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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) said it has turned down Marathon Oil’s negotiated rate complaint against Kinder Morgan’s Trailblazer Pipeline Co. The Commission found that Trailblazer did not violate Commission policy and regulations in effect when it held its open season and executed the contracts for the Expansion 2002 service.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) late last week turned down Marathon Oil’s negotiated rate complaint against Kinder Morgan’s Trailblazer Pipeline Co. The Commission found that Trailblazer did not violate Commission policy and regulations in effect when it held its open season and executed the contracts for the Expansion 2002 service.

Kinder Morgan’s Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America (NGPL) reported a pipeline rupture on Friday on its system in Harrison County, TX, that caused minor injuries to three workers at Entergy’s 484 MW Harrison County Power Project, which is about 150 miles east of Dallas near the Louisiana border. The rupture caused a fire in the power plant’s cooling tower, forcing the plant to shutdown.

Kinder Morgan subsidiary Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America (NGPL) is holding an open season until June 14 for a possible expansion of its A/G Line, which extends from its Gulf Coast Line to its Amarillo Line across Oklahoma and Texas, utilizing the 38-mile Black Marlin pipeline which it is buying from Northern Natural.

Kinder Morgan subsidiary Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America (NGPL) is holding an open season until June 14 for a possible expansion of its A/G Line, which extends from its Gulf Coast Line to its Amarillo Line across Oklahoma and Texas, utilizing the 38-mile Black Marlin pipeline which it is buying from Northern Natural.

Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America (NGPL) has reached an agreement with We Energies to extend all of the company’s existing firm transportation contracts. The Kinder Morgan subsidiary initially will provide up to 111,000 MMBtu/d of annual firm natural gas transportation service and 19,133 MMBtu/d of firm seasonal transportation service.

Kinder Morgan Interstate reported completion of repairs to a leak on its Pony Line in Yuma County, CO, downstream of Sterling Compressor Station. The associated force majeure, declared late Tuesday, was lifted for Wednesday’s gas day. Minor service curtailments were made Tuesday.

Horizon Pipeline, a joint venture of Nicor Inc. and Kinder Morgan’s Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America (NGPL) three years in the making, has begun delivering gas in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin, ahead of rival project Guardian Pipeline. Gas began flowing through the $80 million Horizon line May 11 following final approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) (see NGI, May 13).

Kinder Morgan signed an agreement to purchase Citizens Communications’ natural gas division in Colorado for $11 million. The transaction, which must be approved by the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, will add more than 13,000 primarily residential, commercial and agricultural customers to KMI’s retail natural gas division. KMI currently serves 225,000 customers in Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming, about 55,000 of which are located in Colorado. “This is a natural extension of our Colorado operations, as we have extensive experience serving small and rural communities, said Dan Watson, president of KMI’s retail natural gas division. “We look forward to adding these new customers to our service portfolio.” The asset purchase consists primarily of regulated gas distribution systems. In Colorado, Citizens’ serves 10,600 customers in Bent, Crowley, and Otero Counties, plus another 2,800 customers in Archuleta, La Plata, and Mineral Counties.