Transmission

A new tariff approved Thursday for Texas Gas Transmission (TGT) sets out an enhanced nominations service (ENS) with an additional 11 nomination cycles each gas day and interruptible (IT) bump times as short as one hour to serve the on-again, off-again power generation load.

A new tariff approved Thursday for Texas Gas Transmission (TGT) sets out an enhanced nominations service (ENS) with an additional 11 nomination cycles each gas day and interruptible (IT) bump times as short as one hour to serve the on-again, off-again power generation load.

Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB) announced Tuesday that it has approved plans by TransCanada Corp. unit Nova Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL) to expand its Northwest Mainline, which would link natural gas supplies in the Upper Peace River region to markets in Canada and the United States.

Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Michael J. Cianci Jr. has certified an uncontested settlement resolving claims that Tuscarora Gas Transmission Co. significantly overrecovered its cost of service, making its current transportation rates unjust and unreasonable.

NiSource Gas Transmission & Storage (NGT&S) is in the later stages of developing a 90-mile pipeline in western Pennsylvania to support increased Marcellus Shale natural gas production, NiSource Inc. officials said Wednesday.

Demand for drilling equipment in North America’s onshore continues to be strong, with the backlog of capital equipment orders in rig technology in the final three months of 2011 double year-ago levels, National Oilwell Varco Inc. (NOV) reported Thursday.

NiSource Gas Transmission & Storage (NGT&S) is in the latter stages of developing a 90-mile pipeline in western Pennsylvania to support increased Marcellus Shale natural gas production, NiSource Inc. officials said Wednesday.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved Kern River Gas Transmission Co.’s application to construct 8.6 miles of eight-inch diameter pipeline lateral and a meter station to provide natural gas service to Molycorp Minerals LLC in San Bernadino County, CA. The Mountain Pass Lateral would deliver the gas necessary for Molycorp to generate electricity for its mining and processing operations. The Molycorp facility currently uses electricity from the local grid. The lateral would have a design capacity of 24,270 Dth/d, according to Kern River, which estimated the cost of the project at $15.7 million.

Renewable Manufacturing Gateway (RMG) and Aither Chemicals LLC have agreed to collaborate on a $750 million ethane cracker for Marcellus Shale gas, the two nonprofit organizations said Monday. A specific location within southwestern Pennsylvania, Ohio or West Virginia for the facility has not been identified, they said.