Assessment

Southern California Gas (SoCalGas) did not extend a high-linepack OFO beyond Tuesday. An initial assessment of the Aliso Canyon storage facility, which was shut down Monday due to a wildfire threat (see Daily GPI, Oct. 14a), indicates no damage to any major structures, SoCalGas said, adding, “It is not known, at this time, when the facility will be back in service.”

FERC Friday issued a favorable environmental assessment (EA) of Texas Eastern Transmission (Tetco) pipeline’s proposal to build its proposed Northern Bridge project to transport 150 MMcf/d of Rocky Mountain natural gas to Northeast markets.

Destin Pipeline said Friday it had completed initial assessment of its offshore facilities and there appeared to be no significant damage. However, due to power outages affecting downstream pipes, Destin said it is unable to accept nominations from offshore receipt points at this time.

FERC Friday issued a favorable environmental assessment (EA) for North Baja Pipeline’s proposal to build the U.S. leg of a lateral between the United States and Mexico in Yuma County, AZ.

The Kern River Gas Transmission Co. 2010 Expansion Project has been set for environmental assessment by the FERC, the agency said Monday. The project would involve new facilities as well as improvements to existing facilities in Lincoln and Uinta counties in Wyoming and San Bernardino County, CA.

The Black Warrior Storage Project in Mississippi has been slated for an environmental assessment, the FERC said Monday. The project, which would provide up to 24.7 Bcf of working gas capacity, is being developed by Southeast Gas Storage LLC (SGS), an affiliate of El Paso Corp.’s Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.

Following an Oregon state-sponsored assessment that natural gas prices this winter will rise and a newspaper editorial favorable to liquefied natural gas (LNG), a NorthernStar Natural Gas official expressed confidence Tuesday that the company’s Bradwood Landing LNG project along the Columbia River will gain FERC approval despite its removal from the commission’s agenda.

FERC has issued a favorable environmental assessment (EA) of Petal Gas Storage LLC’s proposal to expand the working gas capacity at its storage facility in Forrest County, MS.

FERC Monday issued a favorable environmental assessment for Tennessee Gas Pipeline’s proposal to expand the pipeline’s lateral in New Hampshire. The expansion of the Concord lateral calls for the construction of a new compressor station in Pelham, NH, and modifications to existing piping at its existing Laconia Meter Station in Concord, NH. The new compression would create an additional 30,000 Dth/d of capacity from Dracut, MA, to Laconia, NH, providing incremental natural gas transportation to customers of Energy North Natural Gas.