Transco

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line (Transco) is holding an open season for its Atlantic Sunrise project, which would provide between 450,000 and more than 1 million Dth/d of new, year-round firm transportation capacity by its proposed in-service date of July 1, 2017, the Williams subsidiary said in a notice posted Thursday. The open season is due to end Sept. 27.

Florida Power & Light Co. (FPL) is preparing a request for proposals (RFP) to construct a two-segment pipeline to carry natural gas from Transco’s Station 85 in western Alabama to FPL’s Martin County Power Plant in southern Florida. If constructed, the pipeline would reduce Florida’s reliance on gas from the Gulf of Mexico.

Florida Power & Light Co. (FPL) is preparing a request for proposals (RFP) for construction of a two-segment pipeline to carry natural gas from Transco’s Station 85 in western Alabama to FPL’s Martin County Power Plant in southern Florida. If constructed, the pipeline would reduce Florida’s reliance on gas from the Gulf of Mexico.

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line (Transco) is holding an open season through Aug. 23 for capacity on the Mobile Bay South III lateral expansion in Alabama, which is set to be online in the fall of 2014 and provide up to 325,000 Dth/d of firm capacity to the southeastern United States. The additional capacity would be available from Station 85 near Butler, AL, to points along the lateral as far south as the interconnection with Bay Gas Storage Co. Ltd.’s facilities near Mobile, AL. Williams Partners Ltd. said the final capacity, scope and cost of the project will be determined by the open season. For information contact Toi Anderson at (713) 215-4540.

Williams Partners LP has placed the first phase of its Transco pipeline 85 North expansion into service, providing 90,000 Dth/d to fuel Constellation Energy’s new 740 MW power plant in Tallapoosa County, AL. Phase II of the project will increase the pipeline’s capacity by an additional 218,500 Dth/d by summer 2011, serving new and existing power generating facilities in North Carolina. Phase I of the project required adding 17,900 hp at two compressor facilities in Alabama. Phase II will require the addition of approximately 22 miles of 42-inch diameter pipeline in Alabama, South Carolina and North Carolina, as well as a new 20,500 hp compressor facility in South Carolina and modifications to several existing compressor stations. The total cost of the project is about $241 million.

Transco reported finding a leak on its 24-inch diameter mainline in Kleberg County, TX, and said Monday the impacted segment had been isolated to assess damage and determine repair plans. Seven meters in the area have been shut in until further notice.

Transco reported finding a leak on its 24-inch diameter mainline in Kleberg County, TX, and said Monday the impacted segment had been isolated to assess damage and determine repair plans. Seven meters in the area have been shut in until further notice.

Prices continued to spike in the Northeast Wednesday, with a few other regional citygates joining Transco Zone 6-New York in jumps of about a dollar or more and Texas Eastern M-3 skyrocketing by more than $2. However, this week’s bullishness showed signs of stalling, with Gulf Coast numbers generally only a few cents both up and down from flat and markets in the Midcontinent/Midwest and West mostly on the moderately softer side.

Northeast spikes, including one of about a dollar by Transco Zone 6-New York, led further price increases at a large majority of points Tuesday as widespread frigid weather continued to stoke major heating load and prompted some analysts to predict that a very large storage withdrawal will be reported for the preceding week. The 16.9-cent rise by January futures a day earlier also helped boost Tuesday’s cash market.