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With the Kern River 2003 pipeline expansion set to add 900 MMcf/d of gas transportation capacity out of the Rocky Mountain region this fall, other upstream pipelines are expecting producers to begin searching for ways to bring their growing production to Opal, WY, where Kern begins its 900-mile route to Southern California.

XTO Energy Inc. has added another 29 MMcf/d to its current production base after completing the acquisition of some coalbed methane (CBM) properties in southwestern Colorado.

Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline’s (MN&P) proposed Phase IV expansion project to carry an additional 400 MMcf/d of gas production from EnCana’s Deep Panuke project offshore Nova Scotia received a green light from Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB) but with certain conditions.

El Paso is investigating a vibration that developed in a turbine at Pecos River Station. Capacity through Pecos River was cut by 60 MMcf/d effective with Thursday’s Cycle 2 nominations until further notice.

The proposed 700 MMcf/d Millennium Pipeline project from Ontario to New York City crossed a key environmental hurdle when the National Marine Fisheries Service of the U.S. Department of Commerce issued a favorable biological opinion late last month. The Fisheries Service said the project’s Hudson River crossing would have only minimal impact on the endangered shortnose sturgeon.

The proposed 700 MMcf/d Millennium Pipeline project from Ontario to New York City crossed a key environmental hurdle last week when the National Marine Fisheries Service of the U.S. Department of Commerce issued a favorable biological opinion. The Fisheries Service said the project’s Hudson River crossing would have only minimal impact on the endangered shortnose sturgeon.

BC Gas said it received enough interest in its proposed 350 MMcf/d Inland Pacific Connector Pipeline during a recent open season to move forward on contract negotiations and plan for a regulatory filing by the end of the year.

BC Gas said it received enough interest in its proposed 350 MMcf/d Inland Pacific Connector Pipeline during a recent open season to move forward on contract negotiations and plan for a regulatory filing by the end of the year.

Williams and BC Hydro applied to federal regulators on both sides of the Canadian border Tuesday to build a 94 MMcf/d natural gas transmission pipeline in the state of Washington, underwater in the Georgia Strait and on Vancouver Island in Canada to serve power plants in the area. With sufficient regulatory approvals, construction of the $159 million project could start in the fall of 2002 with operation of the pipeline beginning a year later.