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Northern Seeks to Abandon ‘Grossly Underutilized’ Matagorda System

Northern Natural Gas Co. on behalf of itself, as well as Southern Natural Gas and Florida Gas Transmission, has asked FERC for the green light to abandon in place offshore facilities and onshore facilities in Texas, known as the Matagorda Offshore Pipeline System (MOPS), which are seldom used by shippers anymore.

June 6, 2013

Houston Firm Seeks Authorization to Export Gas to Mexico

Houston-based NET Mexico Pipeline Partners LLC has asked FERC for the green light to build border-crossing facilities to export natural gas from the United States to Mexico. The company requested that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issue a presidential permit for the connection by October.

June 4, 2013

Industry Briefs

A Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC (Transco) compressor station in Dallas County, AL, has been given the green light by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to begin service, adding 130,000 Dth/d of capacity to the pipeline system [Docket No. CP11-18-000]. The compressor is the second phase of the Mid-South Expansion Project, approved in 2011, to expand Transco services in the Southeast after the first phase went into service in 2012 (see NGI, Sept. 3, 2012). The expansion, originally was designed to service LaGrange, GA, Progress Energy Carolinas and Southern Co., gives Transco an additional total firm capacity of 225,000 Dth/d.

June 3, 2013

Transco Adding Firm Capacity in Alabama

A new compressor station in Dallas County, AL, has been given the green light by federal regulators to begin service, adding 130,000 Dth/d of capacity to the pipeline system of Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC (Transco).

May 31, 2013
Warren Resources Plans 25 Coalbed Methane Wells in Wyoming

Warren Resources Plans 25 Coalbed Methane Wells in Wyoming

Warren Resources Inc. plans to drill 25 new coalbed methane (CBM) wells in the Spyglass Hill Unit in Wyoming’s Washakie Basin, a sub-basin of the Greater Green River Basin, the New York City-based exploration and production company said.

May 22, 2013

Enterprise May Switch Seminole Pipeline from NGLs to Crude

Enterprise Products Partners is considering repurposing a portion of its 1,373-mile Seminole pipeline, which currently transports natural gas liquids (NGL) from the Hobbs hub and the Permian Basin to markets in south Texas, including the Enterprise NGL fractionation facility in Mont Belvieu, TX.

April 22, 2013

Push for More LNG Transport in Oilfields

A unit of privately held Beaumont, TX-based Stabilis Energy LLC sees a growth market for the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in transportation in U.S. oilfields.

April 15, 2013

Driller Floats Plan for Helium Well in Harley Dome

Federal officials have given a green light for a project in eastern Utah to drill an exploratory well in the Harley Dome natural gas field to capture helium, which, if the operation proves successful, could result in a helping to build supplies of the scarce gas.

April 1, 2013

Driller Floats Plan for Helium Well in Harley Dome

Federal officials have given a green light for a project in eastern Utah to drill an exploratory well in the Harley Dome natural gas field to capture helium, which, if the operation proves successful, could result in a helping to build supplies of the scarce gas.

April 1, 2013

Southern Proposes Mainline Compression Expansions

Southern Natural Gas Co. LLC has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the green light to make modifications to three compressor stations on its mainline system: the DeArmanville Compressor Station and its Auburn and Selma stations.

March 27, 2013