Nicor

Nicor Gas Co. said Illinois regulators have approved a tariff that will allow the company to recoup millions in pipeline infrastructure investments across the northern part of the state.

While there is still much bullishness toward natural gas as a transportation fuel, industry leaders cast some doubts over its relative role in building demand for gas at LDC Gas Forum Mid-Continent in Chicago on Monday.

Natural gas has real opportunities for growth in the upper Midwest and nationally, especially in the industrial and transportation fuel sectors, Nicor Gas President Elizabeth Reese told the LDC Gas Forum Mid-Continent meeting Monday in Chicago.

Ameren and Nicor Gas have signed 20 year contracts to purchase pipeline quality synthetic natural gas starting in 2010 from a coal gasification plant to be built by Power Holdings LLC in Southern Illinois.

Ameren and Nicor Gas have signed 20 year contracts to purchase pipeline quality synthetic natural gas starting in 2010 from a coal gasification plant to be built by Power Holdings LLC in Southern Illinois.

Nicor Enerchange LLC said it signed an agreement with Caledonia Energy Partners LLC of Dallas to market and administer the proposed 11.7 Bcf Caledonia storage project in northeast Mississippi. An open season is currently underway for the storage facility, which is a depleted gas reservoir. The project will have a direct interconnect with Tennessee Gas Pipeline’s 500 leg in Zone 1. Market demand for direct interconnects with Southern Natural and Texas Eastern will be evaluated as a Phase II project. The non-binding open season for firm storage capacity started May 13 and lasts through June 25. Service requests during this open season will be non-binding on all parties. For detailed information on the open season, visit the storage company’s website at www.caledoniastorage.com.