Infrastructure

Hazardous cargo “sloshing” and tanker traffic rights have surfaced as concerns that Atlantic Coast industry will float during regulatory hearings on TransCanada Corp.’s Energy East plan for partial conversion of its natural gas Mainline to oil service.

The Cove Point liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal is now two-thirds complete and on track for an in-service date in late 2017, management for Dominion Resources and Dominion Midstream Partners LP told investors Wednesday.

While FERC action on a rehearing request is still pending (see Daily GPI, April 11), backers of the Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas (LNG) project along the south-central coast of Oregon said Thursday that they expect to have two engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) contracts for the project and additional tolling agreements in place later this year.

Portland General Electric (PGE) opened a new 440 MW natural gas-fired generation plant in eastern Oregon last Friday, the highlight topic of PGE’s 2Q2016 earnings conference call on Wednesday.

FERC has approved a settlement negotiated between ANR Storage Co. and its customers over storage rates, allowing both sides to avoid the expense of litigation through a rate case.

St. Louis, MO-based Spire Inc. — formerly The Laclede Group — announced an open season for the Spire STL Pipeline, a proposed 70-mile steel natural gas pipeline that would interconnect to the Rockies Express Pipeline in Scott County, IL, and end in St. Louis County, MO.

Marathon Petroleum Corp. (MPC) and Enbridge Energy Partners LP (EEP) plan to end their transportation services and joint venture (JV) agreements for the Sandpiper Pipeline Project, a proposed 612-mile, $2.6 billion oil pipeline that would transport light crude oil from the Bakken Shale and Western Canada to Wisconsin, the two companies said.

The Rockies Express Pipeline LLC (REX) Zone 3 Capacity Enhancement Project is set to begin service before the end of 2016, management for Tallgrass Energy Partners LP told investors during its quarterly conference call Wednesday.

Hawaii Gas, the state’s sole natural gas utility, has been tapped by Honolulu authorities to buy biogas from a municipal wastewater treatment plant and turn it into pipeline-quality synthetic natural gas (SNG) for retail customers on Oahu.