Transcontinental

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. last week struck out again in its eight-year effort to obtain firm-to-the-wellhead (FTW) transportation rates similar to those enjoyed by its competitors.

FERC last week yanked Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line’s certificate authority to proceed with the construction of Phase III of its MarketLink expansion in Pennsylvania and New Jersey due to the failure of the pipeline to subscribe the entire 404,000 Dth/d of capacity in the final phase by the April 13 deadline.

FERC last week yanked Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line’s certificate authority to proceed with the construction of Phase III of its MarketLink expansion in Pennsylvania and New Jersey due to the failure of the pipeline to subscribe the entire 404,000 Dth/d of capacity in the final phase by the April 13 deadline.

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line’s $134 million Sundance expansion project was approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last week in a draft certificate issued at the Commission’s regular meeting. The looping and compression project will provide an additional 236,383 Dth/d of firm transportation capacity to 12 shippers in the Southeast.

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line’s $134 million Sundance expansionproject was approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commissionyesterday in a draft certificate issued at the Commission’s regularmeeting. The looping and compression project will provide anadditional 236,383 Dth/d of firm transportation capacity to 12shippers in the Southeast.

The Sandhills Pipeline, which cuts across 84 miles ofsouth-central North Carolina to link the Williams Transcontinentalinterstate pipeline with a natural gas-fired power plant underconstruction in Richmond County, NC was completed Monday, accordingto Progress Energy Inc.

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line has filed a new rate case seekingto roll in costs of several expansions and reflecting an increasedrate of return and related taxes, and higher operation andmaintenance expenses.

FERC last week cleared the way for Transcontinental Gas PipeLine (Transco) to begin building two phases of its controversialMarketLink project that would expand its existing transportationsystem in western Pennsylvania and northern New Jersey, but itbarred the pipeline from proceeding with a third phase until it canback up that part of the project with executed contracts.

FERC yesterday cleared the way for Transcontinental Gas PipeLine (Transco) to begin building two phases of its controversialMarketLink project that would expand its existing transportationsystem in western Pennsylvania and northern New Jersey, but itbarred the pipeline from proceeding with a third phase until it canback up that part of the project with executed contracts.