Facility

Trinidad and Tobago’s Atlantic LNG completed its third liquefaction train, a 3.3 billion cubic meter/year facility that brings plant capacity to 12.8 Bcm/year (453 Bcf/year or about 1.2 Bcf/d). The addition of the third train marks the completion of a US$1.1 billion expansion that started in the first quarter of 2000. The first phase of that expansion, Train 2, was completed on Aug. 12, 2002.

Trinidad and Tobago’s Atlantic LNG completed its third liquefaction train, a 3.3 billion cubic meter/year facility that brings plant capacity to 12.8 Bcm/year (453 Bcf/year or about 1.2 Bcf/d). The addition of the third train marks the completion of a US$1.1 billion expansion that started in the first quarter of 2000. The first phase of that expansion, Train 2, was completed on Aug. 12, 2002.

Sonat completed shut-in testing Tuesday at its Bear Creek storage facility in North Louisiana and canceled the associated force majeure that had been in effect since April 1.

CMS Energy Corp. got encouraging news from Moody’s Investors Service on Wednesday, when the ratings agency assigned “B2” ratings to its new secured bank credit facilities. The ratings, said Moody’s, reflect not only the ongoing nature of the stressed financial profile of the company, but the “significant progress” made to execute its asset sales strategy.

Tennessee said tests at its Bear Creek Storage Facility will continue through April 22. To ensure that it has sufficient injection capacity to manage system operations, Tennessee anticipates that effective Thursday it will implement the following constraints: no IS and FS-AO injection nominations will be accepted for Bear Creek, and Ellisburg and Harrison injection nominations will be limited to Primary only. The restrictions are expected to remain in effect through April 22.

Following three days of hearings and discussion, the Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council recently gave a heavily conditioned approval on a final route for a proposed $94 million Northwest Natural Gas Co. 24-inch diameter transmission pipeline.

Following three days of hearings and discussion last week, the Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council on Friday gave a heavily conditioned approval on a final route for a proposed $94 million Northwest Natural Gas Co.24-inch diameter transmission pipeline.

The Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council is scheduled to decide Monday, March 10 on a final route for a proposed $94 million Northwest Natural Gas Co. pipeline in Oregon that has fallen under fierce opposition from not-in-my-backyard (NIMBY) supporters.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last week voted out a final rule restricting the general public’s easy access to sensitive information about critical energy infrastructure information (CEII). At the same time, however, the agency established an optional process for the public and other participants in FERC proceedings to request the data that might otherwise be unavailable on FERC’s web site and under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).