[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 41 (Tuesday, March 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10369-10370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5367]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. CP98-238-000]
Destin Pipeline Company, L.L.C.; Notice of Request Under Blanket
Authorization
February 25, 1998.
Take notice that on February 17, 1998, Destin Pipeline Company,
L.L.C. (Destin), P.O. Box 2563, Birmingham, Alabama 35202-2563, filed
in Docket No. CP98-238-000 a request pursuant to Secs. 157.205 and
157.208 of the Commission's Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18
CFR 157.205, 157.208) for authorization to construct, install and
operate a lateral pipeline and appurtenant facilities to accommodate
the transportation of natural gas production from two new production
platforms to be located in Main Pass Block 279 (Main Pass 279 Platform)
and in Main Pass Block 281 (Main Pass 281 Platform) for connection into
Destin's 36-inch mainline system at its Main Pass 260 Platform for
ultimate delivery to downstream pipeline interconnections in southern
and central Mississippi, under Destin's blanket certificate issued in
Docket Nos. CP96-657-000 and -001 pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural
Gas Act, all as more fully set forth in the request that is on file
with the Commission and open to public inspection.
Specifically, Destin is proposing to construct, install and operate
(i) Approximately 65,000 feet of 24-inch-diameter lateral pipeline from
Destin's Main Pass 260 Platform to a sub-sea valve near the Main Pass
279 Platform, a pig receiver to be installed at the Main Pass 260
Platform, and sub-sea valving to be installed at the end of the 24-inch
lateral pipeline in Main Pass Block 279, all in Federal Waters, Gulf of
Mexico; (ii) approximately 1,000 feet of 12-inch-diameter tie-in
pipeline from a sub-sea tie-in located on the 24-inch lateral near the
Main Pass 279 Platform to the Main Pass 279 Platform, a riser, and a
pig launcher to be installed at the Main Pass 279 Platform, all in
Federal Waters, Gulf of Mexico; (iii) approximately 6,500 feet of 20-
inch-diameter tie-in pipeline from a sub-sea tie-in located on the 24-
inch lateral in Main Pass Block 280 to the Main Pass 281 Platform, a
riser, and a pig launcher to be installed at the Main Pass 281
Platform, all in Federal Waters, Gulf of Mexico; and (iv) two Receipt
Points located on the Main Pass 279 and the Main Pass 281 Platforms,
with measurement facilities to be installed at both Receipt Points.
Destin states that the proposed facilities will enable it to
receive additional gas supplies from the Eastern Gulf of Mexico for
transportation to downstream markets onshore in Mississippi. Destin
states that CNG Producing Company, majority working interest owner and
operator, and two smaller working interest owners, Walter Oil & Gas
Corporation and Sonat Exploration GOM Inc., have requested
transportation services on Destin's system for their production from
leases in Block 734 in the Viosca Knoll Area and in Blocks 279, 280,
281 and 284 in the Main Pass Area, East Addition, Gulf of Mexico
(Committed Leases). Destin states that these shippers have entered into
Reserve Commitment Agreements with Destin under which they have
dedicated their production from the Committed Leases. Destin also
states that the shippers have initially agreed to transport up to 230
MMcf per day of production from the Committed Leases, and that such
production will be transported through the proposed Lateral Facilities
and through Destin's mainline system under Destin's Rate Schedule FT-2.
Destin estimates the cost for the construction and installation of
the jurisdictional facilities to be $14,990,068. The total cost of the
project is $18,990,068, which includes a contribution in Aid of
Construction of
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$4,000,000 to be made by Destin for a portion of the cost of the
shippers' production platform which Destin proposes to include in its
jurisdictional rate base.
Any person or the Commission's staff may, within 45 days after
issuance of the instant notice by the Commission, file pursuant to Rule
214 of the Commission's Procedural Rules (18 CFR 385.214) a motion to
intervene or notice of intervention and pursuant to Sec. 157.205 of the
Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a protest to the
request. If no protest is filed within the time allowed therefore, the
proposed activity shall be deemed to be authorized effective the day
after the time allowed for filing a protest. If a protest is filed and
not withdrawn within 30 days after the time allowed for filing a
protest, the instant request shall be treated as an application for
authorization pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-5367 Filed 3-2-98; 8:45 am]
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