Proposing

Four federal agencies last Wednesday issued a final programmatic environmental impact statement (final PEIS) proposing to designate more than 6,000 miles of energy transport corridors on federal lands in 11 western states.

Four federal agencies Wednesday issued a final programmatic environmental impact statement (final PEIS) proposing to designate more than 6,000 miles of energy transport corridors on federal lands in 11 western states.

Ozark Gas Transmission LLC, an affiliate of Tulsa, OK-based Atlas Pipeline Mid-Continent LLC, is proposing to build a new pipeline to transport natural gas from the developing Fayetteville Shale area in Arkansas.

Calgary-based TransCanada has adopted the Canadians’ snowbird affection for the western United States, proposing to build a 575 MW natural gas-fired simple-cycle peaking plant in the midst of the fast-growing Phoenix metropolitan area in Arizona. If the Coolidge project becomes a reality, the facility could become the first generation plant in the state to have access to both the El Paso Natural Gas and Transwestern interstate natural gas pipelines that run east-to-west through Arizona.

Calgary-based TransCanada has adopted the western Canadian’s snowbird lure to the western United States, proposing to build a 575 MW natural gas-fired simple-cycle peaking plant in the midst of the fast-growing Phoenix metropolitan area in Arizona. If the Coolidge project becomes a reality, the facility could become the first generation plant in the state to have access to both the El Paso Natural Gas and Transwestern interstate natural gas pipelines that run east-to-west through Arizona.

As natural gas production continues to grow in the Woodford Shale of southeastern Oklahoma, OGE Energy Corp. subsidiary Enogex Inc. is proposing new firm Section 311 natural gas interstate transportation service on the company’s intrastate pipeline system in the region. Enogex has opened a binding open season to solicit shipper interest in the plan.

As natural gas production continues to grow in the Woodford Shale of southeastern Oklahoma, OGE Energy Corp. subsidiary Enogex Inc. is proposing new firm Section 311 natural gas interstate transportation service on the company’s intrastate pipeline system in the region. Enogex has opened a binding open season to solicit shipper interest in the plan.

Spectra Energy Corp. is proposing to expand its gas gathering system to accommodate growing production in the Grizzly Valley area of northeastern British Columbia.

Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline is proposing to increase the capacity of the U.S. portion of its pipeline system to transport new gas supplies from EnCana Corp.’s planned Deep Panuke project, located off the coast of Nova Scotia, to markets in Atlantic Canada and the Northeast United States, the company said last week.