Favorable

FERC Tuesday issued a favorable environmental assessment (EA) for the proposed ETC Tiger Pipeline that would provide takeaway capacity from the increasingly constrained Carthage Hub in East Texas and the Haynesville Shale play to markets in the Midwest, Northeast and Southeast.

FERC Tuesday issued a favorable environmental assessment (EA) for the proposed ETC Tiger Pipeline that would provide takeaway capacity from the increasingly constrained Carthage Hub in East Texas and the Haynesville Shale play to markets in the Midwest, Northeast and Southeast.

FERC staff said late last week that the natural gas price landscape heading into winter is looking more favorable for consumers than it has for a number of years due to full storage, plentiful supply and new gas transmission infrastructure. However, the staff, in its “Winter 2009/2010 Energy Market Assessment,” informed the Commission that winter temperatures — as always — remain the “wild card.”

FERC staff said Thursday that the natural gas price landscape heading into winter is looking more favorable for consumers than it has for a number of years due to full storage, plentiful supply and new gas transmission infrastructure. However, the staff, in its “Winter 2009/2010 Energy Market Assessment,” informed the Commission that winter temperatures — as always — remain the “wild card.”

FERC Friday gave a favorable environmental review of Perryville Gas Storage LLC’s proposal to construct a salt dome natural gas storage facility and associated facilities in the Crowville Salt Domes in Franklin and Richland parishes in northern Louisiana.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission gave a favorable environmental review of Perryville Gas Storage LLC’s proposal to construct a salt dome natural gas storage facility and associated facilities in the Crowville Salt Domes in Franklin and Richland parishes in northern Louisiana. The facility would provide approximately 15 Bcf of working capacity in two caverns, with a maximum injection rate of 226 MMcf/d and a maximum withdrawal rate of 600 MMcf/d, according to Houston-based Perryville Gas. Plans call for interconnections with CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission and Columbia Gulf Transmission near Delhi, LA (see NGI, June 15). In addition to the two caverns, Perryville Gas proposed to build 11.69 miles of 36-inch diameter gas pipeline; 2.68 miles of 24-inch diameter pipeline; a 9,500 hp compressor station; and associated facilities in Franklin and Richland parishes. The company asked FERC to issue a final order by Dec. 1 and grant it a construction period of five years. It said it expects to have the facilities in service by June 2012.

FERC Thursday issued a favorable environmental review of Fayetteville Express Pipeline LLP’s (FEP) project, which would boost takeaway capacity from Arkansas’ prolific Fayetteville Shale play to markets in the Midwest, Southeast and Northeast.

FERC has issued a favorable environmental assessment of Blue Sky Gas Storage LLC’s proposal to build a natural gas storage project in Logan County, CO, with proposed interconnects with the Rockies Express, Trailblazer and Kinder Morgan Interstate pipelines and access to Cheyenne Hub by backhaul on Trailblazer. The Blue Sky storage facility, which would be located north of Sterling, CO, would have working capacity of 4.4 Bcf, with the potential for expansion subject to approval by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and market demand. It would be capable of delivering gas at a rate of 100 MMcf/d and receiving gas for injection at a rate of 100 MMcf/d. The central Rockies currently lacks sufficient storage capacity and the Blue Sky project would be an important addition to the market, said Blue Sky, an affiliate of Linear Energy Management LP, a privately owned midstream pipeline company.

FERC has issued favorable environmental reviews for Northwest Pipeline’s Sundance Trail Expansion Project in Colorado and Wyoming, and Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line’s (Transco) project in New Jersey.