses Options for Proposed Pipeline Under New CA Gas Rate
The sponsors of an oil-to-natural gas converted pipeline are weighing their alternatives for the California portion of the line in the wake of a state-created “peaking rate” for end-users choosing new gas service options. At stake is a potential added 120 MMcf/d of supplies to Southern California, and possibly more.
California Cools Off; ISO Assesses Impact
With temperatures dropping considerably out of theirtriple-digit-heat conditions on Friday, California energy officialsbegan assessing the economic and operating impact of rotatingblackouts in numerous San Francisco Bay Area neighborhoods lastWednesday and the curtailment Thursday of 135 large industrialcustomers in Sacramento and Stockton totaling 300 MW.
California Cools Off; ISO Assesses Impact
With temperatures dropping considerably out of theirtriple-digit-heat conditions on Friday, California energy officialsbegan assessing the economic and operating impact of rotatingblackouts in numerous San Francisco Bay Area neighborhoods lastWednesday and the curtailment Thursday of 135 large industrialcustomers in Sacramento and Stockton totaling 300 MW.
