Pipeline

Florida Gas Transmission announced that it placed its Phase IV expansion project into service, adding 134 miles of pipeline, 38,000 hp of compression and 200 MMcf/d of new firm transportation capacity to the system. Seven shippers signed 20-year agreements for the capacity.

In light of “gaming” of natural gas wholesale prices at the California-Arizona border and ongoing pipeline constraints, the head of the California Public Utilities Commission Wednesday said she and her fellow regulators are looking to go farther than several current proposals for unbundling intrastate transmission and storage services by Southern California Gas Co.

Florida Gas Transmission announced that it placed its Phase IV expansion project into service, adding 134 miles of pipeline, 38,000 hp of compression and 200 MMcf/d of new firm transportation capacity to the system. Seven shippers signed 20-year agreements for the capacity.

Canada’s National Energy Board has received an application from Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline Management Ltd. to approve final tolls from Test Period 2001, which runs October 2000 through Dec. 31, 2001, and for Test Period 2002, which runs from Jan. 1, 2002 through Dec. 31, 2002. M&NP has been operating on interim tolls approved by the NEB since Oct. 1, 2000.

Vector Pipeline announced the appointment of John Donaldson to vice president of marketing, Linda Maiorana to general manager of accounting and regulatory and administration and Matt Malinowski to manager of market development. Donaldson will be responsible for short and long term sales, market development, customer service and new service development. Maiorana will provide financial and regulatory oversight and contract administration. Malinowski will be responsible for new business opportunities. IntercontinentalExchange (ICE), an online marketplace for over-the-counter (OTC) energy and metals products, announced the appointment of David S. Goone as senior vice president.Goone will be responsible for expanding ICE’s product line. He joins ICE from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange where he was managing director/senior vice president product marketing.

Williams Transco pipeline has 526,000 Dt/d of binding commitments for its Momentum Expansion Project which “will be one of the largest mainline expansion projects constructed in Transco’s 50-plus year history,” according to Gary Lauderdale, senior vice president and general manager of the line.

Vector Pipeline announced the appointment of John Donaldson to vice president of marketing, Linda Maiorana to general manager of accounting and regulatory and administration and Matt Malinowski to manager of market development. Donaldson will be responsible for short and long term sales, market development, customer service and new service development. Maiorana will provide financial and regulatory oversight and contract administration. Malinowski will be responsible for new business opportunities. IntercontinentalExchange (ICE), an online marketplace for over-the-counter (OTC) energy and metals products, announced the appointment of David S. Goone as senior vice president.Goone will be responsible for expanding ICE’s product line. He joins ICE from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange where he was managing director/senior vice president product marketing.

Canada’s National Energy Board has received an application from Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline Management Ltd. to approve final tolls from Test Period 2001, which runs October 2000 through Dec. 31, 2001, and for Test Period 2002, which runs from Jan. 1, 2002 through Dec. 31, 2002. M&NP has been operating on interim tolls approved by the NEB since Oct. 1, 2000.

Due to warm winter weather in certain regions last month,increased fuel switching and industrial slowdowns, the countryconsumed 140 Bcf less natural gas than was anticipated in January,which led to much lower spot gas prices towards the end of themonth, according to the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA)Short-term Energy Outlook for February.