Assessment

FERC Tuesday issued a favorable environmental assessment (EA) for the proposed ETC Tiger Pipeline that would provide takeaway capacity from the increasingly constrained Carthage Hub in East Texas and the Haynesville Shale play to markets in the Midwest, Northeast and Southeast.

In a reprise of legislation that died in committee last year, a proposal has surfaced at the opening of the new session for the Oregon Legislature requiring a needs assessment for any liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal or connecting pipeline tied to imports of new natural gas supplies into the state. The action is supposedly in response to the state’s three pending LNG terminal projects now in various stages of permitting (see Daily GPI, Jan. 4).

FERC has issued a favorable environmental assessment of Blue Sky Gas Storage LLC’s proposal to build a natural gas storage project in Logan County, CO, with proposed interconnects with the Rockies Express, Trailblazer and Kinder Morgan Interstate pipelines and access to Cheyenne Hub by backhaul on Trailblazer. The Blue Sky storage facility, which would be located north of Sterling, CO, would have working capacity of 4.4 Bcf, with the potential for expansion subject to approval by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and market demand. It would be capable of delivering gas at a rate of 100 MMcf/d and receiving gas for injection at a rate of 100 MMcf/d. The central Rockies currently lacks sufficient storage capacity and the Blue Sky project would be an important addition to the market, said Blue Sky, an affiliate of Linear Energy Management LP, a privately owned midstream pipeline company.

FERC has given a favorable environmental assessment (EA) to two related expansions proposed by Texas Eastern Transmission (Tetco) to carry Rocky Mountain natural gas to Northeast markets.

FERC Friday issued a favorable environmental assessment (EA) of Mississippi Hub LLC’s proposal to expand the working gas capacity of its salt cavern storage facility that is under construction in south-central Mississippi.

FERC Friday issued a favorable environmental assessment (EA) of Pine Prairie Energy Center LLC’s proposal to double the working gas capacity of its storage project near the Henry Hub in Louisiana to 48 Bcf.

FERC Friday issued a favorable environmental assessment to Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line for its proposed 308,500 Dth/d system expansion to serve natural gas markets in the Southeast.

About 30% of the world’s undiscovered natural gas could be trapped beneath the land and waters of the Arctic north, according to a new assessment by geologists at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Additionally, 13% of the world’s undiscovered oil could lie in the region.

About 30% of the world’s undiscovered natural gas could be trapped beneath the land and waters of the Arctic north, according to a new assessment by geologists at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Additionally, 13% of the world’s undiscovered oil could lie in the region.