Ozark Gas Pipeline Corp., Fort Smith, Ark., will seek approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to boost compression on its Ozark Gas Transmission System.
Ozark plans to hike throughput capacity to 330 MMcfd from 170 MMcfd by installing two compressor stations totaling almost 20,000 hp on the 20 in. main line in Franklin and Pope counties, Ark.
OPEN ACCESS SOUGHT
Ozark Gas, a subsidiary of Texas Oil & Gas Corp., also plans to ask FERC for authority to become an open access line.
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. and Columbia Gulf Transmission Co., both of Houston, are considering major extensions to Ozark from their systems in Northwest Mississippi. Construction could begin in early 1991.
The Ozark system runs 266 miles from eastern Oklahoma through the Arkoma basin to its terminus near Searcy in Central Arkansas.
Ozark, Columbia Gulf, and subsidiaries of Tenneco Inc. and Oneok Inc. each hold 25% interest in the system.
Ozark said the capacity expansion will benefit gas consumers in the U.S. Northeast by having pipelines in that region directly linked to Ozark and its Arkoma basin supplies. Pending FERC approval, the expanded capacity could be on stream in early fall.
Tennessee Gas and Columbia Gulf will exercise their rights under present contracts to increase their firm capacity on Ozark in line with its expanded capacity.
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