FERC approves Gulf South’s $261 million gas pipeline capacity expansion
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Apr. 16 granted Gulf South Pipeline Co. LLC (Gulf South) authorization to build the $261 million Southeast Compression Utility and Reliability Expansion (SECURE) project to meet growing power-generation demand in the US Southeast.
The SECURE project would boost firm capacity by 280,000 Dt/d on the southeast portion of the Gulf South system through construction of a new compressor station in Hinds County, Miss., and expansions at three existing stations in Louisiana and Mississippi.
FERC said Gulf South had demonstrated the need for the project and that it would not have adverse impacts on Gulf South’s existing shippers or other pipelines’ existing customers. “The project’s benefits will outweigh any adverse effects on landowners and surrounding communities,” the commissioners said in the order.
Gulf South would add a new 27,677-hp compressor and ancillary infrastructure at the existing Tallulah station in Madison Parish, La., a 13,290-hp compressor and other infrastructure at the existing Jasper station in Jasper County, Miss., and a 16,997-hp compressor at the existing Forrest station in Forrest Country, Miss.
The greenfield Hinds compressor station in Mississippi consists of a 27,667-hp compressor and auxiliary infrastructure, FERC said.
Southern Co. signed a 15-year firm service agreement and Florida Power and Light a 12-year agreement to take almost all of the expanded capacity.
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