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Gas storage-starved Arizona could be getting up to 3-4 Bcf of salt cavern capacity if initial development plans of Tempe, AZ-based Pacific Texas Energy Services LLC come to pass.

Gas storage-starved Arizona could be getting up to 3-4 Bcf of salt cavern capacity if initial development plans of Tempe, AZ-based Pacific Texas Energy Services LLC come to pass.

Leaf River Energy Center LLC last week filed an application at FERC to build a salt cavern gas storage facility in south-central Mississippi, according to its parent company NGS Energy Fund LP.

Leaf River Energy Center LLC has filed an application at FERC to build a salt cavern gas storage facility in south-central Mississippi, according to its parent company NGS Energy Fund LP.

Petal Gas Storage LLC is holding a nonbinding open season for 5 Bcf of firm capacity to be created through construction of a new salt cavern at its Petal, MS, facility. An in-service date is planned for the second quarter of 2010.

Petal Gas Storage LLC is holding a nonbinding open season for 5 Bcf of firm capacity to be created through construction of a new salt cavern at its Petal, MS, facility. An in-service date is planned for the second quarter of 2010.

PetroLogistics Natural Gas Storage LLC is holding an open season through April 11 for 1 Bcf of firm gas storage service at its proposed 6 Bcf salt dome storage cavern, which will be located at the Choctaw storage facility in Iberville Parish, LA. The open season will offer contracts for up to 20 years. BG Energy Merchants LLC is the anchor customer of the project, and it has executed a precedent agreement under which it will contract for a minimum of 5 Bcf of firm storage capacity and associated injection and withdrawal rights, according to PetroLogistics. BG has agreed to purchase any firm capacity remaining after the open season is completed. PetroLogistics intends to file for a facility certificate with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission following the open season. Certificate authority is expected by Nov. 1, and facilities could be in service by Sept. 1, 2008, the company said. The facility and header pipeline will be capable of receiving and delivering gas from and to Southern Natural Gas Co., Texas Eastern Transmission Corp., Florida Gas Transmission Co., Bridgeline Pipeline System and CrossTex LIG Pipeline Co. The facility will be capable of storing up to 6 Bcf, receiving 150-375 MMBtu/d for injection and delivering up to 300 MMBtu/d. To review the offer sheet and bid information, click here. For more information, contact Nathan Ticatch, PetroLogistics Natural Gas Storage LLC, 909 Fannin, Suite 2630, Houston, TX, 77010; or via email at ticatch@petrologistics.com.

PetroLogistics Natural Gas Storage LLC will launch an open season Wednesday for 1 Bcf of firm gas storage service at its proposed 6 Bcf salt dome storage cavern, which will be located at the Choctaw storage facility in Iberville Parish, LA. The open season, which will conclude April 11, will offer contracts for up to 20 years.

Testing the waters to see if there is adequate market support for the conversion of a gas liquids storage cavern to natural gas storage operations in Mont Belvieu, TX, Houston-based Enterprise Products Partners LP and Duncan Energy Partners LP, through their Mont Belvieu Caverns LLC (MBC) affiliate, announced the start of a binding open season for up to 10 Bcf of firm natural gas storage capacity.