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FERC on Friday granted Kinder Morgan Louisiana Pipeline LLC’s request to begin the pre-filing process for a proposed pipeline that would provide service from Cheniere LNG’s 2.6 Bcf/d Sabine Pass import terminal, which is under construction in Cameron Parish, LA.

Central New York Oil and Gas Co. LLC (CNYOG), an Inergy LP subsidiary, has filed an application at FERC to nearly double the working gas capacity of its Stagecoach Storage facility in southwestern New York State.

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) importers may get a little federal assistance next month when the Department of Energy (DOE), Homeland Security, FERC and the Department of Transportation begin a series of forums aimed at educating the public on LNG issues. The first in a series public education forums on LNG has been scheduled for March 10 at the John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center in Boston.

Kinder Morgan Louisiana Pipeline LLC has asked FERC to begin the pre-filing process for its proposed pipeline that would provide service from Cheniere LNG’s 2.6 Bcf/d Sabine Pass terminal now under construction in Cameron Parish, LA.

The initial phase of the 330-mile Entrega gas pipeline project was given the green light to begin service by FERC on Wednesday. Phase I is a 136-mile, 36-inch diameter pipeline extending from the Meeker Hub in Rio Blanco County, CO, through Moffat County, CO, to Wamsutter in Sweetwater County, WY. The line will add 750 MMcf/d of firm capacity to the region, significantly boosting gas deliveries out of the Piceance Basin. Service is expected to begin next month.

FERC has issued a certificate to Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America (NGPL) to add 10 Bcf of working gas capacity and increase its peak-day withdrawal and late-season withdrawal capabilities at its North Lansing Storage Field in Harrison County, TX.

Having gotten final FERC approval Wednesday (see Daily GPI, Dec. 29), El Paso said it was placing its Line 1903 Expansion Project in service effective Friday (Dec. 30). The project provides 502 MMcf/d of capacity utilizing the affiliated Mojave Pipeline system and a new lateral interconnecting El Paso’s northern and southern systems. The project also provides El Paso customers access to Rocky Mountain gas supplies via the Kern River interconnect at Daggett, CA. El Paso said it will offer shippers alternate access to markets and supply sources on Mojave “as soon as practical.”

Oklahoma-based Quoddy Bay LLC said it has initiated the environmental pre-filing process at FERC for its proposed $500 million LNG import terminal, which would be located at Split Rock, ME, on the Sipayik reservation of the Passamaquoddy Tribe in Washington County.

FERC on Friday gave the go-ahead for Corpus LNG LP, a partnership between Cheniere Energy and BPU LLC, to begin initial construction of its proposed 2.6 Bcf/d liquefied natural Gas (LNG) import terminal in Corpus Christi, TX.