Sunrise

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (DC) Circuit has agreed to rehear a case challenging FERC’s review of the Atlantic Sunrise Project, and while some analysts don’t see any immediate impact to service on the 1.7 Bcf/d expansion, the move could have implications for the Commission’s rehearing process.

NextEra Energy Partners LP said Monday that it has agreed to acquire a significant ownership stake in the Atlantic Sunrise natural gas pipeline in a deal valued at $1.37 billion.

Hot on the heels of its recently announced Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. (Transco) Leidy South Expansion, parent company Williams said it was eyeing another midstream project that would extend Transco’s reach with more than 1 Bcf/d of firm transport capacity in Zones 3, 4, 5 and 6.

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. on Friday joined other Appalachian operators in a chorus of praise for the takeaway capacity that has come online throughout the basin this year, which has helped to lift prices that have long been restrained.

The same day it OK’d the startup of Atlantic Sunrise, FERC authorized service on another Appalachian takeaway expansion aimed at serving the East Coast, Columbia Gas Transmission LLC’s WB XPress Project.

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC (Transco) has asked FERC for authorization to begin full service on its 1.7 million Dth/d Atlantic Sunrise expansion by Sept. 10, bringing the project a step closer to uncorking more Northeast production attempting to reach East Coast markets.

Northeast Pennsylvania producers could soon have a new major takeaway route to work with as Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC (Transco) has asked FERC for authorization to begin full service on its 1.7 million Dth/d Atlantic Sunrise expansion by Sept. 10.

Against a backdrop of lean regional storage inventories, the recent delay to Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC (MVP) further tightens the supply/demand balance this winter for East Coast markets that saw constraints drive spot prices to more than $100/MMBtu back in January.

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. (Transco) has filed for a FERC certificate to construct its Rivervale South to Market project, a 190,000 Dth/d expansion of its system in New Jersey, parent company Williams Partners LP announced Friday.