Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America (NGPL) is seeking agreen light to sell off 110 miles of offshore supply laterals andcertain abandoned, retired facilities in the Gulf of Mexico toGreen Canyon Pipe Line Co. LLC for an estimated $1.3 million.
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In a Friday update on the May 7 fire that knocked out service atits Station 812 in Atoka County, OK (see Daily GPI, May 10 and 15), NGPL said it plans on reconstructingthe destroyed service building in upcoming months and targeted areturn to normal operations for Nov. 1. Pre-fire capacity will berestored at that time, the pipeline said, but until then volumes inSegment 16 are limited to 135,000 MMBtu/d. Although the station’scompressors weren’t damaged, they can’t be operated due to the loss ofequipment in the service building.
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NGPL will perform annual maintenance Tuesday through Friday on aunit at Compressor Station 167 (Lea County, NM), reducing areacapacity by about 21,000 MMBtu/d. Depending on nomination levels,only a limited amount of ITS/AOR service may be scheduled for gasreceived in the Permian Zone’s Segments 7, 8 or 9 and deliveredoutside the Permian Zone. The pipeline has scheduled a constructionshutdown of its Old Ocean Lateral for April 27-29. Eight points inBrazoria County, TX, and one in Matagorda County, TX, must takenominations to zero during the outage.
Natural Can Declare Shippers Liable for Damages
After giving Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America (NGPL) asecond bite at the apple, FERC last week said the pipeline hadsufficiently defended a proposed tariff revision that would allowit to hold its shippers liable for damages resulting fromlower-quality gas entering its system.
Natural Must Re-Vamp Auction Procedures
Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America’s (NGPL) interpretation of aNovember order addressing its auctioning practices was dead wrong,FERC said last week in denying the pipeline’s request forrehearing.
Natural Seeks Clarification of Complaint Order
Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America (NGPL) contends a FERCdecision that found a recent auction to be “unreasonable and undulypreferential” would “nullify” its negotiated-rate authority and”aggravate” its decontracting problems.
Transportation Notes
Effective gas day today, NGPL may be able to schedule limitedamounts of interruptible gas received in the Permian Zone inSegments 7, 8 or 9 and being delivered outside the Permian Zone.
It’s a Go for Alliance In the U.S., FERC Says
Over the din of protesters, especially soon-to-be competitorNatural Gas Pipeline Co. of America (NGPL), FERC last week deniedthe majority of rehearing requests and awarded Alliance PipelineL.P. its long-awaited optional certificate to build a majortransportation link between western Canadian production fields andthe U.S. Midwest.
Natural’s Negotiated-Rate Plan ‘Premature’
FERC earlier this week rejected Natural Gas Pipeline Company ofAmerica’s (NGPL) proposal to implement negotiated rates on itssystem, saying that such a move would be “premature” until it couldact on the pipeline’s proposed auction procedures that are pendingas part of a comprehensive settlement.
Natural Proposes Interactive Auction Procedures
As part of a comprehensive settlement filed at FERC Natural GasPipeline Company of America (NGPL) has proposed implementing aninteractive auction process for posting and awardingtransportation/storage capacity on its system within less than twoyears. Although the settlement reserves five contested issues, allof the “active” parties have indicated their support for theproposal.