Nonbinding

The U.S. House last Wednesday passed a nonbinding resolution opposing efforts by major natural gas exporting countries to form a cartel or other mechanism to manipulate the supply of gas and its price to the world market.

Petal Gas Storage LLC is holding a nonbinding open season for 5 Bcf of firm capacity to be created through construction of a new salt cavern at its Petal, MS, facility. An in-service date is planned for the second quarter of 2010.

The U.S. House late Wednesday passed a nonbinding resolution opposing efforts by major natural gas exporting countries to form a cartel or other mechanism to manipulate the supply of gas and its price to the world market.

Petal Gas Storage LLC is holding a nonbinding open season for 5 Bcf of firm capacity to be created through construction of a new salt cavern at its Petal, MS, facility. An in-service date is planned for the second quarter of 2010.

Pine Prairie Energy Center LLC is holding a nonbinding open season for an additional 16 Bcf of gas storage capacity through the end of the month. The company is currently constructing the 24 Bcf first phase of its salt cavern facility near Pine Prairie, LA, about 50 miles from Henry Hub.

Pine Prairie Energy Center LLC is holding a nonbinding open season for an additional 16 Bcf of gas storage capacity. The company is currently constructing the 24 Bcf first phase of its salt cavern facility near Pine Prairie, LA, about 50 miles from Henry Hub.

Responding to producers’ calls for increased pipeline capacity tapping Appalachian gas, Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. (TCO) is conducting a nonbinding open season and reverse open season through 4:30 p.m. ET July 6 for added compression to push more gas out of Kentucky and West Virginia into the market area.

Ozark Gas Transmission is conducting a nonbinding open season through June 29 for capacity on an expansion that would extend its existing system in the Oklahoma-Arkansas-Missouri region to Mississippi.

National Fuel Gas Supply Corp., the principal pipeline and storage subsidiary of National Fuel Gas Co., said its recent nonbinding open season (see Daily GPI, March 27) to offer 500 MMcf/d of capacity or more to Leidy, PA, and/or the proposed Empire and Millennium interconnects received “robust market interest.” Bids for transportation service totaled nearly 1 Bcf, the company said. Bids included proposed transportation services from gas supply sources in the Appalachian region of western Pennsylvania, the Rocky Mountain basin via Rockies Express at Clarington, OH, and the Market Hub at Leidy. National Fuel said it is assessing what facilities would be required to accommodate the services requested and expects to begin discussions with those who requested service.