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.

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.

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