Industry reports that the start-up of the Canada-to-IllinoisNorthern Border Pipeline expansion, which has been planned forearly December, may be delayed are unfounded, said an officialassociated with the project.
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KN Delays Front Runner Until ’99
KN Energy will not be building its Front Runner Pipeline projectthis year as originally planned but may begin construction by nextsummer in time for service in November 1999, a company spokesmansaid yesterday. KN originally intended to have the project inservice for the upcoming heating season. Despite receiving anoptional certificate on the project from FERC in July, the companystill has not lined up the required customer commitments to moveforward.
Nuclear Plant Closings Up Pipe Capacity Demand
While the natural gas industry generally believes the multiplepipeline projects planned for the Midwest and New England areoverkill, Roger Gale of the Washington International Energy Groupwould disagree.
El Paso Energy Expands Gulf Gathering With Leviathan
El Paso Energy CEO William A. Wise calls his company’s latestplanned acquisition the “yellow brick road” to deep-water Gulf ofMexico gas development. El Paso said it will buy DeepTechInternational’s interests in Leviathan Gas Pipeline through aseries of transactions worth about $450 million. Leviathan GasPipeline Partners produces, processes, gathers, transports andmarkets oil and gas in the offshore Gulf of Mexico.