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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved a plan by National Fuel Gas Supply Corp. to relocate and increase the capacity of its Line N pipeline, which runs north from an interconnection with Texas Eastern Transmission in Greene County, PA, through Washington, Allegheny, Beaver, and Lawrence counties, and terminates near Slippery Rock in Butler County, PA. National Fuel will relocate parts of the 20-inch diameter line that have been subject to repeated disruptions by subsidence caused by long-wall coal mining in the area. The project calls for the replacement of about 30 miles of pipeline and the installation of a new 4,740 hp compressor station, which will boost capacity on the line running through prime Marcellus Shale territory. National Fuel said it has a precedent agreement with a producer for 150,000 Dth/d of firm transportation through the line. FERC also approved the company’s plan to leave the deactivated sections of Line N in place, since they could be needed in the future once mining operations are concluded to handle increased Marcellus production expected in the area.

A staff report on a Florida Power & Light Co. (FPL) proposal to construct a 280-mile intrastate pipeline to move natural gas north to Bradford County from Palm Beach County, which was sent to the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) Thursday, includes both a primary recommendation to approve the application and an alternative recommendation to deny it.

Florida Power & Light Co. (FPL) said last week it wants to construct a 300-mile intrastate natural gas pipeline to move gas north to Bradford County from Palm Beach County. The proposal, which was filed with the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC), said the pipeline could be in service as early as 2014.

Florida Power & Light Co. (FPL) on Tuesday proposed to construct a 300-mile intrastate natural gas pipeline to move gas north to Bradford County from Palm Beach County. The proposal, filed with the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC), could be in service as early as 2014.

NorthernStar Energy LLC could start construction in the first of half of next year on the Bradford Landing liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal on the Columbia River in Oregon, following what one of the company’s senior officers called a “positive recommendation” from FERC staff in the project’s draft environmental review.