Proposes

Irving Oil Ltd., which has operated the deepwater terminal Irving Canaport in New Brunswick since 1970, has applied for a permit to add a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal to the site, located about 60 miles from the U.S. border. The proposed project, which would cost about C$500 million to construct, would give Canaport, which has a current total tank capacity of 12.5 MMbbl, the ability to receive LNG cargoes and vaporize the LNG for send-out over the pipeline grid.

Acknowledging that development of an Alaska natural gas pipeline will cost too much for the state to carry alone, Alaska Gov. Tony Knowles is proposing federal legislation mandating the Alaska Highway route and is calling for federal tax incentives to enable companies to bring North Slope gas to market. However, the move, say critics, could threaten development of a gas line.

Gulf South Pipeline Co. LP, formerly Koch Gateway Pipeline, has begun an open season for 1 Bcf/d of new capacity on its Gulf Pines Pipeline project that would provide interstate transportation service to parts of the North and South Carolina markets that currently aren’t being served by competitors.

Gulf South Pipeline Co. LP, formerly Koch Gateway Pipeline, has begun an open season for 1 Bcf/d of new capacity on its Gulf Pines Pipeline project that would provide interstate transportation service to parts of the North and South Carolina markets that currently aren’t being served by competitors.

In a draft proposal released Friday, the Minerals Management Service (MMS) said it wants to hold 20 oil and natural gas lease sales in the federal Outer Continental Shelf between 2002 and 2007. The “Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program” will be officially published in today’s Federal Register, but an advance look suggests sales in the Gulf of Mexico’s Western, Central and parts of the Eastern planning areas, as well as Alaska’s Beaufort Sea, Norton Basin, Cook Inlet/Shelikof Strait and the Chukchi Sea/Hope Basin.

In a draft proposal released Friday, the Minerals Management Service (MMS) said it wants to hold 20 oil and natural gas lease sales in the federal Outer Continental Shelf between 2002 and 2007. The “Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program” will be officially published in today’s Federal Register, but an advance look suggests sales in the Gulf of Mexico’s Western, Central and parts of the Eastern planning areas, as well as Alaska’s Beaufort Sea, Norton Basin, Cook Inlet/Shelikof Strait and the Chukchi Sea/Hope Basin.

In what appears to be a perfect match, Sempra Energy’s communications unit has come up with a process to marry natural gas with fiber optics. If successful and approved by the various public utility commissions around the country, Sempra could solve one of the telecommunications industry’s biggest problems — transport — by using the nation’s gas pipelines to carry fiber optic cable from outlying networks into buildings.

Williams last week asked FERC for the go-ahead to build a 1,000 MDth/d interconnect between its Cove Point liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Lusby, MD, and affiliate Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line.

Williams has asked FERC for the go-ahead to build a 1,000 MDth/d interconnect between its Cove Point liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Lusby, MD, and affiliate Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line.