Planned pipeline construction projects in the feasibility stage or not yet permitted.
Pipeline (RAP), a jointly owned interstate natural
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ALASKA (STATE OF)/TRANS CANADA/
FOOTHILLS – (REV. 7/08)
The State of Alaska has completed its review of
applications submitted by five companies for the
exclusive right to build the Alaska Gas Pipeline to
transport North Slope gas to market with TransCanada
the apparent early winner. The application from
TransCanada Alaska Company, LLC/Foothills
Pipelines, Ltd. (TransCanada) satisfied all of the man-
datory requirements set out in the required Alaska
Gasline Inducement Act (AGIA). Thus, TransCanada’s
application will move to the evaluation phase.
In other news, Alaska’s Gov. Sarah Palin recom-
mended in May 2008 that state lawmaker approve
TransCanada proposal to build the project. She said
the Calgary-based company’s plan merits issuance of a
license under the AGIA.
The long awaited Alaska Gas Pipeline, if completed,
could transport 4.5 Bcf/d from Alaska’s North Slope
primarily to Chicago for distribution throughout the
U. S. The proposed route involves an estimated 2,100
miles of 52-inch diameter pipeline. The pipeline was
estimated in 2001 to cost at least $20 billion, but steel
prices have risen dramatically since then, and no steel
company currently makes that diameter of pipe. At this
date, there is no timetable for building the pipeline.
ALGONQUIN GAS TRANSMISSION –
(REV. 7/08)
Algonquin Gas Transmission, a subsidiary of Spectra
Energy, has filed an application with FERC to con-
struct the $1.5 billion East-to-West Expansion project
to transport more than 1 Bcfd of eastern LNG-based
supplies to Northeast markets. The project will require
modifications to four existing compressor stations, the
construction of one new compressor station, the loop-
ing and/or replacement of approximately 17.3 miles of
existing pipelines, construction of approximately 13
miles of new pipeline, and installation of gas chromato-
graphs at 29 existing meter stations and over-pressure
protection at four locations along its right-of-way.
The project will direct significant new supplies of re-
gasified LNG from the eastern end of the Algonquin
system into high-growth markets in the Northeast
United States, including New England, New York and
New Jersey, by November 2009.
ALLIANCE/DUKE/NJR – (REV. 1/07)
Alliance Pipeline, Duke Energy Gas Transmission
and NJR Pipeline Company, a subsidiary of New
Jersey Resources have signed a MOU to construct
the Lebanon Connector Pipeline. An open season is
being conducted for the natural gas pipeline to bring
Canadian gas supplies to U.S. Northeast markets and
regional storage. The pipeline would connect from
either the Alliance Pipeline in Joliet, IL or from
an interconnect with the Vector Pipeline at or near
Springville, IN. Dependent upon the final route, the
pipeline would be 125-170 miles in length and would
follow the existing Texas Eastern Lebanon Lateral.
Plans call for the project to be completed in 2008.
ALLIANCE PIPELINE/QUESTAR
OVERTHRUST PIPELINE – (REV 6/08)
Alliance Pipeline Inc. and Questar Overthrust Pipeline
Company conducted a binding open season from May
12 to June 16, 2008 for the proposed Rockies Alliance
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BISON PIPELINE LLC – (REV. 7/08)
gas transportation system from the Rocky Mountain
Region to the Ventura, IA, and Chicago, IL trading
hubs. Based on discussions with prospective shippers
following the project announcement on March 25,
2008, the sponsors have revised the route to better
meet market needs. The new route connects Rocky
Mountain producing areas directly to the Ventura and
Chicago trading hubs. Capacity for RAP is 1.2 Bcf/d
with expansion capability to 1.8 Bcf/d.
By capitalizing on both Questar’s and Alliance’s
existing systems, RAP will allow shippers to transport
growing natural gas production volumes from the
Greater Green River, Piceance and Powder River
basins to growing mid-western and eastern markets.
The project will require approximately 900 miles of new
42-inch pipe, extending east from Wamsutter, WY to
Ventura where it will connect to Alliance Pipeline and
Northern Natural Gas. Questar’s Overthrust Pipeline
can be expanded at low cost to connect multiple receipt
points between Opal and Wamsutter.
In a separate open season, Overthrust Pipeline is
proposing to add up to 1.0 bcf/d incremental capacity
from Opal to Wamsutter and construct a proposed new
White River Lateral from the White River Hub in the
Piceance Basin to Wamsutter. With minor modifications,
Alliance can enhance downstream capacity on its
system which connects to Guardian, Vector, Peoples,
Nicor, ANR, NGPL and Midwestern.
Subject to obtaining shipper commitment for
this system and regulatory approvals, the pipeline is
expected to be placed into service as early as third
quarter 2011.
ANR PIPELINE CO. – (12/07)
ANR Pipeline Co., a subsidiary of El Paso Corp., recent-
ly held an open season for its proposed Wisconsin/
Illinois 2009 Pipeline Expansion. The project proposes
the expansion of ANR’s existing mainline and lateral
facilities within Wisconsin and Illinois. Service is antici-
pated to commence on Nov. 1, 2009.
ASPEN PIPELINE – (8/07)
Aspen Pipeline plans to build a high pressure natural
gas pipeline to transport gas from Arena Resources’
Yates formation in Andrews County, TX to a fired
electric utility in Odessa, TX. The 50-mile pipeline is
scheduled for completion in mid-2008.
ATLAS PIPELINE PARTNERS - (6/08)
Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P., through a wholly owned
subsidiary, Atlas Pipeline Mid-Continent L.L.C has
proposed building a natural gas pipeline extension,
designated as the Tenark Pipeline Project. The line
would extend from Ozark’s existing interstate natural
gas transmission system in White County, AR to points
of interconnection with Trunkline Gas Company and
Texas Gas Transmission near Dyersburg, TN. Tenark
is expected to consist of approximately 160 miles of
36-inch pipe, compression and related facilities. The
line will extend northeast from Ozark’s existing inter-
state natural gas transmission system in White County,
AR to its terminus at interconnections with Trunkline
Gas Company (Zone 1B) and Texas Gas Transmission
(Zone 2) near Dyersburg, TN. Initial capacity of Tenark
is expected to be 700,000 Dth/d with the potential to
expand at a later date to 1,200,000 Dth/d. The ultimate
capacity of Tenark will be determined by the level of
shipper commitments during an open season. The pro-
jected in-service date is November 2010.
Northern Border Pipeline Co.’s wholly owned
subsidiary, Bison Pipeline LLC, received a boost for
its proposed Bison natural gas pipeline system when
Anadarko Energy Services Co. signed a letter of
intent to be a foundation shipper on the pipeline. The
agreement is subject to approval by the Anadarko
board. As proposed, the pipeline extends from natural
gas gathering facilities located in the Powder River
Basin supply area to a point of interconnection with
Northern Border Pipeline Company in Morton
County, ND. The Bison project will consist of 289
miles of 24-inch pipe, compression and added plant
facilities, originating at the natural gas gathering
facilities of Fort Union Gas Gathering, L.L.C. and
Bighorn Gas Gathering, LLC near Dead Horse, Wyo.
The pipeline will extend in a northeasterly direction
to its terminus in Morton County, North Dakota near
Northern Border’s Compressor Station No. 6. Initial
capacity is expected to be 400 MMcf/d with a maximum
capacity of 600 MMcf/d. The projected in service date
is November 2010.
BP/ CONOCOPHILLIPS – (REV. 6/08)
BP and ConocoPhillips, through their joint venture
company, Denali—The Alaska Gas Pipeline LLC, have
submitted a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission seeking permission to use the agency’s
pre-filing procedures for the natural gas project. With
a pre-filing status, Denali could kick off at least 18
months of engineering and other planning work for
the multibillion-dollar pipeline from the North Slope
gas fields to Alberta, Canada. The pipeline will move
approximately 4 Bcf/d of natural gas to market, and
will be the largest private sector construction project
ever built in North America. The project combines
the financial strength, arctic experience and technical
resources of the two companies.
BP and ConocoPhillips plan to spend $600 million
to achieve the first major project milestone, an open
season, commencing before year end 2010. Following
a successful open season, the companies intend to
obtain FERC and NEB certification and move forward
with project construction. The timetable calls for the
pipeline to be in service in 2018.
As proposed, the project consists of a gas treatment
plant on Alaska’s North Slope and a large-diameter
pipeline that extends 700 miles through Alaska, and
then into Canada through the Yukon Territory and
British Columbia to Alberta. The proposed line closely
follows the original route from 1976. Should it be
required to transport gas from Alberta, the project also
will include a large diameter pipeline from Alberta to
the Lower 48 states. BP and ConocoPhillips will seek
other equity partners, including pipeline companies,
who can add value to the project and help manage
the risks involved. Total cost estimates range from $25
billion to $40 billion.
In recent developments, TransCanada Corp. and
Enbridge Inc. report they are ready to participate with
the two producers noting that statements from BP and
ConocoPhillips indicate they would welcome pipeline
company partners.
BRADFORD LANDING LLC – (7/08)
Bradwood Landing LLC’s Bradwood Landing LNG
project in Oregon and Washington, has received the
environmental go-ahead. From the FERC. As pro-
posed, the project would consist of an LNG import
terminal located about 38 miles up the Columbia River
from its mouth, in Clatsop County, OR, and a 36.3-mile-
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long sendout pipeline, crossing Clatsop and Columbia
Counties OR and Cowlitz County, WA, connecting the
terminal with the existing Williams Northwest Pipeline
Corporation interstate system near Kelso, WA.
The LNG terminal would have a sendout capac-
ity of 1.3 Bcf/d. Along the pipeline route, would
be interconnections and meter stations to deliver
natural gas to the Georgia-Pacific Wauna paper mill,
Northwest Natural Gas Corporation intrastate system,
the Portland General Electric Beaver power plant, and
Williams Northwest.
CENTERPOINT ENERGY GAS
TRANSMISSION – (6/08)
CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission (CEGT) held
two non-binding open seasons to gauge market inter-
est in new interconnect and interstate pipeline facili-
ties to connect growing supplies of natural gas in the
Fayetteville Shale in NE Arkansas to existing interstate
facilities that provide access to markets in the Midwest
and Northeast. As proposed, The Friendship lateral
would be built from the terminus of CEGT’s Line J in
NE Arkansas to potential interstate pipeline receipt
points with Texas Gas Transmission’s Zone 2 and
Trunkline Gas’ Zone 2b, both in western Tennessee,
near the town of Friendship. The Searcy lateral would
provide firm backhaul service for Fayetteville pro-
ducers to move natural gas in eastern White County,
AR into Texas Gas Transmission’s to-be-built 36-inch
diameter Fayetteville lateral at a point near Searcy. The
Searcy lateral is to begin service in first quarter 2009
and the Friendship lateral in third quarter 2010.
(4/08) CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Company
(CEGT) plans to offer firm transportation capacity in
its Bennington Lateral, a proposed 36-inch pipeline
with a design capacity of 1.0 Bcf/d. The Bennington
Lateral is expected to be built from near Wardville,
OK, to various interstate pipeline receipt/delivery
points near Bennington in Southeast Oklahoma, as
well as providing access to existing CEGT storage
facilities located near Ada and Chiles Dome, OK.
Upon confirmation that there is sufficient interest
in the market to support this expansion, plans are to
move quickly to execute binding precedent agree-
ments, and place this project in service by winter
2009 - 2010.
CHAPARRAL PIPELINE COMPANY LLC –
(3/08)
TEPPCO Partners, L.P. affiliate, Chaparral Pipeline
Company LLC, is holding an open season from Feb.
11, to April 12, 2008 to seek shipper support for a
proposed expansion of its 845-mile NGL pipeline
originating in the Permian Basin of West Texas and
eastern New Mexico. The Chaparral pipeline delivers
NGLs to the world’s largest NGL fractionation com-
plex in Mont Belvieu, TX. The planned expansion is
designed to increase annual average system capacity
by approximately 15,000 or 20,000 bpd, depending on
shipper response to the open season. The expansion
would involve upgrading certain pipe sections, and
may include installing additional pumping capability
at existing pump stations. If there is sufficient shipper
commitment, the additional capacity could be available
as soon as early 2009.
CHENIERE ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P. –
(REV. 3/08)
Cheniere Energy Partners is moving forward with
plans to build a natural gas transportation project to
link growing demand markets in the Southeast with
new incremental natural gas supplies sourced from
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multiple LNG import terminals existing and under
construction in and around Louisiana. The Southern
Trail Pipeline, formerly known as the Louisiana Natural
Gas Header, would also be able to interconnect with
existing pipeline infrastructure, providing shippers with
access to wellhead natural gas supply sources, including
offshore, onshore conventional and recently developed
unconventional resources.
As currently contemplated, the pipeline would
involve the construction of approximately 348 miles of
up to 42-inch pipe starting in Beauregard Parish near
Dequincy, LA, to an interconnect with the Florida Gas
Transmission pipeline near its Station 11 in Mobile
County, AL. Cheniere’s next step to initiate an envi-
ronmental pre-filing with FERC. Pending regulatory
approvals, the project could be placed into service as
early as mid-2010.
COLORADO INTERSTATE GAS CO. –
(8/08)
Colorado Interstate Gas Co. (CIG), a subsidiary of
El Paso Corporation, has proposed expanding its
natural gas pipeline transmission system that serves
the Raton Basin. The expansion will provide 130
MMcf/d of incremental firm capacity from the Las
Animas County, CO area of the growing Raton Basin
northward along the Front Range of Colorado to the
Cheyenne Hub. Anticipated cost of the expansion is
$146 million, which is supported by long-term firm
transportation commitments with three shippers for
nearly all of the expansion’s capacity. In service date
for the new 118-mile, 16-inch line is targeted for the
second quarter of 2010.
COLUMBIA GAS TRANSMISSION – (6/07)
Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. has filed with the
FERC for approval to construct its Eastern Market
Expansion Project. As proposed, the project will
require pipeline loops and expansions to compression
and storage networks to provide an incremental 97,050
Dth/d of storage deliverability and associated firm
pipeline transportation capacity to local gas distribu-
tion company customers in Virginia and Pennsylvania.
The project will represent investments in infrastructure
of $175 million and serve the growing eastern markets
and mid-Atlantic markets. The proposed in-service
date is April 1, 2009.
COLUMBIA GAS OF PENNSYLVANIA –
(11/07)
Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania reports it will devote
some $1.2 billion for a 20-year project to replace 2,400
miles of distribution and service lines in its 27-county
service area. The cost will average $60 million a year
to replace 600,000 feet of pipe to its 410,000 residential
and business customers. Columbia Gas says is it will
hire subcontractors. The plan is to work on nine or 10
sites next year including South Hills, Uniontown, plus a
couple of site in Washington and Beaver Counties.
DCP MIDSTREAM PARTNERS/
M3MIDSTREAM LLC – (9/08)
DCP Midstream Partners, LP and M2 Midstream
LLC haves signed an agreement to develop a large
diameter natural gas pipeline to move gas from the
emerging Haynesville Shale play in North Louisiana.
As an extension of DCP’s Pelico Intrastate Pipeline,
the new pipeline, named the Haynesville Connector,
would originate in western DeSoto Parish and extend
over 150 miles to Delhi, LA., providing access to take-
away pipelines in the area such as the Southeast Supply
Header, Columbia Gulf Transmission, ANR Pipeline,
Trunkline Gas, Texas Gas Transmission, Tennessee Gas,
CenterPoint Energy and Gulf South Pipeline. If built,
the Haynesville Connector is expected to commence
initial deliveries in the third quarter of 2009 and would
offer an estimated 1.5 Bcf/d of takeaway capacity by
early 2010 to help meet anticipated needs for pipeline
infrastructure in the Haynesville Shale.
DCP MIDSTREAM/DCP MIDSTREAM
PARTNERS – (9/08)
DCP Midstream, LLC and its master limited partner-
ship DCP Midstream Partners, LP announced a $56
million pipeline project which will extend their East
Texas joint venture gathering footprint in southern
Panola County and access volumes from the rapidly
growing Minden Field in Rusk County. The 30-mile, 20
inch pipeline with a designed capacity of 175 MMcf/d
will gather gas for processing at the joint venture’s
East Texas complex. The gathering system is scheduled
to be in-service during the second quarter of 2009.
Upon completion, the pipeline will receive dedicated
volumes from third parties and expand the reach of the
system into a new development area of East Texas.
The East Texas joint venture is 75% owned by
DCP Midstream, LLC, and 25 percent owned by DCP
Midstream Partners, LP. It includes over 500 miles
of gathering pipeline and over 25,000 horsepower of
compression and has a processing capacity of nearly
800 MMcf/d across five plants. The East Texas complex
is strategically linked to the Carthage Hub with access
to 10 different residue lines with 1.5 Bcf/d of delivery
capacity.
DOMINION TRANSMISSION – (REV. 3/08)
Dominion Gas Transmission, a unit of Dominion,
has secured firm, long-term commitments to receive
gas from the Rockies Express (REX) Natural Gas
Pipeline and move it to major markets in the Northeast
and Mid-Atlantic regions. Dominion’s project, named
Dominion Hub I, is the first transportation project
to provide firm access from the REX pipeline to
the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. Subject to
regulatory approval, Dominion expects to complete
related facility construction in Westmoreland County,
PA and begin firm service in November 2009.
EAST TENNESSE NATURAL GAS – (8/08)
East Tennessee Natural Gas (ETNG), a subsidiary of
Spectra Energy Partners LP, has filed an application
with FERC for the Greenway/Nora Expansion project
to transport up to 50 MMcf/d of Appalachian natural
gas. The expansion will be constructed entirely within
ETNG’s existing facilities footprint through the addi-
tion of 5.65 miles of 24-inch pipeline replacement in
Virginia and various meter interconnect upgrades. The
estimated cost of the project is $18.9 million. In-service
is anticipated in December 2009.
EASTERN SHORE NATURAL GAS – (8/07)
The Eastern Shore Natural Gas Co. is seeking FERC
approval to build a 78.5 mile pipeline across southern
Delaware and Maryland’s eastern shore by early 2009.
The proposed Eastern Energy Link would connect
to Dominion’s Cove Point, MD LNG terminal. The
planned pipeline would require a 2-mile, 24-inch con-
nection to the Cove Point, MD terminal; 8-mile, 24-inch
submerged pipeline from Cove Point to Taylor’s Island,
MD; 17-mile, 16-inch line between Taylor’s Island and
U.S. 50; 26-mile, 10-inch pipe from U.S. 50 to south of
Bridgeville, DE; 12-mile, 10-inch pipe along existing
company ROW in Laurel, MD; and a 13.5 mile, 6-inch
pipe from Millsboro, to the Bishop, MD area.
Eastern Shore Natural Gas officials say the project
will provide gas at lower cost than the current network,
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which pipes gas from Pennsylvania to the Delmarva
Peninsula as far as Salisbury, MD.
EL PASO NATURAL GAS – (9/07)
El Paso Natural Gas, a subsidiary of El Paso
Corporation, plans to build the Arizona Natural Gas
Storage Project to enhance gas supply in Arizona. The
plan is to solution mine four caverns in the Picacho
bedded salt. Each cavern will be from a depth of 2,300
feet to 3,000 feet below the surface and some 200 feet
in diameter. The four caverns will have a total capacity
of 3.5 Bcf of natural gas. Some 9 miles of 30-inch pipe
will be required to connect the storage facility to El
Paso’s interstate transmission network to move gas to
Phoenix and Tucson. The site will include compression.
The timeline includes filing an application with FERC
late 2007 or early 2008. Pending FERC and other regu-
latory approvals, construction could start in 2008 with
an estimated in service date mid-2011.
EL PASO CORPORATION – (REV. 8/08)
El Paso Corporation has received binding commit-
ments for more than 1.1 Bcfd from customers under
10 to 15-year contracts for the Ruby Pipeline Project.
The company is in discussions to obtain additional
commitments for the project and plans to file a cer-
tificate of application with FERC in January 2009.
El Paso early filed a federal right of way application
with the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau
of Land Management for the Ruby Pipeline Project.
As planned, the Ruby Pipeline will extend 680 miles
with 42-inch pipe from the Opal Hub in Wyoming and
terminate at the Malin, OR, interconnect, near the
California northern border. The line’s initial designed
capacity of 1.3 Bcf/d and 1.5 Bcfd, depending on final
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commitments, will be expandable to 2 Bcf/d. Subject to
FERC approval and other regulatory approvals the in
service date is March 2011. El Paso and PG&E have
entered into a letter of intent for PG&E to acquire a
25.5% interest in the project.
EL PASO CORP./EQUITABLE
RESOURCES – ( 1/08)
El Paso Corp.’s subsidiary, Tennessee Gas Pipeline
Co and Equitable Resources Inc. have plans to jointly
develop a natural gas pipeline to serve northeast
markets. The Northeast Passage Project will measure
471 miles with 36-inch pipe between the terminus of
the Rockies Express pipeline at Clarington, OH and
a new interconnect with Iroquois Gas Transmission at
Pleasant Valley, NY. The new line also will have inter-
connects with pipelines operated by Transcontinental
Gas Pipeline, Texas Eastern Transmission, Algonquin
Gas Transmission and Millennium Pipeline. Some
70,000 hp will be installed to accommodate the line’s
initial capacity of 1.1 Bcfd. In addition, Tennessee Gas
plans to expand its 300 and 200 lines to provide access
to New York and New England. The planned in service
date is November 2011.
EL PASO PIPELINE PARTNERS – (1/08)
El Paso Pipeline Partners reports it will expand the
company’s Wyoming Interstate Company Piceance
Basin lateral to transport additional natural gas from
Colorado producing areas. Some 230,000 Dth/d of
new capacity will be added to the system by install-
ing an additional 25,300 hp of compression at the
Greasewood Compressor Station and a new Midpoint
Compressor station in northwestern Colorado. The
company says the project will be completed November
2008. Estimated cost of the project is $62 million.
EL PASO PIPELINE PARTNERS, L.P. –
(8/08)
El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P. reports its wholly owned
subsidiary, Wyoming Interstate Company, Ltd. (WIC),
plans to expand the WIC system upstream of the Opal
Hub to transport increased natural gas supplies from
the Uinta Basin and Wamsutter production areas. In
Utah, WIC will build a 6,200-hp compressor station on
the existing 24-inch, 124-mile Kanda Lateral. The new
compression will increase the Kanda Lateral capacity
to 515 MDth/d by providing 100 MDth/d of incremental
capacity from the outlets of two existing third-party
processing plants in the Uinta Basin. Anticipated in
service date for this portion of the project is November
2010. Further, plans call for installing three miles of
24-inch pipeline and reconfigure one compressor at
its Wamsutter station in Wyoming. With modifications,
the line will provide 155 MDth/d natural gas deliveries
from the WIC Mainline into Overthrust Pipeline and
on to the Opal Hub and Ruby Pipeline. In service date
for the project is March 2011. The estimated expansion
cost is $55 million.
ENCANA OIL & GAS – (3/08)
Federal officials are reviewing a plan by EnCana Oil
and Gas for a new gas pipeline that would run 26
miles from Collbran to Parachute, CO. The Bureau of
Land Management is starting an environmental assess-
ment of the project which could be built sometime in
2009. The pipeline would ship natural gas from Mesa
County to a gas plant in Meeker. The line would be up
to 24 inches in diameter and is expected to carry 650
MMcf/d of gas.
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ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS – (5/08)
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. reports the board
of directors of the Partnership has approved the
construction of the Texas Independence Pipeline, a
$485 million 42-inch natural gas pipeline, that will serve
the Bossier and Barnett Shale natural gas resource
plays of East and North Central Texas.
The 160-mile pipeline will expand Energy Transfer’s
Texas Intrastate Systems’ capacity by an incremental
1.1 Bcfd. The line will connect the Partnership’s existing
central and north Texas infrastructure to its East Texas
pipeline network. With the addition of compression,
the project may be expanded to transport natural
gas volumes in excess of 1.75 Bcfd. Construction is
scheduled to start in the fourth quarter of 2008, with
completion expected in the third quarter of 2009.
(Rev. 1/08) Energy Transfer Partners is planning a $260
million expansion of two major pipelines in Texas. The
company plans to add 56 miles of 36-inch pipeline
and 20,000 horsepower of compression to increase
the capacity of the Katy Pipeline in southeast Texas
to more than 1.1 Bcf/d from 700,000 MMcf/d. Energy
Transfer also will expand a newly constructed 42-inch
pipeline, which runs from Cleburne to Carthage, MO,
to the Houston Pipe Line interconnect at Texoma, on
the border between Texas and Oklahoma. Construction
on the projects will begin in June 2008, and the two
pipeline expansions should be ready for service in
September 2008.
ENOGEN LLC – (6/08)
Enogen is proposing the construction of the Heartland
Crossing Pipeline to meet the growing gas demand in
Oklahoma. With a potential capacity of up to 1.0 Bcf/d
the proposed project is expected to begin in western
Oklahoma and connect to markets on the Enogen
system, including delivery interconnects in Bennington.
The line could be in service by 2010.
ENTERPRISE TEXAS – (3/07)
Enterprise Texas Pipeline L.P., a subsidiary of
Enterprise Products Partners L.P., plans to build an
extension to its intrastate natural gas pipeline system
in the Barnett Shale area of North Texas. The Sherman
Extension project will consist of a 178-mile, 30 and
36-inch pipeline originating at a central delivery point
on its system near Morgan Mill, southwest of Fort
Worth, and extend through the center of the current
Barnett Shale development area to Sherman, TX.
From that point, it will connect with the Boardwalk’s
proposed Gulf Crossing project to deliver gas to the
Perryville, LA area. The extension will cost approxi-
mately $400 million and is expected to be placed into
service in the fourth quarter of 2008.
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS -
(REV/ 1/08)
Enterprise Gas Processing, L. L.C., an affiliate of
Enterprise Products Partners, has entered into a con-
tract with Marathon Oil Co, to provide natural gas
gathering, compression, treating and processing for
Marathon’s natural gas production in the Piceance
Basin of northwest Colorado. Under the contract,
Enterprise will build 50 miles of new gathering lines
to connect multi-well drilling sites to the Piceance
Creek Gathering System.. From there, the gas will be
delivered to the Meeker processing complex in Rio
County, Colo. Also, Enterprise will build a 22,000-hp
compressor station some 25 miles south of the Meeker
complex, as well as condensate handling and natural
gas dehydration facilities. The facilities are planned for
an in-service date of July 2008.
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FALCON GAS STORAGE – (REV. 9/08)
Falcon Gas Storage Company Inc. has received a final
permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers autho-
rizing MoBay Storage Hub LLC to build its 50 Bcf
MoBay gas storage facility in Mobile County, AL. The
storage facility will provide natural gas storage and hub
services to local and interstate gas customers, including
natural gas utilities, electric generators and industrial
end users. The facility is expected to be operational by
October 2009.
FLORIDA GAS TRANS. – (REV. 9/08)
Florida Gas Transmission has received final approval
from the FERC for its Phase VII Expansion project.
Plans call for 32.2 mile of 36-inch diameter pipeline in
three separate loops in Gilchrist, Levy and Hernando
counties, FL. The project calls for a two phase construc-
tion. Phase I was placed in-service in 2007. Phase II
is planned to begin in Oct. 2008 and be in service by
May 2009.
Following Florida Power and Light Company’s deci-
sion to be the anchor shipper on the Phase VIII
Expansion, Florida Gas said it would seek regula-
tory approval for the expansion project. The pro-
posed Phase VIII expansion includes laying some
568 miles of pipeline in Alabama, Mississippi and
Florida with approximately 439 miles built parallel to
existing pipelines. The project will add approximately
207,900 horsepower of compression at eight existing
stations with one new compressor station to be built in
Okeechobee County, FL. FGT plans to have the line
in service by the summer of 2011, pending regulatory
approval dates.
Although a contract to provide engineering, sur-
vey and map drafting for the Phase VIII Expansion
was awarded to Mustang Engineering in May 2008,
no pipeline construction contract awards have been
announced.
FLORIDIAN NATURAL GAS STORAGE –
(9/08)
Floridian Natural Gas Storage plans to build an LNG
facility near Indiantown in Martin County, FL. The
project will require 4,18 miles of new 12-inch diam-
eter incoming pipeline and 24-inch diameter sendout
pipeline extending from the storage facility to the
Gulfstream and FGT interstate pipeline systems; and a
2.75 acre metering and regulating station.
FERC awarded a final Environmental Impact
Statement for the project in July 2008.
FORT UNION GAS GATHERING – (4/07)
Fort Union Gas Gathering is doubling its existing
gathering pipeline capacity by adding 148 miles of new
gathering lines and 649 MMcf/d of additional capac-
ity. The gathering system in the Powder River Basin
gathers coal bed methane gas from wells in northeast
Wyoming, including the Big George coals. The expan-
sion project will cost an estimated $110 million and
occur in two phases. No completion date has been
announced.
GAS TRANSMISSION LLC – (6/08)
Gas Transmission LLC, a subsidiary of Houston-based
Spectra Energy, is seeking regulatory approval to
enhance and extend its pipeline system to satisfy grow-
ing residential and commercial demand in the Greater
Boston metropolitan region. The project calls for the
installation of approximately two miles of 14-inch
diameter pipeline in the Greater Boston communities
of Medford and Somerville, MA. The approximately
$35 million project is expected to begin operations in
the fall of 2009.
GULF COAST CONNECTOR LLC –
(REV. 6/08)
Gulf Coast Connector LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary
of NGS Energy LP, has extended its open season for
service offerings at the company’s proposed natural
gas storage and transportation hub in northeastern
Louisiana. The company is soliciting non-binding pro-
posals for up to 16 Bcf of storage capacity as well as
firm transportation and wheeling services independent
of storage. Permit applications are expected to be filled
with FERC by July 2008 with a projected in service
date of December 2009 for the pipeline and summer of
2011 for Phase I storage services.
The project’s pipeline will extend 40 miles from
the Perryville hub area to Delhi transporting the
natural gas sourced from key supply areas to highly
valued downstream markets. Up to 13 direct, bi-
directional interconnections are planned with existing
ANR, Columbia Gulf, MRT, Tennessee, Texas Eastern,
Trunkline, Texas Gas, and SNG pipelines. Links also
are planned for Centerpoint’s Carthage to Perryville
and Gulf South’s East Texas to Mississippi expansions;
as well as Kinder Morgan’s planned Midcontinent
Express, Boardwalk Gulf Crossing and the Spectra/
CenterPoint Southeast Supply Header.
GULFSTREAM NATURAL GAS – (7/08)
Gulstream Natural Gas held an open season that ran
through Aug. 31, 2008 to solicit market interest in an
expansion of its existing 691-mile gas pipeline system
with the capacity to deliver 1.1 Bcf/d of natural gas
to Florida’s rapidly growing gas market. New service
from the mainline expansion is expected to be avail-
able beginning in late 2011, pending federal and other
agency approvals. Up to 750,000 Dth/d of incremental
firm transportation service will be made available
through the open season.
(Rev. 11/07) Gulfstream Natural Gas System, L.L.C.
reports it has received FERC’s approval to build a
17.7- mile, 20-inch diameter pipeline that will connect
to the existing Gulfstream Pipeline. The proposed
route extends approximately 17.8 miles from the exist-
ing Gulfstream pipeline in the vicinity of Port Manatee
north across the middle bay to the existing Bartow
Power Plant on the east shore of St. Petersburg. The
plant is in the midst of a conversion from fuel oil to
natural gas. Construction of the expansion project,
known as Phase IV, will begin in January 2008, with the
facilities ready for service in January 2009.
INERGY, L.P. – (9/08)
Inergy, L.P. reports its wholly owned subsidiary, Inergy
Midstream, LLC, has received indications of inter-
est exceeding 200% of the capacity to construct the
43-mile Marc I Hub Line. The 24-inch bi-directional
gas pipeline extending between Inergy’s Stagecoach
South Lateral pipeline interconnect at Tennessee Gas
Pipeline Company’s 300 Line and Transcontinental
Gas Pipeline Corporation’s Leidy Line. The Tennessee
and the Transcontinental lines are located in Bradford
County, PA. Inergy says it is finalizing design and
route selection and continues to have discussions with
additional shippers. Once the company reaches firm
agreements, Inergy will make the required regulatory
applications and filings.
IROQUOIS GAS TRANSMISSION
SYSTEM – (4/08)
Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P. recently com-
menced a non-binding Open Season to obtain ship-
per interest in the proposed MetroExpress Project
which will provide incremental mainline transportation
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capacity from existing interconnects with TransCanada
Pipelines at Waddington, NY and Algonquin Gas
Transmission at Brookfield, CT as well as from a
proposed interconnect with Tennessee Gas Pipeline at
Pleasant Valley, NY to delivery points across Iroquois’
market area. The project also will offer prospective
shippers the opportunity to request market laterals
to new points of delivery in Connecticut, Long Island
and New York City beginning as early as November
1, 2010.
(Rev. 11/07) Iroquois Gas Transmission System has
filed an application with FERC for a Certificate of
Public Convenience and Necessity for the company’s
08/09 Expansion Project. A pre-filing notice was filed
with the commission in March 2007. Work will be con-
ducted in three phases with the first phase calling for
8.4 miles of 36-inch looping along the company’s ROW
in New York and Connecticut. Looping construction
will be performed in late 2008 to meet a November
2008 in-service date. The second phase includes the
addition of two new 10,300 hp compressor units at
Milford, CT. Phase III involves building a new 10,300
hp station at Brookfield, CT. Phase II completion is
scheduled for January 2009 and Phase III completion
is scheduled for November 2009.
The project involves the construction of three sections
of new 36-inch diameter buried pipeline looping and
associated above ground facilities along Iroquois’
existing mainline in NY and CT, a new compressor
station in Milford, CT and additional compression at
Iroquois’ recently certificated compressor station to
be constructed in Brookfield, CT. The Project would
be constructed in three phases to accommodate facility
in-service dates as requested by Iroquois’ customers.
KINDER MORGAN ENERGY
PARTNERS – (12/07)
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. has entered
into an agreement with various parties to expand its
Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission (KMIGT)
pipeline to serve five new plants near Grand Island,
NB. The $23-million capital project will increase
capacity on KMIGT by 25,000 Dth/d, which is already
fully subscribed through long-term contracts. Four
of the five plants will produce ethanol. The KMIGT
expansion will include 9 miles of 16-inch looping
upstream of Grand Island and 17 miles of 12-inch
looping downstream. Subject to receipt of regulatory
approvals, the Grand Island expansion is expected to
be fully operational by fall 2008.
LOWER VALLEY ENERGY – (3/07)
The Wyoming Public Service Commission has issued its
approval that will allow Lower Valley Energy to take
the next step toward building its planned 49-mile, 6-inch
diameter natural gas pipeline. The company still needs
environmental approvals, which are expected this sum-
mer. The pipeline extends from the Mema gas produc-
tion field near Bondurant to Jackson, WY.
According to the planned route, the line will extend
through the Hoback Canyon and cross about 58% of
U.S. Forrest Service property. The project is designed
to replace LNG truck transportation, which currently
involves some 500 trucks a year. When completed,
the estimated cost will reach $12 to 13 million. Lower
Valley Energy‘s plans to transport 5.81 MMcf/d through
the gas line. Rooney Engineering is providing engineer-
ing consultant services for the project. Lower Valley
plans to send construction bids out during the fourth
quarter of this year. The plan is to start construction
third quarter of 2008 with completion in the fourth
quarter.
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MAGELLAN MIDSTREAM/BUCKEYE
PARTNERS – (4/08)
Magellan Midstream Partners and Buckeye Partners
are assessing the feasibility of constructing a dedicated
ethanol pipeline. As proposed, the pipeline would gather
ethanol from production facilities in Iowa, Illinois,
Minnesota and S. Dakota to serve terminals in major
markets such as Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and the New
York harbor. The proposed pipeline could supply more
than 10 mgd, enough to meet the needs of millions
of northeastern motorists who purchase 10% ethanol
blended gasoline or higher ethanol blends such as E85.
The 1,700-mile project, which has an estimated cost
in excess of $3 billion, would take several years to
complete.
MARITIMES & NORTHEAST PIPELINE –
(REV. 7/08)
Maritimes & Northeast Pipelines has filed an appli-
cation with FERC for the Phase IV Expansion of
its natural gas pipeline system to provide additional
natural gas supplies to customers in Atlantic Canada
of the Northeastern United States. Maritimes pro-
poses to construct and operate five new compressors
in the towns of Eliot, Westbrook, Searsmont, Brewer
and Woodchopping Ridge in Maine, and 1.7 miles of
30-inch looping adjacent to the company ROW from
the Canadian-U.S. border to the Baileyville, Maine,
compressor station. . The system will have a new
meter station at the proposed compressor station
at Westbrook, Maine. Also, there will be modifica-
tions at the existing compressor stations at Baileyville
and Richmond, Maine. An in-service date in 2008 is
scheduled.
Following the open season for Maritimes, signed
transportation agreements with two major energy com-
panies. The contracts called for the company to trans-
port 813,000 MMBtu/d of natural gas to Anadarko
Petroleum Corp. from the proposed Bear Head LNG
terminal near Point Tupper, Nova Scotia; and with
Repsol YPF to transport 750,000 MMBtu/d of gas
from the proposed Canaport LNG terminal near
Saint John, New Brunswick. Plans for the U.S. section
called for segments of pipeline looping totaling 146
miles located adjacent to its existing pipeline in Maine.
However, Anadarko has changed its schedule for
the Bear Head LNG Project resulting in the applica-
tion filed for FERC. Maritimes has asked FERC to
continue reviewing facilities necessary for the Bear
Head project.
In the Phase V Expansion, Maritimes is propos-
ing the installation of additional compression at its
compressor stations in Baileyville and Richmond and
Woodchopping Ridge, Brewer, Searsmont and Eliot
that will be placed into service this year. Plans also call
for approximately 4 miles of 36-inch diameter pipeline
loop along the company’s existing pipeline corridor in
Richmond.
In addition, Maritimes intends to implement an
uprate of the operating pressure along its mainline
system from Baileyville to Westbrook from 1440 psig to
1600 psig which was approved by the U.S. Department
of Transportation in 2006. By implementing this uprate,
Maritimes eliminates the need to construct approxi-
mately 50 miles of additional pipeline loop for the
expansion capacity needed for the Phase V Project.
In addition, Maritimes intends to implement an
upgrate of the operating pressure along its main-
line system from Baileyville to Westbrook from 1440
psig to 1600 psig which was approved by the U.S.
Department of Transportation in 2006. By implement-
ing this upgrate, Maritimes eliminates the need to
construct approximately 50 miles of additional pipeline
loop for the expansion capacity needed for the Phase
V Project.
Maritimes expects to place the approximately $240
million project into service in November of 2010.
MARKWEST ENERGY PARTNERS L.P. –
(8/08)
Range Resources Corp. and MarkWest Energy
Partners, L.P. has signed an agreement for MarkWest
to construct and operate gas gathering lines and pro-
cessing facilities associated with Range’s Marcellus
Shale play in the Appalachian Basin. Details were not
announced except that Range plans to be selling natu-
ral gas from Marcellus by the first quarter of 2009.
MARKWEST PIONEER, L.L.C. –
(REV. 5/08)
MarkWest Pioneer, L.L.C., a wholly owned subsidiary
of MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. has announced
it held a binding open season that ended April 21,
2008, to solicit shipper commitments for firm year-
round transportation service on its proposed Arkoma
Connector Pipeline. The pipeline system would origi-
nate northeast of Coalgate, OK, and extend south to
near Bennington, OK, where the pipeline will intercon-
nect with the proposed Midcontinent Express and Gulf
Crossing pipelines. The targeted in-service date for the
transportation service is the second quarter of 2009,
subject to FERC approval. MarkWest will determine
the capacity, scope, and cost of the pipeline based on
the results of this open season. The estimated through-
put capacity of the pipeline is 625,000 Dth/d.
MID-ATLANTIC EXPRESS, LLC – (6/08)
Mid-Atlantic Express, LLC plans to build a natural gas
pipeline project that will transport 1.5 billion Bcf/d of
natural gas into the Mid-Atlantic regional market. The
source of the natural gas will be a new LNG terminal
to be built at Sparrows Point, in Baltimore County,
MD. The Mid-Atlantic Express pipeline project will
be approximately 85 miles in length and 28 inches in
diameter. It will follow existing utility and/or roadway
rights-of-way to the maximum extent practicable.
NATIONAL FUEL GAS SUPPLY CORP. –
(9/08)
National Fuel Gas Supply Corp., the pipeline
and storage segment of National Fuel Gas Co.,
is conducting an Open Season for capacity in the
Appalachian corridor in southwestern and central
Pennsylvania that will provide transportation and
storage services to key northeast market intercon-
nects including Ellisburg, Leidy and Corning. The
Open Season features a newly proposed pipeline
system, the Appalachian Lateral, to provide new
interstate pipeline infrastructure to move gas sup-
plies produced from the Marcellus Shale and other
Appalachian producing horizons to growing north-
east markets. This Open Season will also provide
shippers the opportunity to access incremental stor-
age capacity of 8.5 Bcf via the company’s planned
expansion of certain of its existing underground
natural gas storage fields. This storage capacity will
be offered in a complementary Open Season in the
near future.
The scope and size of the Appalachian Lateral
will be determined after the close of the Open
Season.
(Rev. 3/08) National Fuel Gas Supply plans to build
the $700 million, 324-mile West to East Natural Gas
Pipeline from southeastern Ohio to Corning, NY. As
proposed, the pipeline would carry gas produced in
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the western U.S. and shipped eastward through the
Rockies Express Pipeline. From here, it would carry
gas farther east to link up with the Millennium Pipeline
in Corning, NY.
NORTH BAJA PIPELINE – (REV. 9/07)
North Baja Pipeline LLC, a subsidiary of TransCanada,
has received approval from the FERC for a two-
phase expansion of its existing natural gas pipeline
in southern California and the construction of a new
pipeline lateral in California’s Imperial Valley. The
company is proposing construction of up to 80 miles
of 42- and 48-inch diameter pipeline in the existing
right-of-way in La Paz County, AZ, and in Riverside
and Imperial counties, CA. In addition to the expan-
sion, the company is seeking a certificate for a new
46-mile, 16-inch diameter lateral to serve the Imperial
Irrigation District. The lateral would deliver up to 103
MMcf/d gas. . If all phases proceed, the total estimated
cost is $291 million. It is anticipated to be in service
in late 2009.
NORTH COAST GAS TRANS. – (3/07)
Somerset Gas Transmission Inc.’s subsidiary, North
Coast Gas Transmission LLC, is awaiting approval
before moving forward on its plans to expand Ohio’s
natural gas infrastructure with a new northern Ohio
Pipeline that will provide more reliable and diverse
supplies of natural gas. The pipeline will run from
Defiance to a point near Parma, then to gas storage
facilities in the Canton area. It will be constructed
using existing utility corridors where possible and
will provide access to gas supplies from all western
North American basins. The exact pipeline route will
be determined through a review process conducted
with Ohio regulatory authorities, including the Public
Utilities Commission of Ohio. Current plans call for
a 175-mile, 30-inch line with a capacity between 300
and 350 MMcf/d. Pending approvals, construction on
the $350 million project could start in late 2007, with
completion in late 2008.
NORTHWEST PIPELINE GP - (6/08)
Williams’ Northwest Pipeline plans to construct the
Colorado Hub Connection to provide shippers long-
term firm transportation service from the Greasewood
and Meeker Hubs located in Rio Blanco County, CO
to various pipeline interconnects and Northwest’s
existing system to access western markets. Northwest
is proposing to build a 28-mile pipeline which would
provide more than 445 MDth/day of transportation
service, would tie the existing Greasewood and Meeker
Hubs to Northwest’s mainline near Sands Springs, CO.
The project will benefit Northwest’s customers by pro-
viding increased access to Rockies natural gas supplies.
Anticipated in-service date is 2009.
(3/08) Williams’ Northwest Pipeline GP plans to build
a lateral to transport natural gas supplies near the
Greasewood/Meeker Hubs in the Piceance Basin from
the company’s Colorado Hub Connection project.
The 29-mile Sundance Trail Expansion project will
include building some 16-miles of 30-inch looping
between Green River, Wyo. and Muddy Creek, WY.
Addition compressor horsepower also will be added at
Northwest’s existing compressor station at Vernal. The
company is holding an open season for participation in
the Sundance project. Subject to binding commitments
and regulatory approvals, the company plans to start
service on the expansion in November 2010.
ORBIT GAS STORAGE – (9/08)
Orbit Gas Storage plans to build 10 underground stor-
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age wells southwest of Madisonville, KY. The projects
will include a compressor station and 22 miles of pipe-
line. The proposed Kentucky Energy Hub is a 5 Bcf
storage area, located about 1,500 feet underground, in
a depleted natural gas field. No time line for develop-
ment has been announced.
OZARK GAS TRANS. – (1/07)
Ozark Gas Transmission announced plans for its Ozark
East Expansion Project. Plans call for a 100-mile,
36-inch diameter pipeline, some of which will be
constructed along Ozark’s existing pipeline from
Conway County, AR to Calhoun County, MS. A system
loop is also planned as part of the project. Assuming
timely regulatory approval, the project is expected to
begin service in the winter of 2008 or early 2009.
PALOMAR GAS TRANSMISISON –
(REV. 7/08)
Palomar Gas Transmission LLC a newly formed joint
venture of TransCanada Corp. and Northwest Natural
Gas Co. held an open season in June 2008 to gauge
shipper interest in a pipeline to serve growing markets
in Oregon, the Pacific Northwest and the western U.S.
Palomar Pipeline will seek FERC approval to build
and operate a 220-mile, 36-inch diameter pipeline
extending from TransCanada’s existing GTN System in
central Oregon with NW Natural’s distribution system
near Molalla, OR. The total project cost is estimated at
$600 to $700 million. If approved, the transmission line
is scheduled to begin service in late 2011.
POINT COMFORT PIPELINE – (11/07)
The FERC gave its approval to the seventh onshore
LNG pipeline in the U.S., that would be the Calhoun
LNG project at the Port of Port Lavaca – Point
Comfort, TX, which will send out 1 Bcf/d of natural
gas when it is completed. The company’s affiliate, Point
Comfort Pipeline, will build a $62.6 million, 27.1 miles,
36-inch diameter pipeline to transport gas to local
and interstate markets via pipelines owned by Florida
Gas Transmission, Gulf South, Natural Gas Pipeline
Company of America, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line
and Tennessee Natural Gas. The pipeline will end at a
connection with Tennessee Gas approximately three
miles southwest of Edna, TX in Jackson County.
QUESTAR PIPELINE COMPANY – (10/07)
Questar Pipeline Company, a subsidiary of Questar
Corp. and an affiliate of Enterprise Products Partners
L.P., plan to develop a new natural gas pipeline
hub in the Rockies. As proposed, the White River
Hub would be a header system that will be owned
equally by the two companies. The facilities would con-
nect Enterprise’s natural gas processing complex near
Meeker, CO, with up to six interstate pipelines in the
Piceance Basin area, including Questar Pipeline.
As initially designed, the 30-inch hub pipeline would
have the capacity to transport more than 2.5 Bcf/d
and would provide hub-related services for natural
gas producers, marketers and purchasers in the area.
The White River Hub pipeline would extend about
seven miles from Questar Pipeline’s Greasewood, CO
facilities to the nearby Enterprise Meeker natural gas
processing complex. In addition to Questar Pipeline,
the pipelines that are expected to be connected to the
White River Hub are the Rockies Express Pipeline,
owned by Kinder Morgan, Sempra and ConocoPhillips;
Kinder Morgan’s TransColorado Gas Transmission
Company; El Paso’s Wyoming Interstate Company and
Colorado Interstate Gas Company; and the Williams-
owned Northwest Pipeline Corporation. Pending the
results of the open season and regulatory approvals,
the proposed pipeline is expected to be constructed
in the summer of 2008 and be in service during the
fall of 2008. For information call Mike Smith at (303)
820-5606.
ROCKIES EXPRESS PIPELINE
LLC (REX) – (REV. 7/08)
Rockies Express Pipeline LLC, a joint venture of
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, Sempra Pipelines
and Storage and ConocoPhillips, has received Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission approval to construct
the 638-mile, 42-inch diameter Rockies Express-East
(REX-East) Pipeline that will extend from Audrain
County, MO, to Clarington, OH. Construction is
expected to start by August 2008. Subject to receipt of
regulatory approvals, REX-East is expected to begin
interim service to the Lebanon Hub in Warren County,
OH by Dec. 31, 2008, and be fully operational in the
summer of 2009.
Scott Parker, president of Kinder Morgan Energy
Partners’ Natural Gas Pipelines group, noted that more
than 1,000 miles of REX is in service. The 713-mile
REX-West segment which runs from the Cheyenne
Hub in Weld County, CO, to Audrain County, MO,
became fully operational on May 20. The initial 327
miles of REX extends from the Meeker Hub in
Rio Blanco County, CO to the Wamsutter Hub in
Sweetwater County, WY, to the Cheyenne Hub.
The Rockies Express Pipeline is one of the largest nat-
ural gas pipelines to be constructed in North America.
When completed, the 1,679-mile pipeline will transport
gas from the prolific Rocky Mountain supply basins to
markets in the Midwest and East and have a capacity
of approximately 1.8 Bcf/d. Binding firm commitments
from creditworthy shippers have been secured for all
of the capacity on the pipeline.
KMP is overseeing construction of the project and
will operate the pipeline.
If you are interested in working on this project, con-
tact: work@rexpipeline.com.
(12/07) Rockies Express Pipeline LLC (REX) launched
an open season to solicit market interest for the
Northeast Express Project, a 375-mile extension of the
Rockies Express natural gas pipeline project, stretch-
ing the pipeline’s route from its originally planned
Clarington, OH, endpoint to Princeton, NJ. Subject
to regulatory approvals, the pipeline extension could
go into service in late 2010 and transport as much as
1.5 million Dth/d. The Rockies Express Pipeline is a
joint venture of KMP, Sempra Pipelines & Storage,
ConocoPhillips, and is one of the largest natural gas
pipelines to be constructed in North America
SEACOAST GAS TRANSMISSION LLC –
(9/08)
TECO Energy has formed a new subsidiary, SeaCoast
Gas Transmission, LLC, to develop and own a high-
volume Florida intrastate natural gas transmission
pipeline. SeaCoast Gas has entered into an agreement
with JEA (formerly Jacksonville Electric Authority),
the company’s first pipeline customer, that would
provide for long-term transportation of natural gas to
JEA’s planned Greenland Energy Center. SeaCoast
Gas’ planned pipeline will be approximately 50 miles
long and 20-24 inches in diameter. It will connect both
the Florida Gas Transmission and Southern Natural
gas transmission pipelines to JEA’s proposed power
plant. The SeaCoast project is designed to provide
improved and competitively priced access to natural
gas supplies.
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SEMINOLE ENERGY SERVICES – (4/07)
Seminole Energy Services, L.L.C., through its Nebraska
Resources Company, L.L.C. (NCR) affiliate, plans to
file for regulatory approval to build a 150-mile natural
gas pipeline to serve Central Nebraska. As planned,
the new line will connect with Trailblazer Pipeline and
will have firm long-term gas participation by Aquila.
Additional capacity will be leased to a number of new
and expanding ethanol facilities. NRC is targeting May
2009 as an in-service date.
SOUTHERN NATURAL GAS – (9/07)
With the first phase of Southern Natural Gas’ Cypress
Pipeline Expansion completed, SNG turns its atten-
tion to phases two and three. Phase one involved the
construction of 167-miles of new 24-inch pipe. Phase
two construction is planned for a May 2008 completion.
Work includes installation of 10,350 hp at compres-
sor station 2 in Glynn County, GA. Although a firm
completion date for Phase three has not been deter-
mined, the tentative date is May 2010. Work includes
building a 10-mile, 30-inch loop in Chatham and
Effingham, Counties, GA. It also includes installing
10,350 hp at compressor station 1 in Liberty, County,
GA., as well as 10,350 hp at compressor station 3 in
Nassau County, FL.
(Rev. 11/07) El Paso’s subsidiary Southern Natural
Gas has received FERC approval to build the Elba III
Project, which involves laying a new interstate natural
gas pipeline and expanding the Elba Island LNG
receiving terminal near Savanna, GA. The pipeline
will extend 190 miles with 36 and 42-inch pipe in a
northwest direction, interconnecting with pipelines and
customers along the route. Construction is expected to
be completed in mid-2010, followed by construction
of a new compressor station to increase capacity in
2012. The LNG terminal expansion will take place in
two phases with the first phase including a new 4.2 Bcf
storage tank and modifications to the docking facili-
ties by mid-2010. The second phase includes building
another 4.2 Bcf storage tank that will be in service by
2012. Capital for the project is expected to be as much
as $930 million. in hand.
SOUTHERN STAR CENTRAL GAS
PIPELINE – (REV. 3/08)
Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc. is develop-
ing a new interstate natural gas delivery project that
will provide incremental deliveries of up to 100,000
Dth/d to Enogex, Inc., into their East Rate Zone near
their Perry Compressor Station in Noble County, OK.
Southern Star extended its Open Season at shippers’
request. The Binding Open Season ran from Jan. 14,
2008 to Feb. 25, 2008.
The Perry Delivery Project will provide an excel-
lent source of mid-continent natural gas supply for
Enogex’s existing customers and for their future cus-
tomers,” said Jerry Morris, president and CEO for
Southern Star.
(8/07) Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline Inc. held a
non-binding open season from June 12 to July 20, 2007
to solicit expression of interest for firm transportation
service on the proposed 345-mile, 36-inch diameter
Highland Trails Pipeline natural gas pipeline that will
connect the developing Fayetteville Shale production
basin in central Arkansas to Kinder Morgan’s Rockies
Express Pipeline, LLC (REX) in Audrain County, MO.
For information, contact Tim Meyer at (270) 852-4554,
or visit http://csi.sscgp.com/.
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SPECTRA ENERGY – (7/08)
Spectra Energy has executed an agreement with
ConocoPhillips to deliver up to 395 MMcf/d of Rocky
Mountain natural gas from the Clarington, OH supply
point to the Northeast U.S. by November 2010.
To transport these substantial volumes of Rockies
supply eastward, Spectra Energy will expand its Texas
Eastern Transmission pipeline system at a cost of $500
million. The expansion, called the TEMAX Project,
will create the infrastructure necessary to move
ConocoPhillips’ supplies from Clarington to Station
195 on the Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corporation
(Transco) pipeline system near Delta, Pa., located
in York County. The project will require 33 miles of
new build from Texas Eastern mainline in Marietta,
PA to Transco’s Station 195 in York County, PA. Also,
it requires 12 miles of pipeline looping adjacent to
the exiting corridor and 11 miles of 36-inch diameter
pickup and relay of existing 20-inch diameter pipe.
(5/08) Spectra Energy has filed an application with
FERC to expand its existing Texas Eastern Transmission
System to transport new volumes of Rockies natural
gas into major Northeast markets of the mid-Atlantic
and New England states. The proposed $150 million
project, according to Spectra, will be right-sized to
meet demand. Known as Northern Bridge, the line will
offer interconnections with transmission system along
the route between Clarington, Ohio, and Oakford/
Delmont, PA. The line diameter and related facilities
have not been determined, and tentative plans call for
the line to have a capacity of 200-500 MMcf/d and cost
an estimated $100 to $150 million. Planned in-service
date is November 1, 2009.
TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE CO. – (9/08)
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., a wholly owned subsidiary
of El Paso Corp., announced the results of a bind-
ing open season for its 300 Line Expansion Project.
Equitable Energy LLC, a subsidiary of Equitable
Energy, executed a binding precedent agreement for
a 15-year term and was awarded 300,000 Dth/d, which
represents 100% of the project’s capacity. The project
links Equitable’s Appalachian production to north-
east markets. The expansion facilities will consist of
approximately 125 miles of 30-inch pipe loop and
approximately 46,000 horsepower of additional com-
pression facilities to be constructed in Tennessee’s
existing pipeline corridor in Pennsylvania and New
Jersey. Tennessee has entered into a fixed price agree-
ment to lock in its pipe costs.
Construction of the project is subject to regula-
tory approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (“FERC”) and other agencies. Tennessee
plans to file its certificate application with the FERC
during the second quarter of 2009, with phased con-
struction anticipated during 2010 and 2011, pending
receipt of the necessary regulatory approvals for the
project.
(Rev. 9/07) Tennessee Gas Pipeline, a subsidiary of
El Paso Corporation, has completed survey work
and filed an application with FERC to build the
company’s Carthage Expansion Project, which will
add 100,000 Dth/d of capacity from the Carthage
production area in East Texas to a new interconnect
with Entergy Corporation’s Perryville Generation
Station in Ouachita Parish, LA. The expansion will
include an additional 7,700 horsepower (hp) on the
Carthage Lateral and an additional 3,550 hp at TGP’s
West Monroe Compressor Station. Assuming timely
FERC approval, the expansion is anticipated to be in
service by May 2009.
(Rev. 9/07) Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, a subsid-
iary of El Paso Corp., has delayed plans on its planned
Atlantic Supply Expansion project that is designed to
meet the growing natural gas demand in the northeast
region of the U.S. Although the decisions are not firm,
the company more than likely will move the “expan-
sion’ project into another proposed pipeline that will
further respond to transporting natural gas supplies
from LNG developments in eastern Canada and the
Northeast. Final decisions have not been made on the
route, diameter and capacity.
TEXAS EASTERN TRANSMISSION –
(9/08)
Texas Eastern Transmission, LP, a subsidiary of
Spectra Energy, held a non-binding open season for
its Texas Eastern Appalachia to Market (TEAM)
expansion program, a proposal to transport emerging
Appalachian natural gas production to premium mar-
kets in the northeast U.S., including Mid-Atlantic and
New England states. The TEAM expansion, located in
Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, has a targeted
capacity of approximately 300 MMcf/d), but will be
scaleable and sized to meet customer needs. The
expansion will utilize existing rights of way, wherever
possible, which will minimize both project costs and
effects on landowners and the environment. The first
phase is planned to be in service as early as Nov.
2011.
(7/07) Spectra Energy’s Texas Eastern Transmission
Pipeline has received final approval from the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to proceed
with construction of the TIME II Project in Ohio and
Pennsylvania. FERC authorized the construction,
replacement and operation of approximately 27.8
miles of pipeline facilities in Pickaway and Monroe
Counties, OH, and Somerset, Bedford, Franklin, Bucks
and Fayette Counties, PA. In addition, FERC approved
four miles of new pipeline looping in Monroe County,
OH and a new 16,000 HP compressor station in Adams
County, PA. The project will be completed in two phas-
es. The facilities in Pennsylvania will be in service the
second half of 2007 and the facilities in Ohio will be in
service the second half of 2008. Once in service, TIME
II will have a capacity to bring up to 150 MMcf/d) of
natural gas into the New Jersey market area.
(7/08) Texas Eastern Transmission, LP, a subsidiary of
Spectra Energy, has finalized the design of its TIME III
Pipeline Expansion project that will connect the NE
United States with new Rocky Mountain natural gas
supplies by November of 2010. Texas Eastern’s TIME
III Project will provide approximately 120 MMcf/d of
additional natural gas transportation capacity along
the path from Oakford, PA., to Station 195 on the
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line (Transco) pipeline sys-
tem in York County, PA. The TIME III Project’s new
facilities will involve the replacement of segments of
the existing pipeline and construction of new pipeline
along the existing Texas Eastern corridor. Utilizing
existing facilities will minimize potential impacts to
landowners, communities and the environment.
Texas Eastern held an open season for the project
that ran through May 30, 2008.
(Rev. 7/08) Texas Eastern Transmission has filed an
application with the FERC to increase capacity of
its existing pipeline system in Pennsylvania and New
Jersey. The Logan Lateral Project will involve the con-
structing of 11 miles of 30-inch diameter gas pipeline
that will connect to BP Energy Company’s Crown
Landing LNG terminal in Gloucester County, NJ
and to Texas Eastern’s system at its existing Chester
Junction facility in the Borough of Brookhaven, PA.
The project includes laying 5 miles of new pipe in
Delaware County, PA and six miles in Glouster
County. Estimated in-service is fourth quarter 2011.
For information, call (800) 831-0043.
TIDELANDS OIL & GAS CORP. – (11/07)
Tidelands Oil & Gas Corp. reports it has an agree-
ment with Cheniere Energy to fund development
of Tidelands’ Burgos Hub Export/Import Project.
The project has the potential to connect the North
American pipeline grid to natural gas supplies and
markets in Northern Mexico. Basically, Cheniere
has purchased 80% equity interest in the project in
exchange for up to $9 million in current and future
payments plus royalties to be paid to Tidelands. The
Tidelands project will be built in three phases. Phase 1
involves a pipeline extending from the Valero Gilmore
Plan, located in Hidalgo County, TX to Estacion
Arguelles in Tamaulipas, Mexico, and on to Station 19
of Pemex Gas y Petroquimica Basica to Monterrey,
Mexico. Phase 2 will include construction of a pipe-
line extending from the Donna Station to the Brazil
Storage facility at Station 19. Phase 3 will be construc-
tion of the Brazil Storage Facility located in Rio Bravo,
Mexico. A timetable for construction of each phase
has not been determined.
*Listed in U.S. & Mexico category.
TRANSCANADA CORP. - (REV. 9/08)
Enterprise Products Partners and Quicksilver Gas
Services have signed a Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) with TransCanada Corp. that commits the two
companies to ship 500 MMcf/d of natural gas on the
proposed Pathfinder Pipeline over a 10-year period.
Under terms of the MOU, Enterprise will acquire 40%
ownership in the pipeline and Quicksilver will own
10% of the project. TransCanada plans to build the
pipeline to move natural gas from the U.S. Rockies
basins to markets in the U.S. Midwest. The proposed
Pathfinder Pipeline will consist of three segments
comprising approximately 625-miles of 30-inch and
42-inch diameter natural gas mainline pipeline as well
as a supply lateral consisting of approximately 12 miles
of 36-inch diameter lateral pipeline. These pipelines
will move gas north-eastward from the Rockies basins
connecting them to the Northern Border Pipeline
Company (NBPL) system for delivery into the Ventura
and Chicago area markets. The initial capacity for
the pipeline is 1.2 Bcf/d, with an ultimate capacity of
2.0 Bcf/d. The scheduled in-service date is November
2010.
To meet further growth in Rockies gas supply, a
future phase is proposed to extend the proposed
Pathfinder pipeline project approximately 275 miles
(440 kilometres) from the Northern Border Pipeline to
Noyes, Minnesota, and Emerson, Manitoba, where gas
can be shipped to Eastern markets or storage facilities
using the Great Lakes Gas Transmission system and
TransCanada’s Canadian Mainline system. This future
extension could be in service as early as 2011.
A segment of the proposed project follows the
same route as the recently announced Bison Pipeline
project. TransCanada is a partial owner in the pro-
posed Bison Pipeline project through its interest in TC
PipeLines, LP.
TRANSCONTINENTAL GAS PIPELINE –
(9/08)
Transcontinental Gas Pipeline (Transco), a unit of
Williams, is planning an expansion project to provide
increased capacity on its Transco natural gas pipeline
system to serve markets in the southeastern United
States. The proposed 85 North Expansion project
will offer shippers the opportunity to subscribe to
incremental year-round firm transportation service
from Transco’s Station 85 pool in Choctaw County,
AL, to delivery points upstream of the North Carolina
and Virginia border. The project is expected to provide
up to 250,000 Dth/d of new capacity. The final project
size, location of facilities and cost will be determined
by the results of the open season. The new capacity
is anticipated to be available in May 2011, subject
to approval by the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
6/08) Williams and Williams’ Transco are combining
two planned projects – the Rockies Connector and
Northeast Connector – to expand the existing Transco
pipeline system. The combined projects will be known
as the Northeast Supply Project. As proposed, the
250-mile extension will connect the Rockies Express
Pipeline near Clarington, OH to Transco’s mainline in
southeastern Pennsylvania. It will also give shippers
a seamless path from Clarington to Transco’s Zone 6.
Firm transportation service is expected to be available
by November 2011.
VECTOR PIPELINE L.P. – (REV. 9/08)
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sion pipeline for the second time in two years. Plans
call for building one more compressor station and
expanding the Vector Pipeline by approximately 100
MMcf/d, with a proposed in-service date of Nov. 1,
2009. The Vector Pipeline -- constructed in 2000 and
currently expanding with two new compressor sta-
tions -- includes 348 miles of mainline transmission
between the Chicago Hub and the storage complex at
Dawn, Ontario. Vector Pipeline L.P.’s system begins in
Joliet, IL, and terminates at the international border
at St. Clair, MI, where it interconnects with the Vector
Pipeline Limited Partnership system, which provides
service to the Dawn, Ontario, storage facilities.
WILLIAMS/FLORIDA GAS
TRANSMISSION – (REV. 1/08)
A unit of Williams has completed a successful bind-
ing open season for an expansion project that will
connect Williams’ Transco natural gas pipeline to the
recently authorized Gulf LNG Clean Energy import
terminal near Pascagoula, MS. The 15-mile Pascagoula
Expansion Project, which Transco is developing with
Florida gas Transmission, will provide transportation
service from the LNG terminal to Transco’s Station 85
located in Butler County, AL. Capacity offered in the
open season will be made available through the expan-
sion line and Transco’s Mobile Bay Lateral. Pending
FERC approval, the in-service date is mid-2011.
(Rev. 9/08) Williams has filed an application with
FERC to expand its Transco natural gas pipeline
system to serve markets in the northeastern United
States. The Sentinel Expansion Project is anticipated to
be in service by Nov. 2008, subject to FERC approval.
The project, in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, will
move some 140,000 Dth/d of natural gas from Pleasant
Valley, the Leidy Hub, or any other receipt point down-
stream of the Leidy Hub and Pleasant Valley intercon-
nects to points on Transco’s system. Current plans
include building 22 miles of 42-inch pipe, some looping,
and minor compressor modifications to increase capac-
ity. The project will be built in two phases with phase
one adding 40,000 Dth/d and phase two adding 102,000
Dth/d. Target in service date is November 2009.
(9/06) Williams is holding an open season to construct
a new pipeline lateral on its Northwest Pipeline system
for long-term transportation service from Greasewood,
CO. The Greasewood Lateral project would consist of
a 33-mile, 16 to 24-inch diameter pipeline from the
Greasewood Hub to it’s mainline near Sand Springs,
CO. Pending regulatory approvals, it is anticipated that
service would be available in November 2008.
WILLIAMS/ONEOK – (6/07)
Williams and Oneok plan a 150-mile, 14-inch diameter
NGL lateral originating from an existing processing
facility and the proposed Willow Creek Processing
facility to be located in Rio Blanco County, within the
Piceance Basin to interconnect at Echo Spring, WY,
to the proposed Overland Pass NGL pipeline that
begins in Opal, WY. The $120 million lateral, designed
to transport 100,000 bpd, is scheduled to begin service
in 2009-2010.
WILLIAMS/PG&E/FORT CHICAGO
ENERGY – (REV. 7/07)
Subsidiaries of Williams, PG&E Corp., and Fort
Chicago Energy Partners LP have agreed to jointly
pursue construction of a new gas transmission pipeline
that will increase the natural gas supply for the U.S.
West Coast. The companies filed a FERC applica-
tion this summer. As proposed, the Pacific Coast Gas
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Pipeline will extend 231 miles from the Jordan Cove
LNG terminal in Coos Bay, OR, to an interconnect
with Williams’ Northwest Pipeline near Myrtle Creek,
OR. From there, the line continues to additional
interconnects near Malin, OR. Plans call for the line
to transport 1 Bcf/d of gas to Pacific Northwest,
California and Nevada. The project timeline includes
a construction start on the Jordan Cove LNG facility
in Coos Bay during the first and second quarter of
2008. Pipeline construction is scheduled for second
quarter 2010.
WILLIAMS/PUGET SOUND ENERGY –
(6/08)
Williams and PSE are seeking shipper commitments for
the proposed Blue Bridge Pipeline project to provide
up to 500,000 Dth/d. The planned pipeline will require
up to 172 miles of 30- and 36-inch diameter pipe and
the installation of added compression horsepower at
Williams Northwest’s existing Plymouth, Washougal
and Chehalis, WA compressor stations. The major-
ity of the planned route will follow Williams’ existing
pipeline corridor. Blue Bridge would provide natural
gas transportation capacity of up to 500,000 deka-
therms per day. Final project design and cost will be
determined once binding commitments are received.
In-service is expected in November 2011.
WILLIAMS/TRANSCANADA – (4/08)
Williams and TransCanada Corp. are studying a
proposed joint development of a new natural gas
pipeline, Sunstone Pipeline, to transport natural gas
supplies from the Rockies to markets in the west-
ern United States. The proposed Sunstone Pipeline
extends 618-mile with 42-inch pipe with a capac-
ity of up to 1.2 Bcf/d. As planned, the new line will
run substantially parallel to the existing Williams
Northwest Pipeline system between the Opal Hub in
Wyoming and Stanfield, Ore. Williams’ Northwest sys-
tem interconnects at Stanfield with TransCanada’s Gas
Transmission Northwest (GTN) pipeline system. The
project provides the option to deliver gas to markets
served by the Northwest and GTN pipeline systems.
Pending the results of an open season and regulatory
approvals, the line is scheduled to be built for an in
service date in 2011.
WILLISTON BASIN INTERSTATE – (9/08)
Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company is plan-
ning the Sheyenne Expansion Project to increase
natural gas delivery volumes on the company’s system
to locations east of Bismark, ND. Total project cost
is $7.5 million and includes modifying and adding
horsepower to an existing compressor station, building
a new station approximately one mile north of Steele,
ND, valve modifications and construction of a one-mile
pipeline to connect the company’s existing pipeline to
serve the Tharaldson Ethanol Plant being built near
Casselton, ND. The company expects completion by
November 2008.
(Rev. 7/08) WBI Holdings, Inc.’s subsidiary, Williston
Basin Interstate Pipeline Company, plans to devel-
op the Bakken Pipeline, a new natural gas pipeline
designed to transport natural gas Bakken Play in NW
North Dakota and NE Montana to a new pipeline
interconnect with Alliance Pipeline. The proposed
project will consist of approximately 100 miles of
16-inch diameter pipeline, compression and associ-
ated facilities. It will originate at an interconnect with
Williston Basin’s existing pipeline system in Mountrail
County, ND, and will run northeasterly to a new pipe-
line interconnect with Alliance Pipeline in Bottineau
County, ND. The Bakken Pipeline is anticipated to
have an initial capacity of approximately 100 MMcf/d,
with the flexibility to expand capacity to 200 MMcf/d.
It is projected to be in service in mid-2010, subject to
shipper commitment and regulatory approvals.
Canada
ALLIANCE PIPELINE – (11/07)
The National Energy Board has approved plans by
Alliance Pipeline Ltd. for the BC Expansion Project
(BCX) that calls for the addition of approximately
$30 million of compression and ancillary facilities to
increase capacity to receive gas supplies on its Taylor-
Aitken Creek lateral system.
ALTON NATURAL GAS STORAGE L.P. –
(3/08)
Alton Natural Gas Storage L.P. plans to build the
Atlantic Connector Gas Pipeline, a high-pressure natu-
ral gas transmission system that, when integrated with
Alton’s natural gas storage system to be located near
Alton, Nova Scotia, will provide movement of Atlantic
natural gas production, regasified LNG, compressed
natural gas and other potential gas supply sources to
markets in eastern Canada and the northeastern U.S.
The proposed pipeline, with an initial capacity of
approximately 1.2 Bcf/d, is expected to originate at a
receipt points in Nova Scotia and proceed across Nova
Scotia and New Brunswick to a market interconnect
point with Canada’s natural gas transmission grid, pro-
viding access to natural gas markets in Canada and the
U.S. An in-service date of 2012 is anticipated, subject to
shipper commitments and timely regulatory approvals.
ENBRIDGE PIPELINES INC. – (9/07)
Enbridge Pipelines plans to construct and operate the
Alida to Cromer Capacity Expansion project. It will
consist of a 37-mile pipeline to transport NGL from
Alida, Saskatchewan to Manitoba. After the pipeline is
commissioned, the existing 12-inch diameter Enbridge
Westpur pipeline from Alida to Cromer will be con-
verted to transport crude rather than NGL.
MACKENZIE VALLEY – (REV. 11/07)
Developers of the Mackenzie Valley natural gas pipe-
line say the project is moving forward following meet-
ings with federal, provincial and Indian regulatory
agencies. The project could be submitted to Canada’s
NEB for action by mid-to-late 2008. A new schedule
indicates the 746-mile, $6-billion Mackenzie Valley Gas
Pipeline Project won’t be in service until at least 2014.
The price tag for the project is expected to increase
substantially by the time construction gets underway.
Provincial leaders in the area have called for a joint
U.S. and Canadian task force to find solutions to over-
come regulatory and other obstacles. Further reports
say that increased natural gas demands in Canada
could take a bite out of exports to the U.S.
A final decision on whether to proceed with con-
struction is expected as soon as the regulatory deci-
sions are made, in the summer or early fall of 2007 or
in time to use the first available arctic work season.
The new plan calls for a start in Jan. of 2008 on pipeline
right-of-way clearing, site preparations and pipeline
construction is scheduled for the winters of 2009-10
and 2010-11. Changes have also been made by drop-
ping one of four proposed compressor stations and by
route adjustments resulting in a savings of $151 million.
The pipeline’s length is shortened by 16 miles to a new
total of 746 miles.
NOVA GAS TRANSMISSION – (1/08)
TransCanada’s wholly owned subsidiary, Nova Gas
Transmission, plans to build a 185-mile natural gas
pipeline in northern Alberta. The company is seeking
approvals for the North Central Corridor Pipeline
project. It plans to build the 42-inch diameter pipeline
at a cost of $993 million. The first segment of the
pipeline is expected to be completed in April 2009, the
second in 2010.
SPECTRA ENERGY – (4/08)
Spectra Energy is proposing to expand its natural gas
gathering system to accommodate growing produc-
tion in the Grizzly Valley area of northeastern British
Columbia. The proposed project is part of a third
phase of expansion related to its Pine River facility,
and would allow for the transport of incremental raw
gas to its Pine River Processing Plant near Chetwynd,
BC. The project will involve approximately 10.5 miles
of pipeline, running parallel to existing lines and will
add gathering capacity in excess of 40 MMcf/d. Spectra
Energy has been performance-testing its Pine River
plant and making operating adjustments to accommo-
date the increased delivery of gas.
Spectra officials expect the new line and associated
facilities modifications within the Grizzly Valley oper-
ating area to be operational by November 2008.
(3/08) Spectra Energy is proposing to develop the
South Peace Pipeline to connect producers in north-
east British Columbia with its existing transportation
and processing infrastructure. Located in the South
Peace area of BC, the 54-mile pipeline will consist of
20-inch raw gas facilities, including pipeline segments
south and north of an existing 12-inch pipeline owned
by Storm Exploration Inc., which crosses the Peace
River approximately ½ mile downstream of Taylor,
BC. The $100 million pipeline has an in-service date of
third quarter 2009.
TRANS QUEBEC & MARITIMES
PIPELINE – (REV. 11/07)
Canada’s NEB is seeking public input on the scope
of the environmental assessment of Trans Quebec &
Maritimes Pipeline Inc. (TQM) EasternAccess natural
gas pipeline project. TQM is seeking approval to build
its proposed 155-mile, 30-inch pipeline to link the
planned Cacouna Energy LNG facility in Cacouna,
near Riviere-du-Loup, to a connection point with its
existing transport network near St. Nicolas. A notice
of application was submitted to the applicable federal
and provincial regulatory bodies May 8, 2007. Pending
approvals, construction could start in 2009 with a pipe-
line startup date of 2010.
Mexico
CFE/PEMEX – (1/07)
Mexico’s state-owned electricity company, CFE, and
state oil company Pemex are involved in a project
to build a $430 million LNG regasification project in
Manzanillo, Colima state. In its first stage the project
will process about 500 MMcf/d of LNG and supply
gas to thermoelectric plants in Colima state and plants
in both Guanajuato state and Queretaro state. The
project will also supply gas to the new Guadalajara I
and II combined cycle projects in Jalisco state. As part
of the project, a 100-mile Manzanillo-Guadalajara gas
pipeline will be built to transport 1 Bcf/d to connect
the LNG regasification project to demand centers
in western Mexico. The project is scheduled to be in
service by 2008.
MEXICANA DE GAS NATURAL/GULF
UNITED ENERGY – (9/07)
Mexicana de Gas Natural (MGN) and U.S.-based
Gulf United Energy are to seek asset-based debt
financing for their 50%-owned US$140 million
Valladolid-Cancu-Punta Venado Gas Pipeline project
on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. Gulf United has
purchased a 24% stake in the JV - which will deliver
the first gas to Cancun and surrounding areas.
The 16 inch, 135-mile pipeline is being designed to
be bidirectional, with a capacity of 183 MMcf/d. It will
supply the gas demands of the productive sectors in the
region, plus the power generation plants in Cancun and
Nizuc. Construction should begin during the second
quarter of 2008, with completion slated for the third
quarter of 2009.
TIDELANDS OIL & GAS CORP. – (11/07)
Tidelands Oil & Gas Corp. reports it has an agree-
ment with Cheniere Energy to fund development
of Tidelands’ Burgos Hub Export/Import Project.
The project has the potential to connect the North
American pipeline grid to natural gas supplies and
markets in Northern Mexico. Basically, Cheniere
has purchased 80% equity interest in the project in
exchange for up to $9 million in current and future
payments plus royalties to be paid to Tidelands. The
Tidelands project will be built in three phases. Phase 1
involves a pipeline extending from the Valero Gilmore

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Plan, located in Hidalgo County, TX to Estacion
Arguelles in Tamaulipas, Mexico, and on to Station 19
of Pemex Gas y Petroquimica Basica to Monterrey,
Mexico. Phase 2 will include construction of a pipe-
line extending from the Donna Station to the Brazil
Storage facility at Station 19. Phase 3 will be construc-
tion of the Brazil Storage Facility located in Rio Bravo,
Mexico. A timetable for construction of each phase has
not been determined.
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ARGENTINA/BOLIVIA - (REV. 9/07)
The Bolivia and Argentina governments are quick
stepping plans to build a 932-mile natural gas pipeline
to move Bolivian gas to Argentine markets. The long-
discussed Gasoducto del Noresta Argentina (GNA)
gas line will extend from southern Bolivia to Argentine
provinces of Salta, Formosa, and Chaco, terminating in
the province of Santa Fe. Today, the estimated cost is
more than $2 billion, up from the projected $1 billion
in November 2003. Tenders, valued at $750 million, for
the pipe are expected to be released within the month.
This will be followed by releasing construction bids.
The projected construction start is March 2008 and the
projected completion date is early 2009. Argentina has
agreed to finance construction of a gas separation plant
in the Bolivian border town of Yacuiba.
BOLIVIA/URUGUAY/PARAGUAY –
(REV. 3/08)
Paraguay’s President Nicanor Duarte agreed with his
Uruguayan and Bolivian counterparts Tabare Vazquez
and Evo Morales to build a gas pipeline connecting the
three countries. The pipeline will run 504 miles from
Tarija, Bolivia to Puerto Casado on the coast of the
Paraguay River. From there the pipeline will continue
south to Ciudad del Este, from which point it will cross
the international bridge shared with Brazil toward
Río Grande do Sul state and onward to Uruguay. A
commission has begun drafting the agreement for the
project. No timeline for construction has been set.
BRAZIL/VENEZUELA/ARGENTINA –
(REV. 8/08)
Russia’s Gazprom will take an active role in building
the Venezuela-Brazil section of the natural gas pipe-
line Brazil, Venezuela and Argentina have proposed.
The Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela governments
previously approved $9.2 million in funding for the
design engineering and environmental studies for the
Gran Gasoducto del Sur, a natural gas pipeline from
Venezuela to Buenos Aires. The 6,300-mile pipeline
would link the three countries. Depending on length,
route and capacity, costs could reach as much as $20
billion.
KUNTUR TRANSPORTADORA DE GAS
SAC – (6/08)
High-level government officials are signaling that Peru
will select a proposal to place a natural gas pipeline
through the Andes Mountains. That plan, proposed by
Kuntur Transportadora de Gas SAC, is in competition
with a proposal made by a unit of Suez Energy that
would run a pipeline down the Pacific coast.
The two companies have lobbied in support of
their plans, but experts say demand for the gas so
far is limited and barely enough for one pipeline to
southern Peru.
Kuntur Transportadora de Gas SAC proposes a $1.2
billion 675-mile pipeline from the Camisea gas fields in
the department of Cuzco to the southern departments
of Moquegua and Puno.
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PETROBRAS – (1/08)
Brazil’s Petrobras has closed a funding deal worth
R$2.49 billion, granted by the National Economic
and Social Development Bank (BNDES), for the
Transportadora Urucu-Manaus S.A. special purpose
company (SPC). The SPC is in charge of building the
239-mile, 20-inch in diameter natural gas transporta-
tion pipeline to connect Coari to Manaus, Brazil.
In addition, it will build distribution branches to
supply seven municipalities located along the gas
pipeline route. The funds will also be used to build the
2,173-mile-long, 10-inch nominal diameter LPG pipe-
line that will connect the Arara Pole, in Urucu, to the
Solimoes Terminal, in Coari, State of Amazonas.
The natural gas will be used initially for thermoelec-
tric power generation in the city of Manaus, substitut-
ing for the fuel oil generators that are currently used
for this purpose. Later, it will also supply the region’s
industrial, vehicle, commercial, and residential sectors.
The gas pipeline will have two delivery points in
Manaus, seven distribution branches totaling 78 miles
in length, to deliver gas to municipalities located near
the gas pipeline, and two intermediary gas-compression
stations. The project also foresees the re-adaptation of
an existing 18-inch nominal diameter pipeline between
Urucu and Coari, which will be interconnected to
the 20-inch one, allowing for natural gas production
outflow.
(Rev. 6/08) Petrobras has an aggressive pipeline con-
struction program underway that includes 5,592 miles
of new liquid and natural gas pipelines to be built over
a five year period. Currently, Petrobras is planning to
build 1,116 miles of new gas lines between the start of
2008 and December 2009. Natural gas projects that are
planned including the projected in-service date are:
 Japeri-Reduc, 25 miles of 28-inch pipe,
November 2008
 Paulina-Jacuinga, 50 miles of 14-inch, August 2008
 Expansao do Gasbel, 191 miles of 22-inch,
October 2008
 Gasduc III, 114 miles of 38-inch, May 2009
 Gaspal II, 33 miles of 22-inch, December 2009
 Gastau-Caraguatatuba-Taubate, 63 miles of
28-inch, July 2009
 Gasan II, 24 miles of 22-inch, December 2009
 Fafen/Se (Ramal), 14 miles of 8-inch, October 2008
 Pilar-Ipojuca, 112 miles of 24-inch, November 2009
By the end of 2007, the company had added some
1,505 miles of new natural gas pipelines.
PETROPERU/SUEZ ENERGY – (8/07)
A feasibility study is being conducted by state oil
company Petroperu S.A. and a unit of Suez Energy
International, to build an $830 million pipeline to
supply gas to a planned petrochemical complex in
southern Peru. The pipeline is key to the development
of a petrochemical complex and to provide natural gas
for thermal electric plants and mining companies as
well as domestic users in southern Peru. Completion
is slated in 2011.
PERU LNG – (REV. 10/07)
Peru LNG, a joint venture between Hunt Oil and
SK Corporation, and Spain’s Repsol YPF continues
with its plans to construct a pipeline to transport gas
from Chinquintirca in the Ayacucho Mountains to a
planned LNG plant at Pampa Melchorita. The project
is designed to convert Camisea reserves to LNG for
export to markets in Central and North America. Plans
call for a 257-mile, 34-inch diameter pipeline to be
completed in the 2008-2009 timeframe.
The line, as planned, has as estimated construction cost
of $3.8 billion.
SUEZ ENERGY PERU – (REV. 9/08)
Suez Energy Peru, a unit of Suez, aims to build the $850
million Gassur Pipeline down the Pacific coast to the
southern city of Ilo. The pipeline will have a 15 MMcf/d
capacity and range from 22 to 28 inches in diameter.
Plans call for operations in the first half of 2011.
The project conflicts with a proposal by Kuntur
Transportadora de Gas SAC to build a $1.2 billion 675
mile pipeline that would run the Camisea gas fields in
the department of Cuzco to the southern departments
of Moquegua and Puno.
Industry executives see both of these projects being
built only if there is sufficient demand for gas in
southern Peru.
VENEZUELA-BRAZIL – (11/07)
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez recently discussed
plans for construction of his Southern Gas Pipeline
proposal with Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio da
Silva. The project, backed by Venezuela, is to build
a 4,971-mile pipeline to carry gas from northern
Venezuela to Argentina, with branches in Bolivia,
Uruguay and Paraguay. The project cost is estimated
at $210 billion.
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Africa
GOVERNMENT OF MOROCCO – (7/07)
Morocco is expected to invite international investors to
finance a planned 500 MMcf/d LNG terminal and gas
pipeline with estimate costs of around $1 billion. After
finishing the initial feasibility study, Tractebel will
likely move on to conduct a full FEED study and then
help with the selection of an EPC contractor.
GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA – (4/08)
Nigeria plans to build three natural gas processing
plants in the oil-rich Niger Delta and a grid of pipe-
lines linking them to the rest of the country. The new
plants will be built at Warri/Forcados, Akwa Ibom/
Calabar and Obiafu areas of the delta. The new gas
infrastructure will cost between $15 billion and $20 bil-
lion and should be put in place between 2012 and 2015.
Nigeria’s reforms are aimed at enabling the country
to satisfy domestic demand for gas and to reduce flar-
ing. None of the deadlines, the most recent of which
was January 2008, set for companies to stop flaring in
Nigeria has so far been respected.
NNPC/SONATRACH – (REV. 1/08)
Nigeria has approved the construction of the Trans-
Sahara Gas Pipeline (TSGP) planned by the Nigerian
National Petroleum Company and Algeria’s Sonatrach.
As proposed, the 2,565-mile project will take gas from
fields in the Niger Delta north through Nigeria to
Algeria and then to the coast. It could be on line in
2015 if all goes according to plan. Estimated cost of the
project is in the $10 billion range, with $3 billion for
upstream gas development.
Asia Pacific
BPH-MIGAS – (11/07)
BPH-Migas plans to build a 137-mile natural gas trans-
mission pipeline project in Java. The pipeline will link
the towns of Cirebon to Urara Bekasi, Indonesia. The
project is awaiting energy minister approval. Bidders
currently eligible to operate the project include state-
run oil and gas company PT Pertamina and state gas
distributor PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN).
CNPC – (REV. 7/08)
China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) reports
Reuuia’s OAO TMK will supply line pipe for the
Central Asia-China Natural Gas Pipeline. CNPC is
investing $2.6 billion to build the 6,214-mile Sino-
Turkmenistan natural gas pipeline project. In July 2007,
CNPC signed an agreement to import 30 Bcm of natu-
ral gas a year over the next 30 years from Turkmenistan
through the Central Asia Gas Pipeline. The plan is for
the line to start at the Amu Daryu River and extend
through Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan to Central, East
and South China. The two parties also signed a pro-
duction sharing agreement for the development of
the Bagtyiarlyk gas field in northwest Turkmenistan.
Further, Kyrgyzstan says it is prepared to invest in
the Turkmenistan-China gas line. The Russian pipe
manufacturer will supply 60-foot joints for the 116-mile
section between Malay and Bagtiyarlik.
(Rev. 10/07) China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC)
is expected to start construction by September 2008 on
a second East-West pipeline, this time the line would
start at Horgas in Xinjiang and end at Guangzhou
in the south and Shanghai in the east. The project is
linked to developments with the Sino-Russian energy
cooperation. CNPC says construction on the projected
$10 billion, 3,400-mile line will move toward a 2010
completion. In addition, plans call for two branch lines
totaling more than 1,240 miles to connect the two
West-East lines to additional gas fields, including the
Puguang gas field in Sichuan Province.
(7/07) CNPC has announced plans to invest $US1.04
billion in the development of the Myanmar – China
gas pipeline. The gas pipeline, which will stretch 1,479
miles will link Myanmar’s western port of Sittwe to the
city of Chongqing, in southwestern China. The pipeline
will transport 170 Bcm of gas from the Middle East to
southwest China over the next 30 years. It is unclear
which field in Myanmar would supply the pipeline.
Daewoo said it expected gas production to start within
three years of the contract signing.
GAS AUTHORITY OF INDIA LTD. – (4/08)
Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) has fast-
tracked US$1 billion construction of a gas pipeline
in northern India. The pipeline, which will connect
Vijapur to Bawana, is expected to be completed within
24 months.
Late last year, GAIL signed a gas sales agreement
with Pragati Power Corporation for the supply of 2
MMcm/d of regasified LNG for the company’s 1,500
MW combined cycle gas turbine power project at
Bawana, in Delhi. The proposed pipeline would have
throughput capacity of 14.1 MMcm/d of gas. GAIL
is also planning to install compressors at Vijaipur and
Jhabua by 2010. Plans call for the pipeline to be com-
pleted by January 2010, with commissioning at the end
of March 2010.
(8/08) Gas Authority of India Limited’s (GAIL) long
proposed natural gas pipeline in the southern Indian
state of Tamil Nadu received new life when the com-
pany signed an agreement to provide additional gas to
the state. The 360-mile pipeline between the coastal cit-
ies of Chennai and Tuticorin has the support of state’s
Chamber of Commerce and Industry. According to the
Chamber, the line represents a crucial component of
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the state’s industrial and economic growth, forming
the first phase in a broader plan to provide natural
gas in the state. GAIL currently supplies more than 3
MMcm/d to 31 industrial customers using a pipeline
network totaling 186 miles.
(3/08) The Gas Authority of India Ltd. (GAIL) reports
its board has issued approval to build the Dabhol-
Bangalore natural gas pipeline. The proposed route
will extend from the R-LNG Terminal at Dabhol in
Maharashtra to Bangalore. Designed capacity for the
pipeline is 16 million standard cubic meters per day
Gail also has the approval to build three other pipe-
lines—Dahej-Vijaipur, Vijaiput-Dadri, and Vijaipur-
Auraiya Jagdishpur.
(8/07) Indian Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry
approved the development of the Haldia – Jagdishpur
pipeline in the northern province of Uttar Pradesh by
the Gas Authority of India (GAIL). Completion of the
520-mile pipeline that will add 12 MMcm/d of capacity
to the existing network will be taken up in the second
phase of GAIL’s expansion plan and completed by
2011. The $841 million Haldia – Jagdishpur pipeline is
also set to be part of an integrated pipeline network
transporting natural gas from Reliance Industries’
gas fields in the Krishna-Godavari Basin., GAIL and
the Indian Oil Corporation finalized a joint venture
agreement to develop a gas distribution networks. Gas
distribution will only be possible after completion of
the pipeline in 2011.
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GAS AUTHORITY OF INDIA/ONGC -
(4/07)
Gas Authority of India Limited and the Oil and
Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) have signed a pre-
liminary deal for the $US682 million development of
the Kakinada – Haldia gas pipeline. The two companies
will form a special purpose vehicle for the develop-
ment of the 620-mile pipeline, which will transport gas
discovered by ONGC in the Bay of Bengal to Haldia
in West Bengal. GAIL already has plans to construct a
530-mile pipeline from Haldia to Jagdishpur, where the
Hazira – Vijaipur – Jagdishpur pipeline terminates. The
pipeline is expected to be completed by 2012.
GUANGDONG DAPENG LNG COMPANY –
(3/08)
Guangdong Dapeng LNG Company reports it will
extend the mainline of it Shenzhen Dapeng LNG proj-
ect in China’s southern province of Guangdong. The
extension project involves laying a line from Dapeng of
Shenzhen to Hulzhou City in the southeast, as well as
southwest to Nansha of Guangzhou City. The mainline
extension will connect the China National Offshore Oil
Corp.’s Zhuhai LNG and Zhongshan LNG projects.
The extension is scheduled for completion in 2009.
GUJARAT STATE PETRONET LTD. –
(7/07)
Gujarat State Petronet Ltd. (GSPL) plans to extend
its Indian gas pipeline network by an additional 385
miles in the next two years. The expansion will enable
the company to double its transmission volumes from
the current 180 MMcm/d to 360 MMcm/d by 2009.
Plans call for the development of the 125-mile Darod-
Pipavav Pipeline, 68-mile Rajkot-Jamnagar Pipeline,
112-mile Morbi-Mundara Pipeline, 37 mile Vadodara-
Godhra Pipeline and 43-mile Mehsana-Palanpur
Pipeline.
OIL AND NATURAL GAS CORPORATION
(ONGC) - (2/08)
India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)
has received approval from the Maharashtra Coastal
Regulation Zone Authority for the construction of
a gas pipeline from Uran to Trombay. The proposed
pipeline would replace the existing 18- inch diameter
pipeline in the region, which has already reached its
design life of 25 years. The existing pipeline transports
3.5 MMcm/d of gas to consumers in Trombay. The
project is expected to require an investment of $62.5
million and is scheduled for completion by May 2008.
The project involves construction of a 20-inch diameter
pipeline with a total length of 15 miles from Uran to
Trombay.
PETROCHINA - (4/08)
PetroChina reports it is in the early planning stage for
a third West-To-East natural gas pipeline. At this date,
the line would extend from the China-Russia shared
border at Altai to Bohai Bay on China’s eastern coast.
The line would reach 3,782 miles with 48-inch pipe.
With laterals, the total length of the project could reach
4,971 miles. Although there is not a specific timetable
for line construction, it is anticipated that construc-
tion could get underway shortly after completion of
the second west-to-east pipeline now scheduled for
early 2010.
PETROVIETNAM – (7/08)
PetroVietnam has announced plans to accelerate
development of ten oil and gas projects, including
the $780 million pipeline that will connect Block B,
which is located about 140-km southwest of Ca Mau
province, to Can Tho City, which is about 200-km west
of Ho Chi Minh City. PetroVietnam is building a 2,800
MW gas-fired power complex in Can Tho City which is
scheduled to begin operations in 2010.
PT PERUSAHAAN GAS NEGARA (PGN) –
(5/08)
Indonesian state gas transportation company PT
Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN) will lead a consortium
to build a 412-mile gas transmission pipeline linking
Sumatra’s towns of Duri, Dumai and Medan. The pipe-
line will be designed for a capacity to move 250-300
MMcfd of natural gas supplied from ConocoPhillips’
gas fields in North Sumatra. Project construction will
begin in 2009 with a scheduled completion date of
2011. PGN also has been appointed by the government
as project leader to build an LNG receiving terminal
in West Java. Other consortium members are state-
electricity company PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara and
state-run oil and gas company PT Pertamina.
PTT - (3/07)
Thailand’s PTT says it will expand its network of gas
pipelines to cope with the projected doubling of gas
demand by 2011. In the east, the pipeline from Map Ta
Phut in Rayong will be extended some 186 miles, while
in the west, a 217-mile extension will be built from
Ratchaburi to Chumphon, one of the country’s south-
ern provinces, at the shore of the Gulf of Thailand.
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PTT/PNOC – (12/07)
Thailand’s PTT has signed a deal with the Philippine
National Oil Corporation (PNOC) for a feasibility
study for the construction of two natural gas pipelines
and three terminals. The company is reportedly look-
ing at financial proposals for a 186-mile pipeline that
would connect the Bantangas province south of Manila
and the western Bataan province to the Malampaya
natural gas field in Palawan province, southwest of
Manila. PTT is also looking at developing three LNG
terminals in Batangas and Bataan as part of the proj-
ect. The feasibility study is expected to be completed by
March 2008. The PNOC and PTT are both reportedly
willing to share half the costs of the pipelines and the
gas terminals, which are estimated at up to $US700
million.
QUEENSLAND HUNTER GAS PIPELINE –
(7/08)
Queensland Hunter Gas Pipeline (QHGP) plans to
build a pipeline to transport 50 Bcf of gas a year for the
400-600 MW power station, proposed by Queensland
Gas Company, ANZ Infrastructure Services Ltd. and
Toyota Tsusho Corporation. The privately-funded
QHGP will transport coal seam gas collected in the
southern central Queensland fields to Newcastle, NSW,
through an 510-mile underground natural gas pipeline.
It will be the third major gas supply into the greater
Sydney region. The $850 million pipeline will provide
greater security of gas supply to NSW and deliver gas
to some areas where it has not been available. It will
also limit the possibility of gas curtailment during
weather extremes in NSW or when systems fail in the
existing supply routes.
Construction of the pipeline is anticipated to start
late next year. Gas flow is expected to commence in
the first quarter of 2011.
RELIANT INDUSTRIES – (8/07)
Reliant Industries plans to construct a 6,200-mile gas
pipeline grid that includes large diameter gas transmis-
sion lines as well as spur lines that will extend across
four major states.
(6/07) India’s Reliant Industries plans to invest over
$US12 billion towards developing and transporting gas
from its fields in the Krishna – Godavari basin, with
some $US7 billion being set aside for construction of
three pipelines. Some $US5.2 billion is earmarked for
gas production, while some $US7 million will be used
to develop pipelines from Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh
to Bharuch in Gujarat, and two coastal pipelines to
Haldia in West Bengal and Chennai. The 862-mile
Kakinada – Ahmedabad Pipeline will be completed
by 2008. The pipelines from Kakinada to Chennai and
Bangalore will be completed by the end of 2009.
SANTOS ENERGY – (7/08)
Malaysia’s Petronas has signed a deal to acquire a 40
% stake in Santos Energy’s proposed LNG project in
Gladstone, Queensland. Under the terms of the agree-
ment, a new joint venture company will be formed to
develop and operate an LNG facility at Gladstone with
an initial one-train capacity of 3 MMt/a. The new entity
will also build and operate a 280-mile pipeline from
jointly-owned upstream coal seam gas (CSG) assets
to the project site, as well as undertake all marketing
activities for the project’s LNG output. The partners
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will also cooperate in the exploration and production
of selected upstream CSG assets in Queensland.
The final investment decision is expected by the
end of 2009, while the project’s first LNG cargoes are
planned for 2014.
SINOPEC – (REV. 10/06)
Sinopec has finalized the route for its proposed
Puguang Gas Pipeline. The company will invest $4.7
billion to develop the Puguang gas field and pipe-
line. The field, located in the northeast region of the
Sichuan Province, is estimated at 252 Bcm. Plans call
for a 1,055-mile pipeline from the field in the northeast
region of the Sichuan Province to capitalize on strong
market demand in China’s largest city. Construction
is likely to start in June 2008 and last for two years.
The company plans to invest $1.23 billion to build the
pipeline, which will have a capacity of 12 Bcm/a. A final
decision on the Shanghai route is expected soon.
FSU-Eastern Europe
FSI ENERGY – (REV. 4/06)
FSI Energy, the lead developer of the KoRus Sakhalin
Pipeline, continues to seek interested partners to
participate in the project. South Korean development
partners have agreed to participate in the construction
and operation of the 1,575-mile pipeline to connect Far
East Russian gas at Sakhalin with the Korean penin-
sula and Japan. The project cost will be about $3 billion
and will begin operation in 2008 or 2009.
GAZPROM – (3/08)
Gazprom plan to develop the fields in the Yamal
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Peninsular, located in the Yamal-Nenets auton-
omous district of Siberia. In the initial phase the
Bovanenkovskoye field will be developed by the third
quarter of 2011. Plans call for an annual production
capacity of no less than 15 Bcm of annual production
and the construction of a 685-mile pipeline system
from Bovanenkovo to Ukhta. Plans call for pipeline
construction to begin in 2008, while work is under way
for provisional housing and installations, along with
townships for the stockpiling of related materials.
The Yamal Peninsula is a strategic natural gas
resource for Gazprom -- and one of the most promising
gas-bearing regions in West Siberia capable of
maintaining long-term production rates. Yamal is rich
not only in gas. Today the region is the second in oil
extraction. Estimates indicate production in the region
can be increased to 90-100 million tons a year.
Thus far, 26 fields have emerged containing proven
reserves totaling 10.4 Tcm of natural gas, 250.5 million
tons of extractable gas condensate and 291.8 million
tons of recoverable oil.
KAZAKHSTAN/TURKMENISTAN/RUSSIA –
(REV. 11/07)
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakan
President Nursultan Nazarbayev recently held dis-
cussions on how to speed construction of a 930-mile
pipeline to transport gas from Kazakhstan and
Turkmenistan along the Caspian Sea coast to Russia.
The talks focused on the prospects for creating a
Caspian Sea transportation corridor to support work
on the pipeline. In addition to the new line, the plan
considers the reconstruction of the Soviet-era pipe-
lines going to Russia via Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan
to make it possible to boost gas transit by at least 12
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Bcm/a by 2012. The pipeline is expected to strengthen
the position Russia has over Central Asian energy
exports at a time when China is making in-roads in
the region and other Western-backed projects are
emerging.
NABUCCO GAS PIPELINE INT’L –
(REV. 7/08)
Estimated cost of building the Nabucco Natural Gas
Pipeline has reached $7.9 billion, based on higher
steel and crude oil prices. Previously, the projected cost
was $6.2 billion. The consortium making up Nabucco
Gas Pipeline International Ltd., consist of Bulgaria’s
Bulgargaz, BOTAS of Turkey, TransGaz of Romania,
Hungary’s MOL, Germany’s RWE AG and Austria’s
OMV. The European Commission reported recently
it had met with members of the consortium to check
on the progress and offer its support to the exemption
process in all the countries involved.
The EU considers the Nabucco Pipeline a priority.
As planned, 2,142- mile pipeline will transport natural
gas from Turkey to Austria. The mileage includes 968,
Turkey; 244, Bulgaria; 284, Romania; 241, Hungary and
29 miles in Austria. Feeder lines in Turkey include 140
miles from Gurcistan siniri to Horasan and 133 miles
from the Georgian border to Horasan. A feasibility
study is currently being conducted to examine several
technical options. Construction on the project has been
delayed a year from the original start 2009 to 2010.
Rescheduling the construction start allows develop-
ers to synchronize with output from the gas field in
Azerbaijan, as well as complete environmental and
social impact studies. The five partners have accepted
RWE AG as the sixth partner.
The project has a planned maximum capacity of 31
Bcm/y. Work is expected to begin in 2009 and should be
completed in 2012.
RUSSIA/SERBIA - (4/08)
Russia and Serbia have signed an agreement to form
a joint venture company to build and operate the
Serbian section of the South Stream natural gas pipe-
line. As agreed, the new company will devote three
months to forming the company, followed by develop-
ing detail design and engineering a conduction feasibil-
ity studies. Construction is scheduled to start on the
248-mile section within 24 months after the feasibility
studies are completed.
TURKMENINSTAN-AFGHANISTAN-
PAKISTAN – (REV. 9/08)
Ministers and high-ranking officials have started seri-
ous talks on the proposed U.S. backed 1,040-mile
Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas
pipeline project to import natural gas from the Central
Asian nation to meet growing energy needs. The talks,
which took place in Islamabad, discussed the project
to deliver 3.2 Bcf to Pakistan from Turkmenistan and
shared with India. Sources say the pipeline will be built
by a consortium of national oil companies from the
four nations by 2011-2012.
Middle East
DANA GAS & EMIRATE GENERAL
PETROLEUM CORP. – (6/07)
Dana Gas and Emirate General Petroleum Corp.
(EMARAT) plan to build a common–user gas pipeline
in the UAE. The 20-mile pipeline will be built from the Sharjah hub at Sajaa to the
Hamriyah Free Zone (HFZ). It will have a 1 Bcf/d capacity to serve power plants
of FEWS and SEWA, plus HFZ industrial customers. No timeline for completion
has been announced.

IRAN/TURKEY - (1/08)
A new pipeline to transport natural gas from Iran’s South Pars on the southern
Iranian coast to eastern Turkey is projected to cost $5 billion. Iran and Turkey
reached agreement earlier this year that calls for Turkey to import some 110 mil-
lion cubic meters of gas from Iran. In addition to meeting gas needs in Turkey, the
plan is to deliver gas to European markets through a connection with the proposed
Nabucco pipeline project. The line, which will be built under a build-own-operate
plan, is expected to reach 1,200 miles with 48-inch pipe. Companies from both com-
panies with form a joint venture to build the line

NATIONAL GAS COMPANY OF IRAN – (3/08)

National Gas Company of Iran plans to build a ninth cross-country gas pipeline
to increase exports to Turkey and Europe from the western regions of the country.
Current plans call for the construction of a $5 million 1,118-mile, 17-inch diameter
pipeline to transfer up to 100 MMcm/d of sweet gas produced by Phases 9 and 10
of the South Pars field. Contractors have submitted bids and an award is scheduled
by mid-2008.

NATIONAL IRANIAN OIL CO. – (REV. 6/08)

Iran and Pakistan have finalized an agreement on building the pipeline that will
transport gas to Pakistan and on to India. Reportedly, India and Pakistan energy
ministers have resolved India’s participation on the 1,298-mile Iran-Pakistan-India
Gas Pipeline Project. The two countries have committed to start construction next
year to meet a September 2012 completion date for the section known as the Peace
Pipeline. Pakistan is targeting April 2009 to secure financing for its section. Further,
Russia’s Gazprom has stressed it is interested in taking on part in the construction
and operation of the $7.4 billion pipeline to deliver 5.3 Bcf/d of gas from southern
Iran to Pakistan and India.
As originally proposed, the country sections will be built separately to avoid the
effects of U.S. sanctions aimed against Iran and any companies that participate in
Iranian projects. The projected length and cost of each section is 678 miles at $4
billion in Iran, 407 miles at $2.6 billion in Pakistan and 213 miles at $600 million in
India. However, Pakistan says two routes are now under consideration. One would
connect Quetta with Rahim Yar Khan and the other would connect Sukkar and
Karachi. Based on those considerations, the mileage in Pakistan would range from
435 miles to 932 miles. Also, the projected cost is between $2.7 and $3 billion. Over
the entire length, the line’s diameter remains 56-inch. Pakistan’s section likely will
be built on a build, own, operate, and transfer basis. Currently, the projected sched-
ule for the Iran-Pakistan-India line calls for completion in the second half of 2014.

IRAQ/TURKEY - (4/08)
The Iraq-Turkey Natural Gas Pipeline Project is being proposed to transport Iraqi
gas to Turkey. The project studies date back to agreements that were signed by
the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of Turkey and the Iraqi Petroleum
Minister in 1996, following studies by a working group formed by TPAO, TEKFEN
and BOTA . This project includes field development, production and processing,
and pipeline transportation of gas from northeastern Iraq. The proposed line would
move 10 Bcm/y of gas from five gas fields to Turkey with the ultimate objective of
moving the gas to European markets. After several years of delays, a MOU was
signed August 2007 by Turkey’s Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources and
Iraqi’s Oil Minister that declares the intention to build the pipeline. The MOU calls
for starting feasibility studies for a new pipeline that would parallel the existing
Kirkuk-Yumurtalik oil line. Botas will build the segment that crosses Turkey. The
feasibility study includes the possibility of building an LNG terminal in Turkey’s
southeastern province of Adana.

UZBEKNEFTGAS/CNPC - (6/08)
Uzbekistan energy firm, Uzbekneftgas, has formed a joint venture with China
National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) to build a pipeline that would transport natural
gas from Turkmenistan to China. The plans by energy-hungry China and the Central
Asian states would break Russia’s virtual monopoly on transit of Turkmen gas.
Under the plan, the Uzbek-Chinese venture, named Asia Trans Gas, would build
a 330 mile pipeline section from the Turkmen border across Uzbek territory to the
Kazakh border, from where it would go on to western China. An initial pipeline,
including one compressor station, is to be built by the end of 2009 and a second by
the end of 2011. Uzbekistan signed an agreement last year with China to build a
pipeline with a 30 Bcm capacity for shipping Turkmen gas.

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Western Europe
& EU Countries
ENAGAS – (7/07)
Enagas, the Spanish National Gas Company is plan-
ning to construct a 130-mile, 40-inch diameter gas pipe-
line from Tivissa to Paterna, Spain. Project completion
is slated in 2008.
EXCELERATE ENERGY/RWE – (4/08)
Excelerate Energy and German Utility RWE, in con-
junction with Nord-West Oelleitung (NWO), are work-
ing jointly to develop a German GasPort facility at the
Port of Wilhelmshaven in Lower Saxony on the North
Sea. Excelerate Energy is currently evaluating the
design and permitting requirements that will allow the
modification of the existing NWO jetty to incorporate
the GasPort facilities. RWE will permit and construct a
pipeline interconnect into the existing German nation-
al grid infrastructure. Once complete, the facility will
provide a minimum throughput of 400 MMcfd into the
German market utilizing Excelerate Energy’s Energy
Bridge Regasification Vessels (EBRV’s). Currently,
the facility is planned to commence operations in the
2010/2011 time frame.
GASUNIE – (7/07)
Gasunie reports it plans to expand its natural gas net-
work over the next few years to meet customer needs
and add capacity for future LNG imports into The
Netherlands. Current plans call for 295 miles of new
pipe and new compressor stations. Estimated cost of
the expansion is $1.8 billion.
PGNIG/ENERGINET – (6/07)
Polish state-owned PGNig and Danish utility
Energinet.DK are exploring the prospect of construc-
tion the Baltic Gas Pipeline to connect Poland to the
Scandinavian gas system. As proposed, the pipeline
would allow the danes access to Russian gas while
allowing PGNiG to tie in to other western European
supply routes. The project, with an overall length of
745 miles, will be owned by Poland. No construction
timeline has been announced.
PLINACRO – (9/07)
The European Investment Bank (EIB) of the EU
has signed a Euro190 million loan agreement with
Croatian state gas transport company Plinacro to build
interconnections with neighboring EU member states
and potential candidates. The loan will partly finance
a Euro 450 million project to install 580 miles of new
high pressure gas pipeline sections in the Croatian
national network while continuing modernization of
the existing network.
RWE/GASPROM – (4/08)
The Czech branch of the German Energy Company
RWE will build a gas pipeline that will connect the
Czech Republic to the Baltic Sea. The pipeline, called
Project Gazela, will connect northern Bohemia to
Waldhaus near the Czech border. If the Nord Stream
Pipeline is realized, Gazela would connect to the Opal
branch of the line, west of the border. Gasprom reports
it will build the 109-mile line. Construction is scheduled
to commence in 2009. Estimated cost of the project is
around $72.2 million.
TURKIYE PETROLLERI ANONIM
ORTAKLIGI (TPAO) – (7/08)
Turkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortakligi (TPAO) has
undertaken design and planning work for Phase 2 of
the South Akcakoca Sub Basin development in the
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Western Black Sea off Turkey. Plans call for a wellhead
platform and an offshore pipeline to be installed in
60 feet of water to produce natural gas from six wells.
Contract awards are expected before year-end 2008.
OIL - The Americas
U.S.
ARIZONA CLEAN FUELS – (REV. 3/08)
Arizona Clean Fuels Yuma has secured permission
from Mexico’s Secretariat of Energy to build and oper-
ate a $650 million oil pipeline that would stretch across
the Sonoran Desert to the west coast. The company
obtained a permit from the Arizona Department of
Environmental Quality allowing the construction of
a 150,000 bopd refinery in Tacna. The pipeline will
transport oil from the refinery to a connection point
in either Baja California or Sonora. Pipeline details
have not been released. For information, contact ken.
alltucker@arizonarepublic.com or (602) 444-8285.
Due to a suit filed March 30, 2007, all parties have
voluntarily agreed to a “standstill” of any activity on
the land in question.
BP PIPELINES – (REV. 3/08)
BP Pipelines (North America) Inc. has withdrawn
the Open Season offer to the industry for Viridian
Pipeline. Although there was significant interest from
potential shippers during the recent open season
process, BP Pipelines did not receive sufficient com-
mitments necessary to redeploy the pipeline in light
crude service. BP Pipelines anticipates revising and
expanding the scope of the project and presenting an
enhanced offer for redeployment of the pipeline in the
first quarter of 2008.
Further updates for the proposed Viridian Pipeline
Project will be posted online at www.bppipelines.com.
CENTURION PIPELINE – (8/08)
Centurion Pipeline’s proposed reversal project has
received the necessary long-term commitments
through a binding open season to redeploy the pipeline
into heavy crude oil service. The new direction for the
Centurion pipeline flow will create new capacity to
transport increasing production of Western Canadian
heavy crude oil from Cushing, OK to Slaughter,
TX and markets in West Texas’ Permian Basin. The
Centurion Pipeline Reversal Project is being designed
to transport as much as 60,000 bopd through an
existing common carrier, 16-inch, 375-mile-long crude
oil pipeline commonly referred to as the No. 1 Pipeline.
The reversed pipeline could be in southwest-bound
service as early as the fourth quarter of 2009.
CHEVRON – (6/08)
Chevron won approval from the Fresno County
Planning Commission to build a 57-mile pipeline for
hot, heavy crude from San Ardo in the Salinas Valley
to an existing pipeline near Coalinga, CA The pipeline
will transport 4,000 to 32,000 bpd. Because of the oil’s
thickness, it will be heated to 180 degrees at San Ardo,
and again near the pipeline’s midpoint, so that it
will flow better. No completion date has been set.
ENBRIDGE ENERGY PARTNERS – (3/08)
Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. will proceed with
another expansion of the Enbridge North Dakota
Pipeline System adding up to 51,000 bpd of capacity.
The expansion, with an estimated cost of approximately
$150 million, will add 40,000 bpd of capacity from the
western end of the system to Minot, ND and 51,000
bpd of capacity from Minot to Clearbrook, MN. This
will increase total system capacity from 110,000 bpd to
161,000 bpd, with an in-service date of late 2009. The
expansion is subject to federal and state approvals.
ENBRIDGE INC. – (REV. 8/08)
Enbridge Inc. has delayed plans for a $3.6 billion
pipeline to transport Alberta oil to refineries located
on the U.S. Gulf Coast while the company considers
an interim plan to move it by tanker from existing
lines to the East Coast. The company’s shift in plans
stems from the tempered outlook for production
from Canadian oil sands projects, along with regula-
tory delays and rising cost. The pipeline plan called
for the system to transport 4000,000 Bpd of oil sands
some 2,000 miles from the Edmonton to Texas. The
line would run through refining hot spots like Billings,
MT, Denver, CO, and Cushing OK, before terminating
at the Gulf. If built, the proposed pipeline would be
operational by 2011.
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ENBRIDGE/EXXON MOBIL – (REV. 9/08)
After Enbridge Inc. and ExxonMobil reported the
$2.6 billion Texas Access Pipeline proposal to ship
Canadian crude to the U.S. Gulf Coast will be delayed
by about two years the developers now say the project
can be built in time for a 2012 start up. As proposed,
Texas Access will consist of 768 miles of 30-inch diam-
eter pipeline to transport 400,000 bpd of crude from
Patoka, IL to Nederland, TX. Also proposed is an
88-mile, 24-inch diameter pipeline to transport crude
onward from Nederland to the Houston area. Instead
of the recently announced completion date of 2013 or
2014, the two companies say the 2012 date can be met
despite insufficient support from oil sands producers.
Enbridge also is opting to move the crude by tanker
because of a poorer outlook for oilsands production
from northern Alberta. The company said it plans
to move about 200,000 bopd to the U.S. Gulf by
mid-2010 through the $350-million tanker project,
titled Trailbreaker, at a shipping cost of $8 per barrel
of oil.
Later, when the volumes of Canadian heavy crude
seeking access to the U.S. Gulf Coast exceed the capac-
ity of Trailbreaker, the company will be ready to meet
that requirement with its Texas Access joint venture
at a lower toll. The Trailbreaker system would then be
redeployed to provide access to East Coast markets for
synthetic barrels.
GENESIS ENERGY, L.P. – (10/07)
Genesis Energy, L.P. reports it plans to build an exten-
sion from its existing Florida crude oil pipeline to
transport crude for producers in southern Alabama.
The new lateral will extend 33 miles for 19-inch pipe
from the Little Cedar Creek Field in Conecuh County,
AL to the company’s Florida pipeline in Escambia
County, FL. As proposed, the project will include
gathering lines to connect some 30 wells and additional
storage in the field. Work is expected to start in time for
a March 2008 completion.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN PIPELINE SYSTEM
LLC (RMPS) – (REV. 8/08)
Rocky Mountain Pipeline System LLC (RMPS), an
indirect subsidiary of Plains All American Pipeline,
L.P., is evaluating its open season for committed capac-
ity on a proposed crude oil transportation route from
Fort Laramie, WY to Cushing, OK.
The planned route would originate at RMPS’ Fort
Laramie station in Wyoming, which currently receives
crude oil from several sources, including the Big Horn,
Platte and Butte pipelines. From the Fort Laramie
station, oil movements would progress as follows:
Fort Laramie to Cheyenne, WY on RMPS’ exist-
ing 16-inch Cheyenne Pipeline System; Cheyenne to
Platteville, CO on a newly constructed 12-inch pipe-
line; and Platteville to Cushing, OK on the planned
12-inch White Cliffs Pipeline to be constructed the
SemGroup.
The open season ended June 12, 2008.
SEMCRUDE L.P. – (REV. 9/08)
SemCrude L.P. plans to build the White Cliffs Pipeline
from Platteville, CO to Cushing, OK to transport
72,000 bopd. A contract for engineering of the proj-
ect has been awarded to ENGlobal Engineering is
charged with finalizing the pipeline route and devel-
oping the route survey for the 500+ mile pipeline
that will include work on four pump stations, storage
facilities, metering and support systems installations.
ENGlobal began work on the project in late February
and will prepare the majority of the deliverables from
its Tulsa and Denver, Colorado offices.
In July 2008, the SemGroup filed for Chapter 11,
which is expected to delay the planned January 2008
completion.
SUNOCO PIPELINE L.P. – 11/07)
Sunoco Logistics Partners’ wholly-owned subsidiary,
Sunoco Pipeline L.P., recently began an open season
to determine long-term volume commitments for a
new crude oil pipeline from the company’s receiving
terminal at Nederland, TX to refining centers in Lake
Charles, LA. The company is looking for a base capac-
ity for the line of 213,000 bpd, with additional stand-by
capacity utilizing stand-by pumps for another 182,600
bpd. Sizing details will be determined after the open
season that concluded in October 2007. The pipeline is
expected to be online in the first quarter of 2010.
Mexico
SONORA TERMINAL AND PIPELINE/EL
PASO/DRKW ENERGY - (3/07)
The Sonora Terminal and Pipeline Company, El Paso
and DRKW Energy joint venture has received envi-
ronmental permits for the construction of an LNG
terminal and pipelines from the Mexican government.
Plans call for the construction of an LNG receipt,
storage and regasification facility and 470 miles of gas
pipeline in the state of Sonora. The pipeline will start
at the LNG facility in Puerto Libertad, Sonora, and
will go north to the Mexico-U.S. border (at a point
to match the future development and location on the
U.S. pipeline. As the market evolves in Sonora, the
pipeline will go south to the city of Guaymas and up
to Obregon. The pipeline system will consist of various
diameters along the route. Operations are scheduled
during 2011.
WESPAC PIPELINES LTD. – (REV. 9/08)
WesPac Pipelines Ltd., a unit of Buckeye Pipeline LP,
received permission from Mexico to finance, construct
and operate a $650 million oil pipeline. The 275-mile
pipeline would supply Mexican crude oil to the pro-
posed Arizona Clean Fuels refinery in Yuma, Arizona.
Operations are scheduled in late 2009 or early 2010.
Canada
ENBRIDGE INC./FORT HILLS ENERGY –
(12/07)
Enbridge Inc. and Fort Hills Energy plan to begin
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development of the Fort Hills project, an integrated oil
sands development that includes a mine and bitumen
extraction plant 90 km north of Fort McMurray,
Alberta, along with an upgrader in Sturgeon County
northeast of Edmonton, Alberta.
The preliminary facilities plan for the Fort Hills
Pipeline System includes a dedicated pipeline from
the mine site north of Fort McMurray to the upgrader
site in Sturgeon County, with an initial capacity of
250,000 bpd of diluted bitumen. The system will also
include a diluent pipeline with an initial capacity of
70,000 bpd of diluent, terminal facilities at the mine
site and Sturgeon County up-grader, and interconnect-
ing pipelines linking the upgrader to the Edmonton
pipeline hub.
The estimated cost of the pipelines and related facil-
ities is approximately $2 billion with planned in-service
dates in mid-2011, subject to finalization of scope and
detailed engineering, and regulatory approvals.
ENBRIDGE INC. – (REV. 8/08)
Enbridge Inc. has delayed plans for a $3.6 billion
pipeline to transport Alberta oil to refineries located
on the U.S. Gulf Coast while the company considers
an interim plan to move it by tanker from existing
lines to the East Coast. The company’s shift in plans
stems from the tempered outlook for production
from Canadian oil sands projects, along with regula-
tory delays and rising cost. The pipeline plan called
for the system to transport 4000,000 Bpd of oil sands
some 2,000 miles from the Edmonton to Texas. The
line would run through refining hot spots like Billings,
MT, Denver, CO, and Cushing OK, before terminating
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at the Gulf. If built, the proposed pipeline would be
operational by 2011.
*Listed in both U.S. and Canada
(Rev. 9/08) The National Energy Board has approved
the $2 billion Alberta Clipper oil pipeline proposed by
Enbridge inc., but with certain conditions. The 994-mile
pipeline will stretch form Alberta to Wisconsin and
will have an an initial capacity of 450,000 bopd. The
Canadian portion is 670 miles between Enbrdige’s ter-
minal near Hardisty, Alta., and the Canada-U.S. border
near Gretna, Man.
Project completion is scheduled in 2010.
*Listed in both U.S. and Canada
(Rev. 6/08) Enbridge Inc. has completed a successful
open season for the proposed Gateway Pipeline. Based
on results from the open season, the company plans to
increase the diameter size of the 720-mile pipeline from
30-inch to 36-inch in diameter. The pipeline will trans-
port 400,000 bpd of Alberta oilsands production from
Edmonton, AB to a port on the west coast at Kitmat,
B.C. where it would be shipped by tanker to China,
other Asia-Pacific markets, and California. The project
also includes a 720-mile, 20-inch diameter condensate
line from Kitmat to Edmonton. Preliminary design
work, engineering and environmental assessments have
already been completed for the $2.5 billion project. The
current plan is to have the two lines in service between
2012 and 2014. Enbridge Gateway Pipelines is initiat-
ing significant environmental, engineering and land
field work to support the proposed development of two
new pipelines as part of the Enbridge Gateway Project.
KINDER MORGAN – (REV. 7/08)
Kinder Morgan Canada continues to hold discussion
with potential shippers for the second stage of its West
Coast expansion of the Trans Mountain Pipeline. The
TMX-2 project, which involves 308 miles of looping
the existing line, will add 100,000 bpd of incremental
capacity to the system bringing the pipeline’s total
capacity to approximately 400,000 bpd. The project will
consist of two pipeline loops that will follow the exist-
ing 24-inch Trans Mountain pipeline. The first loop will
consist of a 157-mile, 36-inch loop in Alberta between
Edmonton and Edson. The second loop involves one
32-miles section of 36-inch between Hargreaves to
Albreda in British Columbia and a 119-mile section of
30-inch between Albreda and Darfield, BC. The project
also includes one new pump station in Alberta and four
new stations in British Columbia. Also, work includes
upgrading two existing pump stations in Alberta and
four existing stations in British Columbia. The project
will be in service by late 2009.
TRANSCANADA – (6/08)
With Construction getting underway on the 2,148
mile Keystone Pipeline from Hardisty, Alberta to
Cushing, OK, TransCanada is considering an expansion
to Keystone to transport a growing supply of Canadian
crude to the U.S. Gulf Coast refining market. As pro-
posed, the project would involve a 36-inch diameter
pipeline running from Alberta to Northern Nebraska
and then south to the Gulf Coast just east of Houston.
A detailed route has not yet been decided. Although
construction dates are unknown at this time, the com-
pany anticipates seeing the Keystone expansion being
available sooner than 2015.
Caribbean/South
& Central America
ECOPETROL S.A./PETRO RUBIALES
ENERGY CORP. - (2/08)
Colombia’s ECOPETROL S.A. and Petro Rubiales
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Energy Corp. plan to build a 143-mile, 24-inch diameter
oil pipeline that will allow the transport of heavy crude
from the Rubiales and Piriri fields. The pipeline will
originate in Rubiales and connect with the Monterrey
Station in Casanare, which is an integral part of
Colombia’s oil transport systems and is connected with
the Oleoducto Central S.A. (OCENSA).
Also, Petro Rubiales Energy Corp. will build an
additional pipeline branch to the Cusiana Station.
Preliminary estimates indicate the pipeline project
will cost more than $300 million and become opera-
tional in the second half of 2009.
PETROLEOS DE VENEZUELA SA
(PDVSA) – (3/07)
PDVSA is planning to build a pipeline through
Nicaragua to transport oil from the Caribbean to the
Pacific, bypassing the Panama Canal. The proposed
pipeline is expected to be used to boost the export of oil
products made in Nicaragua from Venezuelan crude to
China, Japan and the Pacific Coast of Central America.
No timeline for construction has been announced.
OIL - International
Africa
MOZAMBIQUE-SOUTH AFRICA – (9/08)
Construction of a $600-million crude oil pipeline
connecting Mozambique to South Africa is expected
to get underway by the end of 2008. The 311-mile
pipeline will link Mozambique’s capital Maputo to the
Quendal region in neighboring South Africa’s Gauteng
province, an economic hub where Johannesburg and
Pretoria are located. The line, which is designed to
transport 6 billion liters of oil per year to Gauteng, is
considered a boost to the region’s economic growth.
Mozambique is not an oil producer, but its ports pro-
vide easy access to Gauteng. The project will be built
by $1.5-billion joint venture between Mozambican and
South African companies. Petromoc, with 40%, has the
biggest stake. Depending on interest, reports say the
line could be extended beyond South Africa, particu-
larly Botswana.
Asia Pacific
CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORP. –
(REV. 4/08)
Construction of China’s National Petroleum
Corporation’s pipeline to transport crude oil from
Myanmar to southwest China is still under discussion.
Originally, construction was scheduled to get underway
in 2007, but has been delayed due to technical concerns.
The company says studies continue to determine how
and when to build the line. Also, there is the question
of if the line will be built. The 788-mile Sino-Myanmar
Oil Pipeline will link Myanmar’s western port of Sittwe
to the city of Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province
in Southwest China. The pipeline will provide an alter-
nate route for China’s crude imports from the Middle
East and Africa and will help reduce traffic through the
Straits of Malacca. Even though the project received
the initial government approvals last year, further
feasibility studies likely will require changes before the
final approvals are issued. Except for the report that
the line will require 30 months to build, timetable for
the pipeline’s completion has not been determined.
INDIAN OIL CORPORATION – (4/08)
The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) plans to invest
US$800 million to construct 1,292 miles of crude oil
and petroleum product pipelines by 2011-12. The
pipeline includes some 45 miles of crude lines and 845
miles of product pipelines. The company is currently
constructing over 932 miles of pipelines, comprised of
some 230 miles of oil pipelines and 702 miles of petro-
leum products pipelines, which are estimated to cost in
excess of US550 million.
The bulk of the expenditure, about US$288 million,
has been directed towards the 11 MMt/a Paradip –
Haldia crude oil pipeline. About$US$55 million has
been invested in the 2 MMt/a Koyali – Ratlam product
pipeline, while$US$2 million has gone towards an
aviation turbine fuel pipeline connecting the Chennai
refinery to Air Force Station in Chennai city. Finally,
about US$7 million has been invested to extend the
Guwahati – Siliguri pipeline to Bongaingaon.
Development of the pipeline to transport LPG from
Panipat to Jalandhar is progressing well and the com-
pany has plans to significantly expand its LPG pipeline
network. Some 170 miles long, the US$40 million)
Panipat – Jalandhar pipeline will connect the recently
expanded Panipat refinery to bottling plants at Kohand,
Nabha and Jalandhar, in the Punjab region.
NEPAL OIL CORPORATION – (6/07)
Nepal has decided to build the Nepal – India pipeline
on its own, rather than in a joint venture with Indian
Oil Corporation. A memorandum of understanding
has been signed between the Nepal Oil Corporation
(NOC) and IOC stipulating that NOC would build the
pipeline and IOC would provide technical assistance.
The 25-mile pipeline is expected to cost between
$US13-15 million depending on whether it has an 8- or
10-inch diameter.
PETROCHINA – (9/07)
PetroChina Co Ltd., the country’s largest oil and gas
producer, plans to build an oil pipeline linking its
Qinzhou refinery to Nanning, in the Guangxi region
in southwest China. Investment in the refinery will
total 15.2 billion yen. It is expected to come on-stream
in 2008.
(7/06) PetroChina has obtained the government’s
approval to build two pipelines to move oil from north-
eastern and northwestern areas to central China. The
will cost $1.5 billion. The pipelines will pump oil from
refineries in north-eastern and north-western regions,
which will process crude oil imported from Russia
and Kazakhstan. This will arrive in China through
cross-border oil pipelines. The two pipelines will start
from Lanzhou, in Northwest China’s Gansu Province
and Jinzhou, in Northeast China’s Liaoning Province
and converge in Zhengzhou in the central province of
Henan. A further extension will reach Changsh in the
Hunan Province.
SKS DEVELOPMENT/TRANS-PENINSULA
SDN BHD – (REV. 6/08)
China has demonstrated an interest in investing in the
crude oil pipeline across the Malaysia peninsula. The
investment from China will help get the project off
dead center. Construction on the pipeline was delayed
earlier because land acquisitions hit a snag. SKS
Development and Trans-Peninsula Sdn Bhd with the
support of the Malaysian Government plan to build
the 193-mile crude oil pipeline and two refineries at
a cost of $14.2 billion to transport and process Middle
Eastern oil. SKS will build the refineries and Trans-
Peninsula will build the pipeline. The pipeline, which is
expected to cost $7 billion, will extend from Yan on the
west coast to Bachok on the east coast. This will allow
Middle East oil shipments to reach the South China
Sea without traveling through the Malacca Strait.
Construction is scheduled to be accomplished in three
phases over eight years and originally to start early in
2008 with the first phase costing $2.3 billion. Malaysia’s
Ranhill Engineers & Constructors is engineering the project. The line could trans-
port 6 million bpd after the third phase is completed. Investors are courting oil
producers in the Middle East, including Iran, to participate with minority stakes in
After all...what could
the refineries. The delay adds to the long running speculation over the economic
feasibility of building the project. possibly go wrong!
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BULGARIA/GREECE/RUSSIA – (REV. 7/08)

Bulgaria, Greece and Russia have reached an agreement that will allow the con-
struction to proceed on the long delayed Bourgas-Alexandropolis Oil Pipeline in
2009. Seven companies from the three countries formed a joint venture to build the
177-mile, 36-inch diameter pipeline that will connect the Black Sea port of Bourgas,
Bulgaria, with Greece’s northern Aegean port of Alexandropolis. The $1.3 billion
pipeline will transport Russian crude along a land route that bypasses the congested
Bosphorus Strait in Turkey. The companies involved include four Russian companies
- TNK-British Petroleum, Stroytransgas, Sovcomflot and Tatneft; and three Greek
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formerly known as CPOT – Constanta-Pancevo-Omisalj-Trieste – and is designed
to take Caspian and Russian oil from the Black Sea port of Constanta in Romania,
through Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia to Trieste, Italy. From there it would join with
the TAL (Trans-Alpine Line) and the Italian pipeline network, with any excess oil to
be shipped from Genoa in Italy.
The PEOP is expected to be 805 miles long, and to cost US$2.4 billion. It would
carry around 60 million tons of oil per year. The PEOP is expected to mainly supply
Italy and central Europe, with around 9% of the oil to be supplied to Serbia and
Croatia. The feasibility study for the project has estimated that the pipeline will
commence operation in 2011.
The group proposing the pipeline include General Electric Oil and Gas, China
National Offshore Oil Corp., Chevron, Texaco and BP.

GEORGIA/UKRAINE/AZERBAIJAN/POLAND/LITHUANIA –
(11/07)
Ministers from Georgia, the Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Poland and Lithuania recently
signed on to build an oil pipeline linking the Black and Baltic seas. The agreement
calls for a 300-mile extension to a pipeline in western Ukraine northward to the
Polish port of Gdansk on the Baltic that will secure supplies of Azerbaijan’s crude
from the Caspian. The estimated $700 million project is considered a victory for the
five counties, which are increasingly wary of Russia’s nationalistic energy policy and
are seeking alternative energy sources and supply routes.

GOVERNMENT OF KAZAKHSTAN – (REV. 1/08)

The pipeline project to extend the Kazakhstan-China Pipeline to the Caspian in
order to give China direct access to energy supplies is scheduled to be completed
by October 2009. The first 598 miles of the pipeline from Atasu, Kazakhstan to
Xinjiang, China was completed in 2005. It also is comprised of a 153-mile domestic
section linking Alashankou to PetroChina’s Dushanzi terminal. A third 435-mile
section will link it to the Caspian. In 2011, when it reaches full capacity, the pipeline
is expected to transport oil from Western Siberia and may be expanded to supply
up to 20 MMt/a.

GUEU-WHITE STREAM PIPELINE CO. LTD. – (3/08)

UK-based GUEU-White Stream Pipeline Co. Ltd. is conducting engineering and
marketing studies on the viability of constructing and operating a gas pipeline
from Georgia across the Black Sea to Ukraine and Romania. As proposed, the
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including just over 400 miles of pipeline in the Black
Sea line. Current specifications call for 26-in. pipe to
be laid in as much as 6,650 feet of water.
The pipeline initially would deliver gas from
Azerbaijan, but could potentially be tied into other
sources, according to GUEU-White Stream.
ROSNEFT/CNPC – (7/08)
Rosneft and China National Petroleum Corporation
(CNPC) are finalizing the details on a deal to build a
branch pipeline from the East Siberian Oil Pipeline
now under construction. Specifics have not been
released. (For information on the East Siberian Oil
Pipeline, see Transneft listing in projects under con-
struction.)
(Rev. 9/07) Russia’s state-owned Rosneft continues
its work on developing the Vankor oil field in the
eastern Krasnoyarsk region of Siberia. The company
expects annual production of up to 2.5 million tons
by 2007, rising to 6 million tons in 2008, which is
needed to make building the necessary infrastructure
economically viable. Initially, two pipeline routes were
considered. One route involved a 435-mile pipeline to
transport oil from Vankor to the Arctic port of Dixon.
The second route extended 217-mile south to intersect
with the Transneft pipeline system to transport the oil
through the Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean pipeline.
The decision was made to build the southern route to
the Transneft system. The projected is to begin service
by 2010.
TNK-BP – (10//07)
Plans are moving forward to build and oil pipe-
line from the Verkhnechonskoye oil and condensate
field to a connection with the East Siberia-Pacific
Ocean pipeline. Earlier, TNK-BP has reached an
agreement with Rosneft to construct a line from
the Verkhnechonskoye oil field in East Siberia to
Surgutneftegaz’ Talakanskoye field. From there both
fields will supply oil into the East Siberia – Pacific
Ocean pipeline system. The line will extend 54-miles.
Work includes construction of a 52-mile access road.
Plans call for pipeline construction to be completed
in the second half of 2008. TNK-BP and Rosneft are
stakeholders in Verkhnechonskoye. The total invest-
ment in the pilot stage of the project is estimated at
$200 million.
Middle East
CALVALLEY PETROLEUM INC. - (10/07)
Calgary-based Calvalley Petroleum Inc. and Yemen
have revised plans that involve a 152-mile, 16-inch
crude oil pipeline from Block 9 to Block 18 in the
Republic of Yemen. The line will connect to an existing
export line from Block 18 to the Ras Issa terminal on
the Red Sea. Under the revised plan, Calvalley will
finance and build a 90-mile section from Block 9 to a
point within a block located adjacent to Block 18 and
operated by a third-party operator. The third party
operator will be responsible for financing the remain-
ing 62 mile line to connect Block 18. At this point there
is not a time line for a construction start.
GULF GOVERNMENTS – (REV. 8/07)
Ministers from six Gulf Arab countries are considering
construction of the Trans-Gulf Strategic Pipeline to
bring 5 million bpd from various Persian Gulf termi-
nals to a new export terminal that could be built in
Oman. A study is under way on six possible routes for
the pipeline, which could bring oil from as far north
as Iraq, passing through Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the
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UAE to the Omani capital of Muscat on the Arabian
Sea. Other possible routes could see the pipeline
terminating in Yemen or Fujairah. As proposed, the
pipeline could be 1.500 miles long and traverse at least
one mountain range. Ministers from the six Gulf Arab
countries are scheduled to discuss the pipeline dur-
ing two summits scheduled in 2007. Also planned is a
225-mile line to transport crude from the UAE to the
Emirate of Fujairah.
IRAQ/IRAN – (REV. 1/08)
Iraq and Iran have signed an agreement to construct
two liquid pipelines. The agreement calls for a line to
carry Iraqi crude to a refinery at Abadan, along with a
line to transport refined petroleum products to Iraq.
Plans call an Iraqi company to building the lines which
are estimated to measure between 31 and 47 miles.
The crude line will original at Iraq’s oilfields in south-
western Basra. Crude production in Iraq is 2.5 million
bpd, including 1.5 million for exports. Construction of
the two lines will be financed by a $1-billion loan Iran
gave Iraq earlier this year. A completion date has not
been set for the project.
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U.S.
COLONIAL PIPELINE – (11/07)
Colonial Pipeline Company has announced plans to
build a 460-mile, $2-billion pipeline expansion that
follows the route of the company’s two existing refined
petroleum products lines that originate on the Texas
Gulf Coast. With new refineries expected to come
on line by in the next few years, the company says it
will face bottlenecks without the expansion. The line
will extend through 13 states from Jackson, LA, with
36-inch pipe to Austell, GA. Plans call for the expan-
sion to be completed by 2012.
HOLLY CORPORATION/SINCLAIR
TRANSPORTATION – (REV. 7/08)
By early next year, industrial partners Holly Corp.
and Sinclair Transportation Co. could begin building a
400-mile petroleum pipeline capable of carrying tens
of thousands of gallons of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel
each day into Utah and southern Nevada.
The reported price of the pipeline is $300 mil-
lion. A Holly Corporation spokesman told PLN that
although no construction contract had been issued for
the pipeline, the pipe for the project has arrived and is
strung along the staging route of the line. Work on the
terminals is also under way in both Cedar City, UT and
northern Las Vegas, NV.
Once pipeline construction gets under way, the com-
pany anticipates it to require nine to months
KINDER MORGAN – (REV. 9/07)
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. continues devel-
opment of a $400-million expansion of its Calnev
Pipeline. The system transports gasoline, diesel and
jet fuel from Los Angeles, CA, refineries and marine
terminals through 14- and 8-inch pipelines that origi-
nate in Colton and extend to terminals in Barstow
and Las Vegas, NV. Plans call for construction of 250
miles of 16-inch diameter pipeline from Colton to Las
Vegas. The line will parallel existing utility corridors
to minimize environmental concerns. Capacity on the
system would increase to approximately 200,000 bpd
when completed. The expansion timeline calls for a
2010 in service date, pending environmental approvals
and rate decisions.
LONGHORN PARTNERS PIPELINE –
(5/07)
Longhorn Partners Pipeline, L.P. says it will increase
pumping capacity of its pipeline from Houston to El
Paso. The increased capacity will be accomplished
by adding four new pump stations along line, as well
as equipment upgrade at existing stations. With the
added horsepower, the line’s capacity will increase
from 72,000 bpd to 125,000 bpd. The additions to the
line, which transports multiple grades of unleaded
gasoline and diesel, are scheduled for completion
mid-2008.
MAGELLAN MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, L.P.
(MMP) – (6/08)
Magellan Midstream Partners plans to invest $240
million to build energy infrastructure in Texas, provid-
ing the partnership a direct pipeline connection to the
refinery hub of Port Arthur. As proposed, the 80-mile,
16-inch diameter refined products line will connect the
refining region of Port Arthur, TX to the partnership’s
existing terminal at East Houston, which serves as an
origin point for Magellan’s 8,500-mile pipeline system.
The new pipeline, which will be capable of transport-
ing 150,000 bpd, is supported by a 15-year agreement
with Motiva Enterprises LLC. Based on current proj-
ect plans, the pipeline system is expected to be fully
operational by 2011, consistent with the completion of
Motiva’s Port Arthur refinery expansion. The pipeline
system also will allow Magellan to provide transporta-
tion services for other refiners in the Port Arthur area.
In addition, a pipeline connection will be added
between the partnership’s East Houston terminal
and Motiva’s existing Pasadena terminal. Currently,
Magellan’s pipeline system delivers product to three
Motiva terminals in the Texas market, including
Hearne, Waco and Dallas.
(9/07) Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. plans to
invest approximately $65 million to expand its refined
petroleum products assets in Texas. Plans include
increasing its pipeline capabilities in the Texas market
and expanding its Dallas area terminals. The partner-
ship intends to loop its existing 12-inch diameter
pipeline between its Galena Park origins and its East
Houston terminal with a new 16-inch diameter line. The
partnership also intends to construct 250,000 barrels of
storage at its East Houston terminal and add a new
pump station north of the Houston area. These projects
will increase the partnership’s capabilities to handle
petroleum products originating from the Houston
area for delivery throughout the Texas market, adding
200,000 bpd of incremental pipeline capabilities to the
East Houston terminal and 65,000 bpd of incremental
pipeline capabilities to Dallas and other Texas markets.
The new additions, which are currently expected to be
operational in the latter half of 2008, also will provide
flexibility for the partnership to increase its pipeline
capacity further in the future.
MAGELLAN MIDSTREAM PARTNERS/
BUCKEYE PARTNERS - (4/08)
Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. and Buckeye
Partners, L.P. report the two companies have initiated
a study to determine the feasibility of building and
operating an ethanol pipeline. As currently planned,
the line would have the capacity to transport more than
10 million gallons of ethanol per day gathered from
production facilities in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota and
South Dakota. The ethanol would be supplied to ter-
minals including Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and the New
York harbor. Preliminary estimates place the cost at $3
billion for a pipeline that would measure some 1,700 miles. The line would cross the
western Pennsylvania counties of Beaver, Allegheny, Westmoreland, Cambria and
Blair, using Byckeye rights-of-way for its existing products pipeline. A timetable for
building the line will be determined by the study results.

PACIFIC TEXAS CORPORATION – (8/07)

Pacific Texas Corporation has started an open season to determine long-term com-
mitments for two proposed products pipelines. The lines, as planned extend from El
Paso, TX to Phoenix, AZ and on to Las Vegas, NV. Products terminals will be located
near Phoenix and south of Las Vegas. According to Pacific Texas, several Texas refin-
ery groups have given letters of intent for shipment of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel
through the Pac Tex El Paso terminal for shipment to Southwest markets. The open
season ran through Aug. 15, 2007.

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Africa
TRANSNET/PETRONET – (7/06)
Transnet and Petronet recently approved the spending of $500 million for the
design, construction and commissioning of the proposed Multi-Products Pipeline
Project (NMPP). This project involves construction of a 504-mile pipeline that will
transport petroleum products from Durban on the South African Indian Ocean
coast west to Johannesburg. The pipeline will enhance Petronet’s capacity to service
the transport needs of refined petroleum products doubling current pipeline capac-
ity to accommodate future needs. Its completion is planned for 2010.

Asia Pacific
CHINA PETROCHEMCIAL CORP. – (9/07)
China Petrochemcial Corp.,the parent of Sinopec,plans to build an oil products pipeline
linking Jinan in eastern Shandong province with Handan in northern Hebei province.
The 298-mile pipeline will be designed to transport 5.9 million tons of gasoline and
diesel per year.

PETROCHINA – (10/07)
PetroChina is considering installing products pipelines from Qingzhou, a port city of
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, to Nanning, the region’s capital city. Analysts Distribution Line Systems • Transmission Line Systems • Directional Drilling
say Quingzhou-Nanning pipeline may extend to other south Cihina cities, including
Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunan and Guizhou provinces. No timele has been
announced. Station
OFFSHORE -
The Americas
Contractors &
(NOTE: Projects involving Offshore and On and Offshore Pipelines are included
in this section.)
Pipe Fabricators
U.S.
AES CORPORATION – (REV. 4/08)
AES Corporation continues to wait on FERC and MMS approval for amended
application that addressed route variations, as well as construction and design
changes for its Ocean Express Pipeline. Under the current timetable, AES plans to
start construction in 2008 with gas deliveries scheduled for 2010. Plans involve lay-
ing a 94-mile, 26-inch pipeline from a proposed LNG terminal in the Bahamas to an
interconnect with the Florida Gas Transmission System in Broward County. When
completed the $93 million pipeline will transport 842 MMcf/d of natural gas. For
information, go to www.aesoceanexpress.com.

COMPASS PASS PIPELINE – (4/07)

Compass Pass Pipeline LLC is waiting on FERC approval to construct the 31-mile
Compass Pass Offshore-Onshore Line to a proposed 1.5 BCFD LNG re-gasification
terminal offshore Alabama. Plans call for a new 26-mile, 36-inch pipeline to trans-
port gas from the LNG terminal offshore Alabama in the Gulf of Mexico to onshore
pipelines. Another five miles will be built onshore in Mobil County. The projected
pipeline cost is $22 million. Compass Pass Pipeline is a wholly owned subsidiary of
MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS
ConocoPhillips.
FABRICATION, ENGINEERING
& UNDERGROUND UTILITIES
EXCALIBUR ENERGY/CANADIAN SUPERIOR/GLOBAL LNG –
(7/08) 218-727-7676 • 800-269-2968 • Fax 218-727-1536
Excalibur Energy, a 50/50 joint venture company between Canadian Superior E-mail: info@unitedpiping.us
Energy Inc. and Global LNG Inc., a New York based privately held company, 4510 Airport Road • Duluth, MN 55811
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source of natural gas to meet the growing energy
demands of the Northeast region. The project will
consist of an LNG regasification terminal located 15
miles off the New Jersey coast, 50 miles of offshore
natural gas pipeline, and 11 miles of onshore pipeline
terminating in Linden, NJ. Near-shore the pipeline will
be directionally drilled so that no surface sediments are
disturbed. Onshore the pipeline will be laid within an
existing interstate pipeline corridor to Linden, NJ. The
proposed project will begin delivery of up to 2.4 billion
cubic feet per day of natural gas by late 2011.
The Liberty Natural Gas Project will receive natural
gas from overseas, including the Republic of Trinidad
& Tobago, a major supplier of LNG to the U.S. Also,
the Government of Trinidad and Tobago has been
invited to participate in the project.
PORT DOLPHIN ENERGY LLC - (8/08)
Port Dolphin Energy LLC representatives report the
gas pipeline for the company’s LNG deepwater port
in the Gulf of Mexico, will be re-routed to avoid an
aquatic preserve off Anna Maria Island. The new
route, as re-drawn, remains the same 42-mile length
and will connect the offshore terminal 28 miles south-
west of Tampa Bay with Port Manatee, FL. From
there, the proposed line links with pipelines feeding
the Gulfstream Natural Gas System and the Tampa
Electric Company. With permits in hand by late 2009,
the company says construction would start in 2010 with
a completion date early 2011.
SPECTRA ENERGY/KEYSPAN ENERGY –
(REV. 3/08)
The Islander East natural gas pipeline project, proposed
by KeySpan Energy and Spectra Energy, was dealt
another blow in late 2007 when the 2nd U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals decided to send the controversial gas
pipeline issue back to federal officials for reconsidera-
tion. However, Islander East officials say the decision
means the next step will be either a reconsideration of
the case by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce or addi-
tional federal hearings on the project.
As proposed, the pipeline will extend 45 miles
from North Haven, CT to Long Island, NY. The route
includes 22 miles of pipeline that crosses the Long
Island Sound, where it would cut through the Thimble
Islands and offshore shellfish beds after entering the
Sound of Branford.
SUEZ ENERGY – (REV. 8/07)
Suez Energy North America received approval from
the FERC and the State of Florida for the U.S. por-
tion of the company’s $500 million Calypso Pipeline
Project. Plans call for a 90-mile, 24-inch diameter
pipeline, which will deliver 830 MMcf/d of natural gas,
from the Bahamas to a site near Port Everglades, FL, to
serve markets in the southern part of the state. The U.S.
portion, which originates at the Exclusive Economic
boundary between the U.S. and the Bahamas, consists
of 42 miles of 24-inch subsea pipeline and a 5.8-mile,
24-inch onshore segment. It extends to a to a deepwa-
ter LNG terminal 10 miles offshore and on to the coast.
The original line has been modified to include a 3.2
mile landfall tunnel for the line. At that point, the line
will increase to 30-inch diameter before returning to
24-inch, following the tunnel. In the Bahamas, the line
starts at an LNG facility near Freeport. Both sections
of the line will be built by two Suez Energy subsidiar-
ies. Gas deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2009.
WILLIAMS – (9/07)
Williams plans to spend $480 million on its Perdido
Norte Project in the Gulf of Mexico to provide gather-
ing and processing infrastructure to transport produc-
tion from the Perdido Foldbelt for Shell, Chevron and
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BP. The infrastructure includes 184 miles of pipeline,
of which 77 miles will be a crude pipeline that will
run from the producers floating production facil-
ity to the Hoover Offshore Pipeline System HOOPS.
They will also build a 107 mile natural gas gather-
ing pipeline system to transport approximately 265
MMcf/d of production. The gas line will extend from
the producers’ floating production facility to Williams
existing Seahawk gathering system that connects with
a Williams Transco-operated pipeline that transports
natural gas to the company’s Markham, TX processing
facility. Williams plans to begin pipeline construction
in January 2008.
Caribbean/South
& Central America
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS – (9/08)
The U.S. Virgin Islands is considering laying a natural
gas pipeline to replace diesel-generated power. with
gas brought in from a pipeline network in Puerto Rico.
Engineers are looking to recalibrate oil-dependent
generators to burn cheaper natural gas. The shift to
natural gas will save utility customers a significant
amount in electricity cost. An undersea pipeline would
transfer natural gas to St. Thomas from the outlying
Puerto Rican island of Culebra. Virgin Islands and
Puerto Rican representatives met in August to deter-
mine the next phase in the discussions.
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO – (12/06)
Trinidad & Tobago’s National Gas Company is plan-
ning a $550 million natural gas pipeline project to be
constructed in the Caribbean. Pending approval from
the Barbados government, the project would be done
in phases with the first phase involving a pipeline from
Tobago to Barbados to be used for power generation.
The second phase would continue from Barbados
to supply neighboring islands including St Lucia,
Dominica, Martinique and Guadeloupe. The entire
pipeline would stretch 406 miles and will be designed
to deliver about 100Mf3/d. Once approved the pipe-
line’s final details will be completed.
OFFSHORE –
International
(NOTE: Projects involving Offshore and On and
Offshore Pipelines are included in this section.)
Asia Pacific
CLP HOLDINGS – (10/06)
CLP Holdings is planning to spend $1 billion to
develop an LNG terminal in Hong Kong along with a
25-mile submarine pipeline which will link the terminal
with a power station. The company has submitted a
financial plan to the government to build the terminal
on South Soko Island in a bid to replace the existing
gas supply from Yacheng field near Hainan. The termi-
nal is scheduled to be completed in 2010.
GAS AUTHORITY OF INDIA LTD. – (3/07)
The Gas Authority of India Ltd. (GAIL) and Oil &
Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) are forming a
joint venture to develop the US$882 million, 621-mile
Kakinada to Haldia gas pipeline to transport gas dis-
covered by ONGC in the Bay of Bengal to Haldia in
West Bengal.
GOVERNMENT OF BANGLADESH – (8/07)
The Bangladesh energy ministry is planning to build
two subsea pipelines to transport imported petroleum
across the country. Plans call for a 37-mile pipeline to
be built from a deepwater port to Chittagong while
another will be installed from Chittagong to either
Chandpur or Fatullah in Narayanganj. Project cost
is estimated at $175 million and the state-owned
Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation will build and
operate the project.
HUSKY ENERGY/CNOOC – (6/08)
Canada’s Husky Energy plan to construct a 200-mile
pipeline as part of a major development in the South
China Sea. Husky estimates development of the Liwan
gas field may reach $5 billion. The field is estimated
to contain 4-6 Tcf of gas, making it potentially one
of China’s largest offshore gas fields. China National
Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) is Husky’s part-
ner in the development.
ORIGIN ENERGY – (REV. 8/07)
Origin Energy is proceeding with final preparation
plans for the Kupe Gas Project. The project includes
the installation of new gas production wells and a
19-mile pipeline to a new production station west of
Hawera, New Zealand. Some pre-construction activity
has taken place for the field and pipeline development.
The field is expected to provide New Zealand with 230
petajoules of natural gas and 16 million barrels of light
crude over its 15 to 20 year production life. The project
has a mid-2009 in-service date.
PETRONAS/PTT - (REV. 8/07)
The TransThailand Malaysia Pipeline project (TTM)
remains stalled as the governments involved with the
project work out the final agreements. The project,
which was originally planned for completion in 2002,
is considered a major link in the Trans-Asean pipe-
line. Environmental lobbyists in Thailand delayed the
construction start. The government has decided to go
ahead with the project but the line will be rerouted
about three miles from the Chana district in the prov-
ince of Songkha to avoid adverse environmental and
community consequences. The rerouting will shorten
the shoreline from 54 miles to approximately 51 miles
of 36-inch diameter pipe and the subsea pipeline length
will increase from 172 miles to approximately 174 miles
of 34-inch diameter pipe. The project is expected to
cost about $1 billion dollars and will move natural gas
from Malaysia and Indonesia to Southeast Asia.
PETROVIETNAM – (8/07)
PetroVietnam plans to build a US$780 million pipeline
to transport gas from an offshore field in the Mekong
Delta to Can Thos City. The pipeline will run from
block B, located about 85 miles southwest of Ca Mau
province to Can Tho City, which is about 125 miles
west of Ho Minh City. PetroVietnam is building a 2,800
MW gas-fired power complex in Can Tho City which is
expected to begin operations in 2010.
WOODSIDE PETROLEUM LTD. – (9/07)
Woodside Petroleum Ltd. has received approval
from its board to develop the Pluto LNG project.
Development is based on Woodside’s Pluto and
Xena gas fields located about 118 miles northwest of
Karratha in permit WA-350-P. The initial phase will
include a single LNG production train with forecast
production of 4.3 million tons per annum connected by
a 112-mile, 36-inch offshore pipeline to a platform in
85 meters of water. The platform will be connected to
five subsea wells on the Pluto field, with first gas to be
produced in late 2010.

Western Europe
& EU Countries
IGI POSEIDON S.A./BOTAS, D.E.P.A. &
EDISON GAS – (REV. 7/08)
D.E.P.A. and Edison Gas have formed a 50-50 joint
venture company, IGI Poseidon, to build a natural
gas pipeline between Greece and Italy. The European
Commission has conditionally approved the Poseidon
Pipeline project between Greece and Italy proposed
by the Turkish natural gas company Botas, the Greek
Natural Gas Corporation, (D.E.P.A.) and the Italian
gas company Edison-Gas. As proposed, plans call for a
504-mile pipeline to be built of which 126 miles will run
under the sea between Greece and Apulia, Italy. Some
378 miles will be built in Greece. It will also be connect-
ed to Turkey, giving the EU access to Caspian Sea and
Middle East natural gas. Construction is now slated
to begin in late 2008 or early 2009 with completion in
2012. Under a new agreement, Edison and DEPA will
build the section between Greece and Italy. The initial
8 Bcm of transmission capacity will be 80% reserved to
Edison SpA and 20% to DEPA for 25 years.
ENAGAS - (7/07)
Construction is slated to begin soon on Enagas’
Balearic Submarine Gas Pipeline to connect eastern
Spain with the Balearic Islands. The 168-mile 20-inch
diameter pipeline will ultimately carry gas from the
Denia compressor station, near Valencia, to Ibiza and
Majorca, in a water depth of up to 3,280 feet.
GASUM OY – (4/08)
Gasum Oy is assessing the feasibility of linking its
natural-gas grid to the Baltic States to boost gas sup-
plies. The Balticconnector will create a new natural gas
transmission system that will link the Finnish, Estonian
and Latvian natural gas grids and allows utilization of
gas storage potential in Latvia to effectively meet the
needs of all three countries.
Plans involve building a gas pipeline under the
Baltic Sea from Helsinki to Tallinn. This would give
Gasum access, via Estonia, to Latvia’s gas infrastruc-
ture - and a major gas reservoir, the Incukalns under-
ground storage facility. Preliminary studies call for the
construction of an onshore pipeline from 50 to 76 miles
between Finland and Estonia and the integration of
existing transmission pipelines in Latvia and Estonia.
The offshore portion of the pipeline is estimated to be
around 139 miles. Feasibility studies and environmen-
tal impact assessments are expected to be completed
by the end of 2009. Initial studies have determined that
the offshore section could be installed using conven-
tional pipe-lay technology.
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL – (REV. 6/08)
A modified route for the onshore section of Royal
Dutch Shell PLC’s Corrib Gas Pipeline has been pro-
posed by RPS consultants, the company contracted to
identify a reroute for the project. The alternative route
is located twice as far away from occupied housing
compared to the originally approved route. The pipe-
line has been delayed for more than two years due to
protesters. With the new route, the concerns have been
alleviated. Plans call for 52 miles of subsea pipeline
from the Corrib gas field off the northwest coast of
Ireland to shore where it will connect to the onshore
pipeline to transport gas to the planned refinery at
Bellanaboy. Completion is now scheduled for 2009.
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STATOILHYDRO ASA/
SWISS EGL GROUP – (3/08)
StatoilHydro ASA (STO) and Swiss EGL Group
plan to establish an equally owned joint venture
to develop, build, and operate the proposed Trans
Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) to transport natural gas from
the Shah Deniz Azerbaijan. The 323-mile pipeline will
transport gas through Greece and Albania and across
the Adriatic Sea to Italy’s southern Puglia region and
further into Western Europe. The project also includes
the option to develop natural gas storage facilities and
an LNG terminal in Albania. Capacity is expected to
be in the range of 10 Bcm a year with the capability to
expanded to 20 Bcm a year. The projected in service
date is late 2011 at the earliest.
SYDKRAFT GAS AB -- (4/07)
The Swedish government has approved plans to build
a natural gas pipeline to connect the German natural
gas network with the Danish and Swedish networks.
Denmark and Sweden have issued an approval.
However, the authorization process is still ongoing in
Germany for the Baltic Gas Interconnector Pipeline.
Feasibility studies are complete and the pipeline will
have an initial capacity of 3 Bcm/y with the capabil-
ity of increasing 10 bcm/y. Plans call for a 139-mile,
28-inch subsea pipeline from Germany across the
Baltic Sea where it will split and go onshore in
Copenhagen, Denmark and Trelleborg, Sweden. In
Sweden, a 13-mile onshore pipeline will be built to
connect it to the existing grid.
Seven companies from the three countries are
behind the project including ENERGI E2 and
Hovedstadsregionens Naturgas (HNG) from Denmark;
Verbundsnetz Gas AG (VNG) from Germany; and
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from Sweden, Sydkraft AB, Göteborgs Energi, Lunds Energi and Öresundskraft.
Sydkraft Gas AB has been formed by the developers to build the line. A 2009
completion date is scheduled.
OTHER - The Americas
U.S.
BENGAL PIPELINE COMPANY – (9/08)
Bengal Pipeline Company LLC plans to expand its capacity by 55,000 bpd with
the addition of a new booster station near Garyville, LA. Bengal transports refined
petroleum products, such as gasoline and diesel fuel. Approval for the expansion
came from Shell Pipeline and Colonial Pipeline, which have owned Bengal in a
joint-venture arrangement since 2006. The expansion is expected to be in service
by early 2010 and will bring Bengal’s overall capacity to approximately 305,000
bpd. The Bengal Pipeline system connects a number of southern Louisiana refiner-
ies with the Plantation and Colonial pipeline systems.
CAPLINE PIPELINE/CHICAP PIPELINE - (6/08)
Capline and Chicap plan to expand the range of transport capabilities on both of
their existing pipeline systems to include light liquid hydrocarbons. The change
will create a transportation route for light hydrocarbons from the U.S. Gulf Coast
to Alberta Canada, as well as to other Midwest destinations. No in-service date
has been announced.
ENBRIDGE ENERGY – (10/06)
Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. has awarded AMEC Paragon a contract for
program and project management, engineering and procurement services for
its Southern Lights Pipeline. The project is designed to bring up to 180 Bpd of
diluent from the U.S. Midwest to northern Alberta. Plans call for constructing 674
miles of 16 or 20-inch pipe from the Chicago area to Clearbrook, MN and utiliz-
ing 442 miles of the same right-of-way as its Southern Access expansion between
Flanagan, IL and Superior, WI. The project will also require approval of the Board
of Directors for an exchange of the 156-mile section of its Line 13. The preliminary
estimated cost of the project is $920 million and it is anticipated to be in service in
early 2009, coinciding with the completion of the Southern Access project.
T E X A S • C O L O R A D O • U TA H
ENHANCED OIL RESOURCES – (5/08)
Texas-based Enhanced Oil Resources has signed a memorandum of understanding to
develop a 350-mile, $499 million CO² pipeline with SunCoast Energy. The proposed
pipeline will run from Enhanced Oil’s St John Helium-CO² field located on the Arizona
and New Mexico border to the Permian Basin of New Mexico and West Texas. Initial
feasibility studies are underway, but plans include an in service date of late 2010. As
projected, the pipeline will initially transport 350 MMcfd of CO² with the capability
of expanding to 500 MMcf/d. The CO2 will be used in depleted oil fields the Permian
Basin.
KINDER MORGAN – (6/07)
Kinder Morgan plans to build a nine-mile pipeline to carry up to 1.26 MMgp/d of jet
fuel from the Port of Tampa to Tampa International Airport. A route hasn’t been final-
ized but the $25 million project is slated for completion by year-end 2008.
WEST TEXAS LPG – (REV. 2/08)
West Texas LPG Pipeline L.P. says it has received final investment approvals to
expand its common carrier NGL Pipeline, operated by Chevron Pipeline and Buckeye
Partners. Plans call for the addition of a 39-mile, 12-inch diameter pipeline and three
booster stations. A minimum capacity of 25,000 bpd is expected to be operational in
the third quarter of 2008.
WILLISTON BASIN INTERSTATE PIPELINE CO. – (8/08)
Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co., the wholly owned natural gas transmission
pipeline subsidiary of MDU Resources Group, Inc., plans to expand its existing
Grasslands Pipeline by installing additional compressor facilities. Grasslands Pipeline
was placed into service December 2003 to transport natural gas from the Powder River
Basin in northeastern Wyoming to western North Dakota, where it connects with the
Northern Border Pipeline. The expansion would add up to 40 MMcf/d to existing vol-
umes on Grasslands. Target in service date for the $15-million to $20-million expansion
is scheduled for August 2009.
Canada
ENHANCE ENERGY INC. – (8/08)
Enhance Energy Inc., a private Alberta-based energy company specializing in
enhanced oil recovery (EOR), reports it will build a new CO2 transmission system
through central Alberta. The pipeline will be designed to gathering CO2 from several
sources in Alberta’s industrial heartland and transport it to existing mature oil fields
throughout South-Central Alberta. Contracts for design and project management have
been awarded to Sunstone Projects Ltd. Other technical and support contracts have
been awarded to Synergas Technologies Inc. for facilities engineering, Scott Land and
Lease as land agent and Worley Parsons for environmental services.
The system will have a design capacity of 25,000 tons per day with the initial
throughput planned at 5,000 tonper day. The pipeline system will consist of drying and
compression facilities at the north end in the Heartland and a pump station east of Fort
Saskatchewan in the Heartland Industrial Region, to be called the Elk Island Pump
Station. Pipeline operations and control center will be located at the Elk Island.
Enhance Energy anticipates regulatory applications for the proposed project to
be completed by spring of 2009, and depending on the timing of regulatory approval,
construction is expected to start by the end of 2009, with operational startup in 2011.

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