Facilities

FERC on Thursday agreed with protesting shippers and soundly rejected a proposal by Gulf South Pipeline Co. LP to abandon nearly 2,000 miles, or about 25%, of its 7,241-mile system, selling pipeline segments and auxiliary facilities in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi to affiliated non-jurisdictional intrastates.

FERC staff Friday issued a favorable draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line’s (Transco) proposal to build a $182 million expansion of its system to meet growing natural gas demand in New York City and the Rockaways with Marcellus Shale gas supplies.

Assets impacted are among the company’s most valued onshore plays, executives said.

FERC Thursday approved Tennessee Gas Pipeline’s (TGP) request to place into service the first of five looping components on its system, which would add 636,000 Dth/d of takeaway capacity from the Marcellus Shale, to markets in the Northeast.

FERC Thursday approved Tennessee Gas Pipeline’s (TGP) request to place into service the first of five looping components on its system, which would add 636,000 Dth/d of takeaway capacity from the Marcellus Shale, to markets in the Northeast.

Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP (CPChem) has received the go-ahead from its board of directors to proceed with its US Gulf Coast (USGC) Petrochemicals Project, which was announced in 2011.

EQT Gathering LLC’s request for a limited certificate to provide jurisdictional compression service through the nonjurisdictional Derry Compressor Station planned for Westmoreland County, PA, has been given the green light by FERC. Commissioners also approved a waiver of all filing and reporting requirements that would otherwise apply as a result of EQT providing interstate service.

In order to meet the Nov. 1 start-up date for its Northeast Upgrade Project, Tennessee Gas Pipeline (TGP) has asked FERC for permission to begin placing components of the system expansion, which would add 636,000 Dth/d of takeaway capacity from the Marcellus Shale, in service as early as October.

The anticipated in-service date for Tennessee Gas Pipeline’s (TGP) Line 300 Northeast Upgrade expansion, which would add 636,000 Dth/d of takeaway capacity from the Marcellus Shale, remains Nov. 1, although FERC has approved a delay until May 1, 2014 for completion of some facilities.