While Sabine Pipe Line continues to lift its force majeure on a few more Henry Hub interconnects each day, Cambridge Energy Research Associates’ (CERA) Kenneth Yeasting, director of Eastern North American Energy, wonders if too much emphasis has been placed on the Erath, LA, pipeline hub as the benchmark pricing point for North American natural gas market.
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Kinder Units Announce Open Seasons to Serve Southwest, Midwest
Kicking off the new year with a binge of open seasons, Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI) and Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, LP (KMP) launched three separate offerings last week for pipeline projects poised to bring new supplies of gas into Arizona markets and the Midwest.
Kinder Units Announce Open Seasons to Serve Southwest, Midwest
Kicking off the new year with a binge of open seasons, Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI) and Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, LP (KMP) launched three separate offerings Tuesday for pipeline projects poised to bring new supplies of gas into Arizona markets and the Midwest.
Industry Briefs
WPS Energy Services, Inc., a subsidiary of WPS Resources Corp., has started to inject gas into its new Kimball 27 Gas Storage facility in St Clair, MI. The 3 Bcf storage facility interconnects with ANR Pipeline, and through ANR has access to Michigan Consolidated Gas and Union’s Dawn Hub in Ontario. The facility also has access to both Great Lakes Gas Transmission and Vector Pipeline. “Michigan geology allowed for the cost-effective construction of this storage facility,” said Dan Verbanac, WPS Energy Services senior vice president. “The design of the system will allow for increased reliability and greater flexibility in meeting our customers’ peak day energy requirements.” More information on WPS Energy Services and this facility is available on the WPS Energy Services web site located at http://www.wpsenergy.com
Transportation Note
El Paso declared an Unauthorized Overpull Penalty situationTuesday and said it will limit scheduled volumes at underperforminginterconnects to preserve system integrity. The pipeline alsopostponed pigging of Line 3201 in San Juan Basin (see Daily GPI,Dec. 19) by one more day to Dec. 28.
FERC: MS Projects Not Affected By Destin Suspension
FERC has ruled the six-month suspension of Destin Pipeline Co.L.L.C.’s blanket certificate authority does not apply to theconstruction of interconnects for two projects currently beingbuilt in Mississippi.
Transportation Notes
During Sept. 7-11 maintenance on its Topock (AZ) Lateral andrelated facilities, Transwestern expects no flows to either SoCalGas or PG&E at their Topock interconnects. However, thepipeline said it is investigating “limited alternative deliveryarrangements” for the two points. It will be able to schedule up to300,000 MMBtu/d at Mojave Pipeline’s Topock interconnect.
Tetco Gives Spectrum Project Another Try with Lower Rates
Hoping the second time is the charm, Duke Energy announcedWednesday an open season for 300,000 Dth/d of firm capacity on itsproposed Spectrum Pipeline project. The open season will last fromMay 7 to June 4.