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The 442-mile Millennium Pipeline project, which would bring 714 MMcf/d of gas to New York City from connections with the Canadian pipeline grid under Lake Erie, made progress yesterday when its highly contested route alternative in Westchester County, NY, gained the support of the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC), local citizens, elected officials and the pipeline’s planners. However, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) still must review all comments on the pipeline’s supplemental draft environmental impact statement (EIS) before issuing a final EIS.

NW Natural submitted an application Friday to the Oregon EnergyFacility Siting Council (EFSC) for a 60-mile, 24-inch pipeline tolink the company’s underground natural gas storage fields nearMist, OR to a Williams mainline near Molalla.

NW Natural submitted an application Friday to the Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council (EFSC) for a 60-mile, 24-inch pipeline to link the company’s underground natural gas storage fields near Mist, OR to a Williams mainline near Molalla.

A hotly contested route alternative that calls for theCanada-to-New York Millennium Pipeline to be built within anelectric transmission system’s right-of-way (ROW) in WestchesterCounty, NY, is a “viable option” provided state regulators and thepipeline can work out the construction details, according to asupplemental draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) issued byFERC staff last week.

Tengasco has completed a 60-mile intrastate pipeline from itsgas-rich 50,000-acre Swan Creek gas and oil field beginning inHancock County and ending in Kingsport, TN. Geological studiesindicate that the Swan Creek field may be one of the largestnatural gas and oil discoveries in the Appalachian region of theUnited States.

Columbia Gulf Transmission got the go-ahead from FERC last weekto build a 37-mile lateral to provide natural gas service to twopower generation plants in Warren County, MS. The so-calledVicksburg lateral will transport 285 MDth/d of gas to facilities ofEntergy Mississippi Inc. (EMI) and Warren Power LLC in WarrenCounty. The lion’s share of the gas (200 MDth) will go to EMI[CP01-28].

FERC yesterday gave Columbia Gulf Transmission the go-ahead tobuild a 37-mile lateral to provide natural gas service to two powerfacilities in Warren County in Mississippi.

As was expected, Duke Energy and Williams Gas Pipeline announcedyesterday that they closed on the deal to buy Gulfstream NaturalGas System project, a 743-mile natural gas pipeline planned forFlorida, from The Coastal Corp. Terms of the transaction were notdisclosed.

Duke Energy Field Services (DEFS) began service on its newlyconstructed 12-inch, 42-mile natural gas pipeline, which travelsfrom the company’s Carney processing facility to its Kingfisherplant near Cashion, OK. The company said the line is capable ofmoving 60 MMcf/d.