[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 139 (Tuesday, July 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39081-39082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19370]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[FE Docket Nos. 92-123-NG]


Office of Fossil Energy; Orders Granting, Amending and 
Transferring Authorizations to Import and/or Export Natural Gas and 
Liquefied Natural Gas

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of orders.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy 
gives notice that it has issued Orders granting, amending and 
transferring various natural gas and liquefied natural gas import and 
export authorizations. These Orders are summarized in the attached 
appendix.
    These Orders may be found on the FE web site at http://
www.fe.doe.gov., or on the electronic bulletin board at (202) 586-7853.
    They are also available for inspection and copying in the Office of 
Natural Gas & Petroleum Import and Export Activities, Docket Room 3E-
033, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, 
D.C. 20585, (202) 586-9478. The Docket Room is open between the hours 
of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.

    Issued in Washington, D.C., on July 14, 1998.
John W. Glynn,
Manager, Natural Gas Regulation, Office of Natural Gas & Petroleum 
Import and Export Activities, Office of Fossil Energy.

                                    Appendix--Orders Granting, Amending and Transferring Import/Export Authorization                                    
                                                                   [DOE/FE Authority]                                                                   
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                                                                                 Two-year maximum                                                       
     Order No.       Date issued     Importer/exporter FE    -------------------------------------------------------               Comments             
                                          docket No.                 Import volume              Export volume                                           
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717-A                   06/02/98  San Diego Gas & Electric    ..........................  .........................  Decrease in volumes of long-term   
                                   92-123-NG.                                                                         import authority.                 
1226-A                  06/05/98  Engage Energy Canada, L.P.  ..........................  .........................  Transfer of blanket import/export  
                                   (Successor to Westcoast                                                            authority.                        
                                   Gas Services Inc.), 96-87-                                                                                           
                                   NG.                                                                                                                  
1254-A                  06/06/98  Engage Energy Canada, L.P.  ..........................  .........................  Transfer of long-term import       
                                   (Successor to Westcoast                                                            authority.                        
                                   Gas Services, Inc.), 96-                                                                                             
                                   82-NG.                                                                                                               
1390                    06/22/98  AG-Energy, L.P., 98-41-NG.  113.14 Bcf................  .........................  Import from Canada beginning first 
                                                                                                                      delivery after June 30, 1998.     
1391                    06/23/98  New York State Electric &                                                                                             
                                   Gas Corporation, 98-43-NG.                                                                                           
(1)50 Bcf             Import and                                                                                                                        
                       export up                                                                                                                        
                            to a                                                                                                                        
                        combined                                                                                                                        
                      total from                                                                                                                        
                          and to                                                                                                                        
                          Canada                                                                                                                        
                       beginning                                                                                                                        
                      on July 1,                                                                                                                        
                           1998,                                                                                                                        
                         through                                                                                                                        
                        June 30,                                                                                                                        
                           2000.                                                                                                                        
1009-A                  06/25/98  Pan-Alberta Gas (U.S.)      ..........................  .........................  Transfer of long-term import       
                                   Inc. (Successor to                                                                 authority.                        
                                   Northwest Alaskan                                                                                                    
                                   Pipeline Company), 84-15-                                                                                            
                                   NG, 87-40-NG, 94-96-NG.                                                                                              
1223-A                  06/25/98  Power City Partners, L.P.,  ..........................  .........................  Increase in volumes from 500,000   
                                   96-85-NG.                                                                          Mcf to 16,060,000 Mcf over the two
                                                                                                                      year term.                        
1392                    06/26/98  National Fuel Resources,                                                                                              
                                   Inc., 98-45-NG.                                                                                                      
(1)20 Bcf             Import and                                                                                                                        
                     export from                                                                                                                        
                          and to                                                                                                                        
                       Canada up                                                                                                                        
                           to an                                                                                                                        
                       aggregate                                                                                                                        
                       beginning                                                                                                                        
                      on June 1,                                                                                                                        
                           1998,                                                                                                                        
                     through May                                                                                                                        
                       31, 2000.                                                                                                                        
1393                    06/26/98  Merchant Energy Group of                                                                                              
                                   the Americas, Inc., 98-44-                                                                                           
                                   NG.                                                                                                                  
(1)400 Bcf            Import and                                                                                                                        
                     export from                                                                                                                        
                          and to                                                                                                                        
                       Canada up                                                                                                                        
                            to a                                                                                                                        
                        combined                                                                                                                        
                           total                                                                                                                        
                       beginning                                                                                                                        
                      on date of                                                                                                                        
                           first                                                                                                                        
                       import or                                                                                                                        
                         export.                                                                                                                        
1394                    06/29/98  Energy Unlimited, Inc., 98-                                                                                           
                                   47-NG.                                                                                                               
(1)10 Bcf             Import and                                                                                                                        
                         up to a                                                                                                                        
                        combined                                                                                                                        
                          total,                                                                                                                        
                       including                                                                                                                        
                       liquefied                                                                                                                        
                     natural gas                                                                                                                        
                      (LNG) from                                                                                                                        
                          and to                                                                                                                        
                      Canada and                                                                                                                        
                      Mexico and                                                                                                                        
                        LNG from                                                                                                                        
                           other                                                                                                                        
                      countries,                                                                                                                        
                       beginning                                                                                                                        
                     on the date                                                                                                                        
                        of first                                                                                                                        
                       import or                                                                                                                        
                         export.                                                                                                                        
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