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Point Comfort Pipeline Co. LP. has filed with FERC for a 27-mile, 36-inch diameter pipeline to connect the proposed Calhoun LNG receiving terminal on the Texas Gulf Coast with inter- and intrastate pipelines in South Texas (CP05-380). An affiliate, Calhoun LNG LP., a wholly owned subsidiary of Houston-based Gulf Coast LNG Partners LP. originally filed plans for the LNG import terminal last March (CP05-91).

Wyoming and Montana natural gas producers and other western business interests are urging FERC to issue “as soon as possible” a certificate to Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co. to build its proposed 245-mile Grasslands Pipeline to carry gas from the Powder River Basin to a connection with Northern Border Pipeline and Midwest markets. They insist the project is critical to expand their access to markets and to bring the prices for their gas up to par with those of other producers across the nation.

Wyoming and Montana natural gas producers and other western business interests are urging FERC to issue “as soon as possible” a certificate to Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co. to build its proposed 245-mile Grasslands Pipeline to carry gas from the Powder River Basin to a connection with Northern Border Pipeline and Midwest markets. They insist the project is critical to expand their access to markets and to bring the prices for their gas up to par with those of other producers across the nation.

Canada’s National Energy Board plans to hold public meetings this week on a pipeline to connect the mainland with Vancouver Island through the Georgia Strait.

Canada’s National Energy Board plans to hold public meetingsnext week on a pipeline to connect the mainland with VancouverIsland through the Georgia Strait.

KN Energy began an open season for its a 108-mile, 24-inchMonterrey Pipeline that would connect its MidCon Texas intrastatepipeline in Starr County, TX, to Monterrey, Mexico. The open seasonbegan last week and runs through 5 p.m. CDT July 30. KN expects tostart construction of the $50 million pipeline in 1999, withcompletion projected for the second quarter of 2000. Capacity isexpected to be 275 MMcf/d, and the pipe will serve gas-fired powerplants in Monterrey, local distribution companies, large industrialconsumers as well as future market opportunities.

KN Energy began an open season for its a 108-mile, 24-inchMonterrey Pipeline that would connect its MidCon Texas intrastatepipeline in Starr County, TX, to Monterrey, Mexico. The open seasonbegan yesterday and runs through 5 p.m. CDT July 30.

Once again it’s ‘Westward Ho,’ as Questar Pipeline looks to beefup its southern mainline and connect with Williams West (Kern RiverGas Transmission) for deliveries to California.

El Paso Energy’s Tennessee Gas Pipeline (TGP) plans a newinterconnect in Casey County, KY, to deliver an additional 200MMcf/d of gas into Texas Eastern Transmission (Tetco) to servemarkets in parts of Kentucky and southern Ohio. The interconnect isexpected to be in service by Nov. 1. Tennessee plans to acceptnominations at the new point for November 1998 gas flow.