Mississippi

Caledonia Energy Partners LLC placed into service last Tuesday a high-deliverability, multi-cycle storage field in northeast Mississippi with capacity to store 11.7 Bcf of working gas. The start-up came a day after FERC gave the go-ahead for the storage facility, which originally was a nearly depleted natural gas reservoir.

Caledonia Energy Partners LLC placed into service Tuesday a high-deliverability, multi-cycle storage field in northeast Mississippi with capacity to store 11.7 Bcf of working gas. The start-up came a day after FERC gave the go-ahead for the storage facility, which originally was a nearly depleted natural gas reservoir.

FERC has given a preliminary environmental nod to Gulf South Pipeline Co. LP’s proposal to build its East Texas-to-Mississippi Expansion Project that would provide significant takeaway capacity for producers in the prolific Barnett Shale and Bossier Sands trends of East Texas and Northeast Louisiana.

FERC last Wednesday issued an amended certificate that will allow SG Resources Mississippi LLC to double the capacity of its proposed high-deliverability salt dome gas storage facility in Greene County, MS.

FERC Wednesday issued an amended certificate that will allow SG Resources Mississippi LLC. to double the capacity of its proposed high-deliverability salt dome gas storage facility in Greene County, MS.

New York-based Hess Corp. has agreed to sell substantially all of its onshore oil and natural gas assets along the Gulf Coast of Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi to an undisclosed privately held company. Financial details were not disclosed.

The Department of Energy (DOE) is organizing a two-day forum in Mississippi of federal, state and local government officials and representatives from the natural gas and electricity industries to review the progress that has been made in restoring the Gulf Coast energy infrastructure four months after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck. Participants also will revisit a hurricane scenario based on the 2005 hurricane season and discuss response actions, review lessons learned and identify actions for future improvements in the energy sector, the DOE said. The session will be held at the Grand Convention Center and Resort in Tunica, MS, on Jan. 19-20. Reservations can be made by calling 1-800 394-7263. For further information, send an e-mail to DOELeadershipForum@sra.com.

As the energy industry and the states of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi continue to sort through the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, recently upgraded Tropical Storm Ophelia off the coast of Florida has some forecasters wondering whether they might be suffering from Deja vu. The forecasting gurus aren’t sure of the storm’s path yet, but agree it’s one to watch.

An estimated 8.29 Bcf/d of natural was reported to have been shut in when Hurricane Katrina roared across the production facilities off the Louisiana and Mississippi coasts late Sunday and early Monday, according to report issued by Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) offices in Washington, DC and its temporary office in Houston.