Dome

Enterprise Products Partners is holding an open season for storage capacity at its Petal salt dome in Petal, MS. The company is offering 1.65 Bcf of existing working gas capacity, on which the current holder has a right of first refusal, and another 2.35 Bcf of new working gas capacity that will be made available next July as part of an expansion project.

Enterprise Products Partners is holding an open season for storage capacity at its Petal salt dome in Petal, MS. The company is offering 1.65 Bcf of existing working gas capacity, on which the current holder has a right of first refusal, and another 2.35 Bcf of new working gas capacity that will be made available next July as part of an expansion project.

El Paso subsidiary Southern Natural Gas Co. started an open season last Tuesday to test market interest in a new 14 Bcf salt dome gas storage project in Smith County, MS. The New Home gas storage field, which would consist of two storage caverns, would be a high deliverability, multi-cycle storage project designed to serve the Southeast via the Southern Natural mainline.

El Paso subsidiary Southern Natural Gas Co. started an open season Tuesday to test market interest in a new 14 Bcf salt dome gas storage project in Smith County, MS. The New Home gas storage field, which would consist of two storage caverns, would be a high deliverability, multi-cycle storage project designed to serve the Southeast via the Southern Natural mainline.

FERC last Tuesday gave Starks Gas Storage LLC the go-ahead to proceed with the construction of the first stage of a two-cavern salt dome storage facility that will be located between Lake Charles, LA, and the Texas border.

FERC on Tuesday gave Starks Gas Storage LLC the go-ahead to proceed with the construction of the first stage of a two-cavern salt dome storage facility that will be located between Lake Charles, LA, and the Texas border.

SGR Holdings LLC said Wednesday the sale of a 40% stake in the proposed 16 Bcf Southern Pines Energy Center, a new salt dome gas storage project located in Greene County, MS, to ArcLight Capital Partners has enabled the company to begin construction on the storage field. The first phase is expected to provide 8 Bcf of working gas capacity in summer 2007.

EnCana Corp. affiliate Starks Gas Storage LLC picked up a FERC certificate Thursday to build a two-cavern salt dome storage facility with total capacity of 29 Bcf at a location between Lake Charles, LA and the Texas border.

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP. (KMP) said it is buying the 4.2 Bcf Dayton salt dome gas storage facility in Liberty County, TX, from Texas Genco for $51 million in cash plus $49 million of debt. The field will continue to serve Texas Genco’s power generation operations in East Texas.