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FERC yesterday gave a preliminary nod to Questar Pipeline’sapplication to build a 75.6-mile, 272,000 Dth/d pipeline looprunning from northeastern Utah to the north central part of thestate. The proposed facilities would transport to western marketsthe growing coal-seam natural gas production near Price, UT, andthe volumes delivered to Questar from Colorado Interstate Gas’sUinta Basin Lateral at Natural Buttes.

Williams’ Northwest Pipeline has filed a FERC application thatwould allow the company to expand upon a system that is alreadyclassified as one of the nation’s largest natural gas transporters.The filing would allow Northwest to build and operate a newnine-mile, 20-inch lateral pipeline in Snohomish County, WA.

In a refreshing change of pace, Duke Energy’s Texas EasternTransmission Corp. (TETCO) asked FERC last week for a system-widerate reduction — yes, reduction — of about $137 millionannually for its interstate pipeline customers.

Within hours of a FERC vote yesterday ratifying proposed changesin its interruptible transportation (IT) queue, PG&E GasTransmission Northwest announced new procedures effective today.

Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline and Algonquin GasTransmission have filed applications with FERC to build relatedpipeline expansions designed to provide Maritimes shippers with agrowing market in the Boston area and to allow multiple new andexisting Algonquin customers access to a new supply source.

The sponsors of Independence Pipeline and the associatedSupplyLink expansion project informed FERC on Friday that theyaccepted the mid-July decision awarding them certificates toconstruct their controversial Midwest-to-East Coast pipelineproject. The order is still subject to rehearing at the Commissionand then possibly to a court review. Combined, the two projects —SupplyLink, an upstream expansion of sponsor ANR Pipeline’sexisting system; and Independence, a 400-mile greenfield pipelinefrom Defiance, OH, to the Leidy Hub — would add about 1 Bcf/d ofwest-to-east firm transportation capacity at $803 million, servingthe growing gas needs of power generators in the east andNortheast. Partners in Independence are ANR, Williams’Transcontinental Gas Pipeline and National Fuel Gas Co.Independence and SupplyLink projects are targeted for in-service inNovember 2002.

After both projects received preliminary approval from FERC over a month ago, the ongoing race to Florida accross the Gulf of Mexico between Coastal Corp.’s Gulfstream Natural Gas System and Williams and Duke Energy’s Buccaneer pipeline is heating up again (see NGI, May 1). Gulfstream yesterday announced it signed a multi-million dollar deal with the Manatee County Port Authority for a permanent right-of-way easement to cross through Port Manatee

After both projects received preliminary approval from FERC over a month ago, the ongoing race to Florida accross the Gulf of Mexico between Coastal Corp.’s Gulfstream Natural Gas System and Williams and Duke Energy’s Buccaneer pipeline is heating up again (see Daily GPI, April 26). Gulfstream yesterday announced it signed a multi-million dollar deal with the Manatee County Port Authority for a permanent right-of-way easement to cross through Port Manatee

Honeoye Storage Corp. has received FERC approval to expand itswestern New York sandstone storage facility to provide anadditional 1.8 Bcf of firm service capacity under market-basedrates. Honeoye plans an open season to start before the end of Juneand run through July.