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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit late Monday denied an Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC (ACP) petition to rehear a December ruling that overturned key federal approvals for the project, another legal setback that could see the company take its case to the U.S. Supreme Court.

FERC staff issued a favorable final environmental impact statement (FEIS) for the Southeast Market Pipelines (SMP) Project, which is composed of the Sabal Trail Transmission LLC project, the Hillabee Expansion and Florida Southeast Connection projects.

Upon consideration of revised and additional data, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken back its criticism of the Sabal Trail Pipeline, a project of Spectra Energy Corp. and NextEra Energy Inc.

Sabal Trail Transmission LLC has filed a Section 7(c) application at FERC for its proposed pipeline to deliver gas to power generators and local distribution companies in Alabama, Georgia and Florida. Foundation shippers Florida Power & Light Co. (FPL) and Duke Energy Florida Inc. (DEF) have signed up for 1 million Dth/d of firm capacity.

Spectra Energy Inc. recently struck contracts to underpin three major pipeline projects, moving $3 billion worth of investment opportunities for the company into the execution column, a third brand-new pipeline to serve the Florida market among them.

Environmental regulators in British Columbia (BC) have approved a request by Pacific Trail Pipelines LP (PTP) for an expansion to the Kitimat to Summit Lake (KSL) Looping Project, a proposed pipeline to transport natural gas from the Horn River Basin in Western Canada to the Pacific coast.

Environmental regulators in British Columbia (BC) have approved a request by Pacific Trail Pipelines LP (PTP) for an expansion to the Kitimat to Summit Lake (KSL) Looping Project, a proposed pipeline to transport natural gas from the Horn River Basin in Western Canada to the Pacific coast.

The partners behind Kitimat LNG plan to acquire the 50% interest in Pacific Trail Pipelines LP they don’t already own from Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. (PNG) for $50 million. The deal is intended to support export of gas from the Horn River Basin and other Western Canada plays as liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Asian markets. Apache Canada Ltd. and EOG Resources Canada Inc. said they will pay PNG $30 million on closing, which is expected by the end of February, and make a second payment of $20 million when the partners decide to proceed with construction of the Kitimat LNG export facility at Bish Cove, BC (see NGI, Jan. 3).

Pacific Trail Pipelines LP (PTP) is seeking shippers for its proposed C$1.2 billion, 463-kilometer (288-mile) Kitimat to Summit Lake Looping Project (KSL Project). Capacity takers would eventually be able to transport Canadian gas to the proposed Kitimat LNG Inc. terminal for liquefaction and shipment to more lucrative markets in the Pacific Rim.