By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, July 6 -- Southern Natural Gas Co. (SNG), a subsidiary of El Paso Corp., has applied to the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for authorization to build the proposed Cypress natural gas pipeline from its Elba Island LNG terminal near Savannah, Ga., to Jacksonville, Fla.
With firm capacity commitments secured from Progress Energy Florida Inc. and BG LNG Services LLC, the project is expected to be in service by mid-2007.
According to an earlier filing with FERC, SNG proposes to lay about 165 miles of 24-in. mainline in Georgia and Florida and 10 miles of 30-in. loop in Georgia. It also will install three 10,350-hp compressor stations and four meter stations.