Capacity

NGPL said its Gulf Coast system was at capacity Tuesday for northbound flow upstream and through Station 309 (Segment 27), and ITS/AOR transportation was at risk of not getting fully scheduled. Based on anticipated level of high nominations due to the cold weather in the Market Delivery Zone the availability of this service is extremely unlikely, the pipeline said. Secondary out-of-path transportation is at risk of not getting fully scheduled on Wednesday, it added. It will be requiring withdrawals from NSS to be on an in-the-path transportation.

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.

Texas Gas Transmission LLC began a binding open season Thursday through next Wednesday (Aug. 24) for new natural gas transportation capacity from East Texas to Lebanon, OH, where its mainline system connects with Columbia, Gas, Texas Eastern and Dominion.

TransCanada Corp. is planning a binding open season this month to establish precedent agreements for oil transportation capacity on its proposed 1,870 mile Keystone oil pipeline project from Alberta to Illinois, which includes conversion of a 770-mile section of its natural gas mainline from near the Alberta-Saskatchewan border to just west of Winnipeg, MB.

Columbia Gulf has scheduled maintenance at Egan Hub Storage in South Louisiana for Tuesday, during which capacity will be zero. The pipeline said it would resume accepting up to 150,000 Dth/d in injection/withdrawal nominations Wednesday.

Sendout capacity at the Trunkline LNG facility in Lake Charles, LA will be limited to 900,000 Dth/d during pump maintenance beginning Feb. 10. Peaking sendout is expected to return to 1 million Dth/d on Feb. 15.

Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE) has re-introduced legislation aimed at fostering meaningful expansion of the nation’s capacity to receive liquefied natural gas (LNG). The bill is “exactly similar” to the one that the House lawmaker introduced last May (see Daily GPI, May 21, 2004).

Enterprise Products Partners LP last week upped its stake in K/D/S Promix LLC to 50%, increasing its ownership in a fractionator in Napoleonville, LA, with the capacity to process up to 145,000 bbl/d of mixed natural gas liquids (NGLs) from processing plants on the Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama Gulf Coast.

Enterprise Products Partners LP has upped its stake in K/D/S Promix LLC to 50%, increasing its ownership in a fractionator in Napoleonville, LA with the capacity to process up to 145,000 bbl/d of mixed natural gas liquids (NGLs) from processing plants on the Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama Gulf Coast.