Dynegy opened a new $57 million gas liquids fractionationfacility near Lake Charles, LA, that can separate up to 55,000barrels/d of gas liquids into ethane, propane and a butane andnatural gasoline mix. The facility is fed primarily from offshoreproduction in the Gulf of Mexico via pipeline and truck throughDynegy’s Hackberry terminal. Its products are primarily shippedthrough pipeline to customers in the petrochemical/refiningindustry in Lake Charles.
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First Deliveries Arrive In Georgia Unbundling
Only five of a possible 19 marketers are making deliveries toabout 16,000 out of 1.4 million customers of Atlanta Gas Light thismonth, but it’s a start in the LDC’s state-approved plan to workits way out of the regulated merchant business.
Aquila Playing Santa to Big End -Users
As an enticement to do business, Aquila Energy is sending giftsto about 2,000 large energy users as part of a $3 million-plusdirect marketing and national advertising campaign. The gifts are aphone, antique bank replica, or a weather radio and are being sentto prospects in Chicago, Denver, Pittsburgh, New York, Houston,Baltimore, and Washington, DC.
KN, Devon Form Powder River Gathering Company
KN Energy and Devon Energy signed a letter of intent to formThunder Creek Gas Services and build a new $110 million, 126-milegas gathering system and associated facilities in the Powder RiverBasin of northeast Wyoming. The 24-inch diameter gathering systemwould extend between Gillette and Glenrock, WY, bringing up to 450MMcf/d of new production to connections with multiple downstreampipelines during the first half of 1999.
PG&E GT-NW Authorized to Eliminate Stanfield Bottleneck
FERC has approved a $6 million expansion of Pacific GasTransmission Northwest’s (PG&E GT-NW) system that will increasecapacity between Kingsgate, BC, and Stanfield, OR, by 56,000 Dth/dand provide additional systemwide winter capacity of 20,000 Dth/d.
FERC Approves Bondad Expansion, Rejects Allocation Plan
FERC’s approval of El Paso’s $3.6 million Bondad Line expansion,which would increase capacity by 117 MMcf/d in October, likely willprovide some relief to Bondad shippers, who have struggled throughmany days of constraints and allocations on the San Juan Basinsystem.
Westcoast Consortium Wins Pemex Contract
Westcoast Energy is leading an international consortium awardeda $250 million contract by Pemex Exploracion y Produccion (PEP) toconstruct and operate a 250 MMcf/d offshore gas compression andliquids recovery facility. The facility is to be located near theexisting Akal-GR platform in the Cantarell oil field in the Bay ofCampeche, Gulf of Mexico. The project will help to recover gas fordelivery into the Mexican national pipeline system, which is beingexpanded to meet the needs of new gas distribution concessions andpower generation plants.
Tejas, Marathon to Build Plant
Tejas Natural Gas Liquids, LLC, and Marathon Oil Co. areplanning to build a new gas processing plant near Centerville, LA.The $30 million Neptune Gas Processing Plant initially will handle300 MMcf/d of production delivered from deep-water wells in theGulf of Mexico.
ERCOT to Get 750 MW of Gas-Fired Generation
Texas-based Panda Energy International plans to construct a $100million, 750 MW gas-fired merchant power plant in Guadalupe Countynear Marion, TX. The maximum amount of gas the plant could use is126,000 MMBtu/d.
PG&E Energy Services Contracts With Pepsi Bottler
PG&E Energy Services signed a $5 million contract withPepsi-Cola General Bottlers Inc. to supply gas, energy management,and billing services to all of its Midwest manufacturing anddistribution centers.