The Ozark Gas Transmission System partnership has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a permit to nearly double its Arkoma basin pipeline capacity and begin providing open access transportation services.
The partnership wants to increase Ozark's design capacity to 330 MMcfd from 170 MMcfd, obtain an open access blanket transportation certificate, and increase its transportation authorization to 165 MMcfd from 85 MMcfd for each of the system's existing firm shippers-Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. and Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.
Capacity of the 266 mile, 20 in. system would be increased by building two mainline compressor stations, at a combined cost of about $17 million, in Franklin and Pope counties, Ark. Each would be equipped with two 5,000 hp centrifugal compressor units.
Tennessee Gas Pipeline and Columbia Gulf Transmission Co. also plan to seek a permit from FERC to participate in and build and operate other pipeline facilities that would allow Ozark gas volumes to reach their mainline systems in western Mississippi for shipment to the U.S. Northeast.
Ozark Gas Transmission System is operated by Ozark Gas Pipeline Corp., an affiliate of Delhi Gas Pipeline Corp., in turn a unit of USX Corp.
Ozark Gas Pipeline owns a 25% interest in the Ozark Gas Transmission System. Its Ozark partners are Columbia Gulf and subsidiaries of Oneok Inc. and Tenneco Gas, a division of Tenneco Inc.
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