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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.

Destin Pipeline continued to keep about 600 MMcf/d of offshore gasshut in Tuesday and today. The latest word Tuesday from BP Amoco,operator of the Pascagoula (MS) Gas Plant into which Destin feeds, wasthat repairs of a leak in a downstream natural gas liquids line (seeDaily GPI, March 6) likely would not becompleted before late this evening, according to a Destinstaffer. However, Williams Field Services, which has a unit thatoperates the liquids line, said the line had been cleared andexcavation was starting Tuesday afternoon. “We should have a muchbetter picture of the work Wednesday morning,” a WFS spokesman said,adding that line service could be restored at any time during the day.

Southern California Gas Co. agreed last week to provide up to 30MMcf/d to its Northern California gas utility counterpart, PacificGas & Electric, as long as unpaid balances never exceed $16.5million for the supplies. The deal runs through March 31.

Southern California Gas Co. agreed Wednesday to provide up to 30MMcf/d to its Northern California gas utility counterpart, PacificGas & Electric, as long as unpaid balances never exceed $16.5million for the supplies. The deal runs through March 31 this year.

A threatened shut-in of 250 MMcf/d or more of deep-water gasproduction connected to Southern Natural Gas Co.’s system wasaverted — at least temporarily — as the owners of keyprocessing facilities in Louisiana last Thursday re-started some oftheir operations to satisfy the long-line pipeline, which claimedthe production fell short of its specifications for delivery. Theproducers, however, said their gas more than met Southern Natural’squality specs, and that they were being unfairly held to a higherstandard than other shippers on the pipeline’s system.

Williams was selected yesterday by a consortium of deep-waterGulf of Mexico producers to handle about 500 MMcf/d of gasproduction that is scheduled to come on stream in mid-2002. Toaccommodate the projected volumes, Williams will build the CanyonStation, a production handling platform in the East Main Pass areasouth of Mobile Bay.

Dominion Transmission is conducting an open season for anupgrade of its system to provide 300 MMcf/d of new firmtransportation from Canadian and Midwestern points to the Leidy,PA, hub for connections to major markets in the Northeast.

Dominion Transmission will conduct an open season for an upgradeof its system to provide 300 MMcf/d of new firm transportation fromCanadian and Midwestern points to the Leidy, PA, hub forconnections to major markets in the Northeast.

The #1 compressor at Roswell (NM) Station became unavailableFriday due to a bearing failure, causing a 30 MMcf/d reduction inSan Juan Crossover capacity, El Paso said. Repairs were expected tohave been completed Saturday.