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Given that the high natural gas prices “no longer exist” that prompted FERC to require suppliers to report their sales to the California market, a group of major producers and marketers has asked the Commission to terminate the requirement when its comes up for renewal in January.

Dominion has rescinded an OFO prompted by full storage pools and overdeliveries into its system (see Daily GPI, Dec. 7). However, a Nov. 8 “Equalization Advisory,” in which shippers were asked to be sure that receipt and delivery volumes conformed with each other, remains in effect, Dominion said.

Plummeting gas prices have prompted a large number of idled ammonia producers to restart operations this month, after lengthy downtime due to last winter’s record gas price increases. Houston-based Industrialinfo.com, which tracks manufacturing, said most of the Gulf Coast and Midcontinent plants are at partial or full capacity.

Plummeting gas prices have prompted a large number of idled ammonia producers to restart operations this month, after lengthy downtime due to last winter’s record gas price increases. Houston-based Industrialinfo.com, which tracks manufacturing, said most of the Gulf Coast and Midcontinent plants are at partial or full capacity.

Northern Border said “concurrent unplanned compressor station outages upstream of Ventura” Monday evening prompted it to place a firm-only scheduling restriction on the 42-inch pipeline segment (Monchy/Port of Morgan to Ventura) for the gas days of Wednesday and today. Gas Control will re-evaluate conditions this morning to determine if the constraint will be lifted Friday.

Burgeoning gas production in northern British Columbia has prompted Westcoast Energy to hold another open season for a capacity expansion. As a result of a recent open season, Westcoast gathered binding requests for 33 MMcf/d of expansion service on its Forth Nelson mainline for an April 2002 in-service date. A new open season held last week was for an additional 120 MMcf/d on the Fort Nelson line by November 2002.

Burgeoning gas production in northern British Columbia has prompted Westcoast Energy to hold another open season for a capacity expansion. As a result of a recent open season, Westcoast gathered binding requests for 33 MMcf/d of expansion service on its Forth Nelson mainline for an April 2002 in-service date. This new open season is for an additional 120 MMcf/d on the Fort Nelson line by November 2002.

Public Service Company of Colorado’s (PSCO) abandonment of its Leyden Storage facility over the next few years has prompted a series of storage and transportation changes on Colorado Interstate Gas that are designed to replace the storage service at Leyden and meet growing demand from six other customers in Colorado. The project, which was approved by FERC this week, is expected to cost $58 million and be in service in September.

Strong gas-fired power generation and economic growth in California prompted Transwestern Pipeline last week to propose a $93 million emergency expansion project and announce plans for a much larger project going forward.