By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, May 24 -- An Enbridge Energy Partners LP subsidiary plans to invest $19 million on pipeline links in Texas to accommodate an agreement to transport as much as 100 MMcfd of natural gas through the Atmos Energy Corp. intrastate pipeline system.
New pipeline will be added upstream and downstream of the Atmos system to complete a new link from North Texas to the head of Enbridge's new natural gas transmission line at Bethel, Tex. This 500 MMcfd East Texas transmission line offers gas delivery service to the systems of Houston Pipe Line Co. and Natural Gas Pipe Line Co. of America.
Completion of the final leg of the new transmission line is scheduled for the end of June, when it will increase access to the major Carthage, Tex., hub.
The 5-year term transportation agreement will go into effect in April 2006, when first deliveries begin.
Growing production from the Barnett shale requires the additional market outlets, said an Enbridge spokesman. Enbridge's East Texas transmission line was designed with a link from North Texas in mind. The line's capacity can be further expanded to 1 bcfd to accommodate natural gas supply growth in North and East Texas, he said.