Transport

Buckeye Partners LP has received “favorable responses” from potential customers to transport natural gas liquids (NGL) produced in the Marcellus Shale Basin in Pennsylvania to the market in Sarnia, ON, on its proposed Union Pipeline project, the partnership said Wednesday.

Cardinal Pipeline Co. LLC said it has executed precedent agreements to increase its firm capacity by 199,000 Dth/d. The pipeline will transport additional gas to serve markets served by Piedmont Natural Gas Co. Inc. and Public Service Co. of North Carolina (PSNC) from an interconnect with Williams Partners LP’s Transco pipeline. The $39 million Cardinal System Expansion project is scheduled to enter service in July 2012 and has been designed to serve growth on Piedmont’s and PSNC Energy’s distribution systems, including an expansion on Piedmont’s system to serve Progress Energy Carolinas’ planned gas-fired power generation facility in Wayne County, NC. Cardinal Pipeline is a 105-mile, 24-inch diameter pipeline from Rockingham County, NC, to a point southeast of Raleigh, NC, with a design capacity of approximately 279,000 Dth/d. The pipeline is a North Carolina limited liability company whose members are wholly owned subsidiaries of Williams Partners, PSNC Energy and Piedmont.

Cardinal Pipeline Co. LLC said it has executed precedent agreements to increase its firm capacity by 199,000 Dth/d. The pipeline will transport additional gas to serve markets served by Piedmont Natural Gas Co. Inc. and Public Service Co. of North Carolina (PSNC) from an interconnect with Williams Partners LP’s Transco pipeline. The $39 million Cardinal System Expansion project is scheduled to enter service in July 2012 and has been designed to serve growth on Piedmont’s and PSNC Energy’s distribution systems, including an expansion on Piedmont’s system to serve Progress Energy Carolinas’ planned gas-fired power generation facility in Wayne County, NC. Cardinal Pipeline is a 105-mile, 24-inch diameter pipeline from Rockingham County, NC, to a point southeast of Raleigh, NC, with a design capacity of approximately 279,000 Dth/d. The pipeline is a North Carolina limited liability company whose members are wholly owned subsidiaries of Williams Partners, PSNC Energy and Piedmont.

Enbridge Inc. is holding a binding open season through Nov. 23 for its proposed LaCrosse Pipeline, which is intended to transport gas from Carthage, TX, to multiple delivery points in southeastern Louisiana. Construction of the 340-mile LaCrosse would occur in two phases. In Phase I Enbridge would construct and place in service the 42- and 36-inch diameter pipeline segments from the Enbridge Carthage Hub to Point Coupee Parish, LA, and a 24-inch diameter segment from Point Coupee Parish to Petrologistics LLC’s Choctaw Storage facility in Iberville Parish, LA. In Phase II Enbridge would construct and place in service the segment from Point Coupee Parish to an interconnection with Southern Natural Gas Co. in Washington Parish, LA. The planned in-service dates would be phased starting January 2012 through March 2013, Enbridge said. “We are in the process of negotiating third-party agreements that will bring total capacity commitments to exceed 1 Bcf/d and have additional indications of interest that could exceed 1.3 Bcf/d,” said Enbridge Energy Co. Inc. President Terrance L. McGill. “We have also secured engineering and environmental firms and survey permission from more than 80% of affected landowners. We are moving forward to initiate regulatory approvals including application to [the] U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and expect to place Phase 1 of the LaCrosse Pipeline in service during the first quarter of 2012.” Information is available at www.lacrosse.enbridgeus.com under “Shipper Documents.”

Enbridge Inc. is holding a binding open season through Nov. 23 for its proposed LaCrosse Pipeline, which is intended to transport gas from Carthage, TX, to multiple delivery points in southeastern Louisiana.

Spectra Energy subsidiary Texas Eastern Transmission LP opened a nonbinding open season for its proposed Texas Eastern Appalachia to Market (TEAM) expansion to transport emerging Appalachian gas production to markets, including those in the Mid-Atlantic and New England states (see related story). The TEAM expansion program has a targeted capacity of approximately 300 MMcf/d but will be scalable and sized to meet customer needs, the company said. The first phase is scheduled to be in service as early as November 2011. TEAM would provide shippers with the opportunity to design transportation services from multiple existing and proposed receipt points on the Texas Eastern system within the Appalachian production region in West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania that span Texas Eastern’s M-2 and M-3 market zones to delivery points across Texas Eastern’s market area including Lambertville, NJ; the Steckman Ridge Storage project in Bedford, PA; near Transco Station 195 in York County, PA; Dominion Transmission at Chambersburg, PA; and Columbia Gas Transmission near Eagle, PA. The project is expected to have more than 30 interconnects. The project would allow producers to connect Appalachian supplies to premium markets and shippers to reach back to supply points in the West Virginia and Pennsylvania regions, the company said. The open season runs until Aug. 29. Interested parties should contact Bob Riga at (617) 560-1436 or rgriga@spectraenergy.com, or Sean Foley at (617) 560-1359 or spfoley@spectraenergy.com.

Spectra Energy subsidiary Texas Eastern Transmission LP opened a nonbinding open season for its proposed Texas Eastern Appalachia to Market (TEAM) expansion to transport emerging Appalachian gas production to markets, including those in the Mid-Atlantic and New England states, the company said Monday.

Alliance Pipeline Inc. and Questar Overthrust Pipeline Co.’s proposed Rockies Alliance Pipeline (RAP) — which would transport gas from Opal and Wamsutter, WY, and Meeker, CO, to Alliance Pipeline delivery points in the Chicago area — received a “positive response” from prospective shippers during an open season that closed on June 16, according to the companies.

Alliance Pipeline Inc. and Questar Overthrust Pipeline Co.’s proposed Rockies Alliance Pipeline (RAP) — which would transport gas from Opal and Wamsutter, WY, and Meeker, CO, to Alliance Pipeline delivery points in the Chicago area — received a “positive response” from prospective shippers during an open season that closed on June 16, according to the companies.