Sempra Energy to develop Louisiana gas storage facility

April 19, 2004
A subsidiary of Sempra Energy Global Enterprises, San Diego, Calif., is planning to develop Pine Prairie Energy Center¿a 24 bcf salt-cavern natural gas storage facility in Evangeline Parish, La. Located near Henry Hub trading center, the facility could interconnect with as many as nine pipelines.

By OGJ editors

HOUSTON, Apr. 16 -- A subsidiary of Sempra Energy Global Enterprises, San Diego, Calif., is planning to develop Pine Prairie Energy Center¿a 24 bcf salt-cavern natural gas storage facility in Evangeline Parish, La. near the Henry Hub trading center. The facility could interconnect with as many as nine pipelines.

Pine Prairie, scheduled to begin operations by fourth quarter 2005, currently is seeking expressions of interest in storage capacity at the facility.

Sempra Energy Global Enterprises also is developing the 27 bcf Bluewater gas storage facility in St. Clair, Mich., which is slated to begin operations in May.