Postponement

Frustrated by postponement of an Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) lease sale for waters off the coast of Virginia, lawmakers have introduced a bill that would compel the Department of Interior to proceed with a sale within one year of the legislation’s passage if the state’s governor requests it.

Frustrated by postponement of an Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) lease sale for waters off the coast of Virginia, lawmakers have introduced a bill that would compel the Department of Interior to proceed with a sale within one year of the legislation’s passage if the state’s governor requests it.

Northern Indiana Public Service Co. (NIPSCO), the largest natural gas distribution company in Indiana, blamed the recession for a decision to cut 2% of its workforce in the state and the postponement of some “major” projects.

The economic recession and liquefied natural gas (LNG) market dynamics have caused the indefinite postponement of an LNG transshipment and storage terminal proposed by Newfoundland LNG Ltd. for Grassy Point on Placentia Bay on the southeast coast of Newfoundland, Canada.

The economic recession and liquefied natural gas (LNG) market dynamics have caused the indefinite postponement of an LNG transshipment and storage terminal proposed by Newfoundland LNG Ltd. for Grassy Point on Placentia Bay on the southeast coast of Newfoundland, Canada.

The recession and credit crisis have caused the postponement of a $79 million pipeline project in Nebraska proposed by Nebraska Resources Co. LLC (NRC), a unit of Seminole Energy Services, the company said recently. Collapse of the ethanol industry, which the pipeline would have served, was largely blamed.

The recession and credit crisis have caused the postponement of a $79 million pipeline project in Nebraska proposed by Nebraska Resources Co. LLC (NRC), a unit of Seminole Energy Services, the company said recently. Collapse of the ethanol industry, which the pipeline would have served, was largely blamed.

Florida Gas Transmission ended an Overage Alert Day notice Thursday. PG&E Gas Transmission-Northwest (GTN) announced a maintenance postponement. An outage of compressor Unit 4B, previously scheduled for Wednesday through today, is now set for Oct. 3-5. It will limit Kingsgate capacity to 2,390 MMcf/d. GTN also said it will begin an unscheduled overhaul of the A compressor at Station 11 next Tuesday, The work, which will continue through Sept. 30, will cut capacity through Station 14 to 1,870 MMcf/d.

El Paso’s postponement dates for smart pigging of Line 1103 (seeDaily GPI, March 14) became inoperative after the pipelinedetermined that cleaning of the line would not be completed asexpected. El Paso said it will wait until Line 1103 is completelyclean before announcing a new pigging schedule. “By waiting, wewill only be able to give the notice one to two days prior to theevent, but we feel that is preferable to the possibility of havingto postpone yet another time.”