Projects

While there are “ample” natural gas reserves throughout North America, the cost of developing “frontier” projects is substantially greater than importing additional quantities of LNG from Trinidad, South America, Africa, the Middle East and Australia, the Zeus Development Corp. said.

Gas suppliers and buyers got what they wanted north of the U.S. border and a truly competitive market in delivery services is at hand, TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. told the National Energy Board. TransCanada predicts that within five years, two-thirds of its long-distance capacity for 7.5 Bcf/d will be sold the same way as most of the gas in its lines, on short contracts. “The traditional regulatory compact,” which kept the system reliably full on long service contracts, “has been dismantled” by allowing rivals to build new capacity.

Encouraged by the results of recent market tests, El Paso Natural Gas announced two binding open seasons last week for 400-500 MMcf/d of firm transportation capacity on a bi-directional lateral it plans to add to its system within California. It also plans to announce soon additional binding open seasons to expand its mainline.

Natural-gas suppliers and buyers got what they wanted north of the U.S. border–a truly competitive market in delivery services is at hand, TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. has told the National Energy Board. TransCanada predicts that within five years, two-thirds of its long-distance capacity for 7.5 Bcf/d will be sold the same way as most of the gas in its lines, on short contracts. “The traditional regulatory compact,” which kept the system reliably full on long service contracts, “has been dismantled” by allowing rivals to build new capacity.

Encouraged by the results of recent market tests, El Paso Natural Gas announced two binding open seasons yesterday for 400-500 MMcf/d of firm transportation capacity on a bi-directional lateral it plans to add to its system within California. It also plans to announce soon additional binding open seasons to expand its mainline.

A study of North American natural gas markets topped the wish list of 11 potential study projects proposed by the Energy Department (DOE) for the National Petroleum Council (NPC) at the council’s annual meeting last Wednesday in Washington.

A study of North American natural gas markets topped the wish list of 11 potential study projects proposed by the Energy Department (DOE) for the National Petroleum Council (NPC) at the council’s annual meeting Wednesday in Washington.

The Mackenzie Valley and Beaufort offshore pipeline proposals got a slight push forward last week following two days of meetings with all of those responsible for regulating energy developments in the Northwest Territories. The agreement, coordinated by the National Energy Board, would set up a draft framework for a single environmental assessment process to review the proposals.

The Mackenzie Valley and Beaufort offshore pipeline proposals got a slight push forward this week following two days of meetings with all of those responsible for regulating energy developments in the Northwest Territories. The agreement, coordinated by the National Energy Board, would set up a draft framework for a single environmental assessment process to review the proposals.