[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 52 (Friday, March 17, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14431-14432]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6584]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP95-250-000]


NorAm Gas Transmission Co.; Notice of Application

March 13, 1995.
    Take notice that on March 8, 1995, NorAm Gas Transmission Company 
(NGT), 1600 Smith Street, Houston, Texas 77002, filed in Docket No. 
CP95-250-000 an abbreviated application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the 
Natural Gas Act, as amended, and Secs. 157.7 and 157.18 of the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) regulations thereunder, for 
permission to abandon the Collinson Gas Storage Facility (Collinson), 
located in Cowley County, Kansas, and the reclassification of the field 
lines and surface equipment from gas storage to gas supply facilities, 
all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with 
the Commission and open to public inspection.
    NGT states that Collinson consists of 720 acres and appurtenant 
equipment used to store natural gas at a depth of approximately 1,450 
feet. NGT further states that at Collinson there are two field lines 
consisting of 1,654 feet of six-inch pipe and 923 feet of four-inch 
pipe, that connect two injection/withdrawal wells that were drilled in 
1945. NGT indicates that it acquired Collinson from Consolidated Gas 
Utilities Corporation (Consolidated) by merger effective August 31, 
1960, and received certificate authorization in Docket No. CP60-79. NGT 
further indicates that in 1991, it upgraded its Line 6 which enabled 
NGT to provide service to existing customers without the need to 
operate Collinson. NGT avers that on September 30, 1994, it abandoned 
Line 6 as part of the Kansas facilities sold to Utilcorp United, Inc. 
(Utilcorp), as approved by the Commission on September 28, 1994, in 
Docket Nos. CP93-434-000 and CP93-434-001. NGT estimates the volume of 
gas presently in Collinson is 847 MMcf non-current ``native'' or 
``cushion'' gas.
    NGT states that upon receipt of the appropriate abandonment 
authorization, it proposes to install a temporary 65 horsepower skid-
mounted compressor at the Collinson yard to withdraw the non-current 
gas at an estimated initial rate of 2,000 Mcf per day until the 
deliverability declines to an estimated economic limit of 50 Mcf per 
day. NGT indicates it will install this compressor as an eligible 
facility pursuant to Sec. 157.208(a) of the Commission's regulations. 
NGT estimates that it can recover 300 MMcf to 750 MMcf of non-current 
gas over a period of one to three years, at an estimated annual 
operating cost of $36,000. NGT further indicates that gas wells can 
unpredictably produce for prolonged periods at rates less than 100 Mcf 
per day. NGT further states that although the economic limit is 
estimated to be reached within three years, NGT plans to produce the 
wells until the economic limit of the wells is reached.
    NGT indicates it will use the gas it recovers from Collinson as 
part of its system management gas and accounted at fair market basis. 
NGT states that at [[Page 14432]] the end of this withdrawal period, it 
proposes to abandon the two wells at an estimated cost of $37,000. NGT 
estimates the cost of removing all the field lines and appurtenant 
surface equipment at $95,685.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make protest with reference 
to said application should on or before April 3, 1995, file with the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C., 20426, a 
petition to intervene or a protest in accordance with the requirements 
of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 
385.211) and the regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.10). 
All protests filed with the Commission will be considered by it in 
determining the appropriate action to be taken but will not serve to 
make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to 
become a party to the proceeding or to participate as a party in any 
hearing therein must file a petition to intervene in accordance with 
the Commission's Rules.
    Take further notice that, pursuant to the authority contained in 
and subject to the jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission by Sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas Act and 
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, a hearing will be 
held without further notice before the Commission on this application 
if no petition to intervene is file within the time required herein, 
and if the Commission on its own review of the matter finds that the 
abandonment is required by the public convenience and necessity. If a 
petition for leave to intervene is timely filed, or if the Commission 
on its own motion believes that a formal hearing is required, further 
notice of such hearing will be duly given.
    Under the procedure herein provided for, unless otherwise advised, 
it will be unnecessary for NGT to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-6584 Filed 3-16-95; 8:45 am]
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