Deliveries

Bangor Gas said it has started deliveries to Bucksport EnergyLLC located at International Paper’s paper mill in Bucksport, ME.Under a 15-year contract with Hydro Quebec Energy Services, BangorGas will deliver 48 MMcf/d of gas to the new 174 MW cogen, whichwill produce power and steam for the mill. The plant is a jointventure between International Paper and Hydro Quebec. With the mainlateral to serve the plant now in place, Bangor Gas said it willfocus on developing a distribution system to serve residential andcommercial customers in Bucksport

In a move that is likely to send ripples through the market,particularly around Chicago, the 1.325 Bcf/d Alliance Pipelineextended its commercial in-service delay last week to Nov. 13 fromOct. 30. Pipeline officials said moisture and debris in the linecaused the delay.

Due to nominations exceeding capacity, Transwestern wasallocating deliveries Wednesday to SoCal Gas at Needles, CA. About196,000 MMBtu/d in the West of Thoreau segment was affected,Transwestern said.

CMS Marketing, Services and Trading (CMS-MST) continued itsliquefied natural gas (LNG) buying binge last week, announcing 10more deliveries from Qatar to the CMS Trunkline LNG facility inLake Charles, LA. The deals bring the number of announced LNGcargoes headed to the Trunkline facility over the next two years to26.

CMS Marketing, Services and Trading (CMS-MST) continued itsliquefied natural gas (LNG) buying binge yesterday by announcing 10more deliveries from Qatar to the CMS Trunkline LNG facility inLake Charles, LA. The deals bring the number of announced LNGcargoes headed to the Trunkline facility over the next two years to26.

Due to unexpected maintenance on its TL-342 line affectingdeliveries into the PL-1 market, CNG canceled all interruptible andnon PL-1 secondary service Tuesday until further notice.

El Paso Natural Gas openly concedes it has had to curtaildeliveries on the East End of its system between the San Juan Basinand Texas in recent months, but it said it wasn’t because it hasoversold capacity on that section of its system, as KN MarketingL.P. has alleged. Rather it’s been due to the schedulingflexibility El Paso affords shippers that allows them to use anyreceipt point on the system, up to the volume limit of theircontract.

Due to a construction crew inadvertently rupturing the ColumbiaGas line in Hunterdon County, NJ, about noon Tuesday, deliveries toAlgonquin were interrupted at Hanover. Algonquin prorated Hanoverreceipts for Tuesday’s gas day and said no additional nominationswill be scheduled there or at its Ramapo interconnect with Columbiauntil further notice. About 100 MMcf/d was flowing at Hanover,Columbia said; however, it expects little or no impact on today’sgas day, estimating that line repairs will be completed thismorning.

Foothills Pipeline CEO Robert L. Pierce said last week it won’tbe long before Alaskan natural gas is absolutely necessary to meetU.S. demand. And he remains convinced that the long-proposed AlaskaNatural Gas Transportation System (ANGTS) from Prudhoe Bay alongthe Alaska Highway and eventually to Alberta is the best way tomake it happen.