Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline has completed constructionand commissioning of the Halifax Lateral, which is ready to delivergas to Nova Scotia Power Tufts Cove Generating Station and willcommence service today. The 77-mile, 12-inch diameter pipelineextends from a point on the mainline near Stellarton to the Tuftsplant in Dartmouth. There are two firm service agreements in placewith Nova Scotia Power for a total of 61,600 MMBtu/day.Construction of the Saint John Lateral also is nearly complete.When the pipeline receives a leave-to-open from the National EnergyBoard, commissioning activities will begin. The lateral is onschedule for service in late November. Facilities for the SaintJohn Lateral consist of 63 miles of 16-inch diameter pipeline froma point near Kedron Lake to delivery points in the Saint John andLake Utopia areas in New Brunswick. The Saint John lateral isdesigned to transport 164,000 MMBtu/d of gas. M&NP also said ithas received approval from the NEB to build facilities to serveEnbridge Gas New Brunswick’s distribution system in eastern,western and southern Saint John. The northern facilities are onhold.
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Sable Raises Production Estimates
In the official launch of the $3 billion Sable Offshore EnergyProject (SOEP) in Halifax earlier this week, project owners raisedexpectations for gas reserves and production. “Our ongoingtechnical studies and interpretation of the 3-D seismic informationgathered in 1996 and 1997 show that the potential exists for morethan the 3.1 Tcf we estimated as the basis for our development planapplication,” said Mobil Oil Canada President Jerry Anderson. “Thegood news is that we might expect to recover more than 3.5 Tcf.This larger potential resource base will enable us to increaseinitial production rates to more than 500 MMcf/d, depending on suchfactors as markets, well performance and operating efficiency.” Theowners originally expected 460 MMcf/d. The additional production,however, will be within the facilities design capacity of 554MMcf/d, they said.
