Pipe

Williams’ Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC (Transco) is holding a nonbinding open season through Aug. 4 for an expansion to provide up to 150,000 Dth/d of firm service to markets in Virginia, Washington, DC, and Maryland, the company said Tuesday.

FERC Friday issued a favorable environmental assessment to Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line for its proposed 308,500 Dth/d system expansion to serve natural gas markets in the Southeast.

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC (Transco) announced last week a binding open season for its Northeast Supply Project that will provide year-round firm transportation service from the discharge of Transco’s Station 195 in York County, PA, to certain delivery points in Zone 6.

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC (Transco) announced Tuesday a binding open season for its Northeast Supply Project that will provide year-round firm transportation service from the discharge of Transco’s Station 195 in York County, PA, to certain delivery points in Zone 6.

FERC last Thursday approved affiliates Oasis Pipeline LP’s (Oasis) and Oasis Pipe Line Co. Texas LP’s (Oasis Texas) request for Section 3 Natural Gas Act authorization and a presidential permit to build and operate pipeline facilities at the U.S.-Mexico border to export gas for use by gas-fired electric generation plants and industrial customers in northern Mexico. The border-crossing facilities were proposed as part of a much larger expansion of the Oasis system.

FERC Thursday approved affiliates Oasis Pipeline LP’s (Oasis) and Oasis Pipe Line Co. Texas LP’s (Oasis Texas) request for Section 3 Natural Gas Act authorization and a presidential permit to build and operate pipeline facilities at the U.S.-Mexico border to export gas for use by gas-fired electric generation plants and industrial customers in northern Mexico. The border-crossing facilities were proposed as part of a much larger expansion of the Oasis system.

FERC has approved a certificate for Williams’ Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line’s (Transco) Mobile Bay South project. New service from the project would be available in the second quarter of 2010. The project is designed to create 253,500 Dth of southbound, year-round firm capacity on the Mobile Bay Lateral from Transco’s mainline at Station 85 near Butler, AL, to its interconnect with Gulfstream Natural Gas System in Coden, AL. “The Mobile Bay South project will enable us to provide firm southbound transportation service for growing domestic supplies from new pipeline interconnects at Station 85 to markets in Southwest Alabama and Florida, as well as third-party storage facilities, while maintaining the full capability of the lateral to supply our traditional customers through northbound service to Station 85,” said Phil Wright, president of Williams’ natural gas pipeline business. The project will require construction of a 9,470 hp compressor facility at Station 85 in Choctaw County, AL. Williams estimates that the project facilities will cost $37 million. The project received its environmental approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in March (see Daily GPI, March 19).

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Thursday approved Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line’s (Transco) proposal to add incremental southbound transportation capacity on its Mobile Bay Lateral, creating bidirectional flow capability to serve the growing Florida and Alabama natural gas markets.

Midcontinent Express Pipeline LLC (MEP) Phase I began interim service on 266 miles of 42-inch diameter pipeline from interconnects with Houston Pipe Line Co. and Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America (NGPL) near Paris, TX, to an interconnect with the Columbia Gulf Pipeline near Delhi, LA, the pipeline said Friday.