Capability

Citing limited operational flexibility and storage injection capability, along with high linepack, Tennessee said a systemwide Imbalance Warning to guard against the creation of excessive positive imbalances will take effect Wednesday. Operators of receipt/delivery points must observe the Imbalance Warning requirements “regardless of their cumulative imbalance position,” the pipeline said.

Due to an engine failure at MRT’s Unionville Storage facilities, starting Wednesday through approximately Aug. 6 the pipeline will be limited in injection capability there. See the bulletin board for associated transport restrictions.

Southern Natural Gas lifted Monday the Type 6 OFO that had begun Saturday due to high storage inventories and limited injection capability. Southern also said it will evaluate nominations for due-pipe imbalance make-ups on each scheduling cycle, but will allow make-ups only on days when forecasted storage injections do not exceed CSS injection entitlements.

The Meeker II gas processing plant in Colorado’s Piceance Basin has begun operations, doubling the capacity at the Meeker complex to 1.5 Bcf/d with the capability to extract up to 70,000 b/d of natural gas liquids (NGL), Enterprise Products Partners LP said last Thursday. The partnership also began operations at its recently expanded Shilling and Thompsonville processing plants in South Texas and expects its relocated Chaparral facility in the Permian Basin to begin processing gas later in March.

The Meeker II gas processing plant in Colorado’s Piceance Basin has begun operations, doubling the capacity at the Meeker complex to 1.5 Bcf/d with the capability to extract up to 70,000 b/d of natural gas liquids (NGL), Enterprise Products Partners LP said Thursday. The partnership also began operations at its recently expanded Shilling and Thompsonville processing plants in South Texas and expects its relocated Chaparral facility in the Permian Basin to begin processing gas later in March.

Global exchange IntercontinentalExchange Inc. (ICE) and Natural Gas Exchange Inc. (NGX) will provide deal entry capability to energy brokers for physically cleared over the counter (OTC) natural gas contracts, they said late last week. The companies also reported that three hubs will be added for physical clearing on Aug. 5.

Global exchange IntercontinentalExchange Inc. (ICE) and Natural Gas Exchange Inc. (NGX) will provide deal entry capability to energy brokers for physically cleared over the counter (OTC) natural gas contracts, they said Thursday. The companies also reported that three hubs will be added for physical clearing on Aug. 5.

New natural gas supply and delivery capability, including import capacity for liquefied natural gas (LNG), along with new investment in renewables and power-related infrastructure, are needed for reliability in New England and to improve competitive markets in the region, a new report released Wednesday concludes.

Duke Energy pipeline Texas Eastern Transmission LP has filed an abbreviated application at FERC seeking to bolster the performance capability of its depleted storage reservoir in western Maryland.