Texas Eastern Transmission LP (Tetco) notified FERC this week that it has placed into service the remainder of its TIME II pipeline and compression expansion project, which will provide provide up to 150,000 Dth/d of new transportation service to the New Jersey market area to alleviate market constraints due to increasing market demand.

The remaining facilities of the Texas Eastern Incremental Market Expansion II project (TIME II) include 6.25 miles of 36-inch diameter pipeline replacement in Pickaway County, OH; 4.02 miles of 36-inch diameter looping pipeline in Monroe County, OH; and a new 16,000-horsepower electric compression unit at the existing compressor station in Uniontown, PA. The facilities went into service on Nov. 1, according to Tetco, a pipeline subsidiary of Houston-based Spectra Energy Corp.

As part of the project, Tetco in 2007 constructed 6.36 miles of 36-inch diameter pipeline in Somerset and Bedford counties, PA; 4.85 miles of 36-inch diameter pipeline in Franklin County, PA; 10.36 miles of 36-inch diameter pipeline in Bucks County, PA; and a new 16,000-horsepower electric compression unit and compressor station in Heidlersburg, PA [CP06-115].

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the TIME II expansion in June 2007 (see Daily GPI, June 12, 2007). The project will provide natural gas supplies to the New Jersey area, including PSEG Power LLC and New Jersey Natural Gas, Tetco said.

New Jersey Natural Gas has signed an agreement for up to 100,000 Dth/d for a 15-year term beginning this month; and PSEG Power LLC has contracted for up to 50,000 Dth/d for a 10-year term, according to the pipeline.

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