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Denali moves FERC application date back Company says ’09 field work not needed for 2010 open season; TransCanada working on corridor review, limited geophysical Kristen Nelson Petroleum News
Denali is delaying by more than a year its submittal of a FERC application.
Denali — The Alaska Gas Pipeline LLC, said in an early August monthly status report to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that company representatives met with federal officials in Washington, D.C., in early July to provide an update on the project, “including a change of Denali’s target date” for submission of its application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity.
The target date, originally August 2011, is now set for October 2012.
That October 2012 date is the same as TransCanada’s date for application submission.
Denali spokesman Dave MacDowell told Petroleum News in an Aug. 11 e-mail that the company’s focus remains on its 2010 open season.
“During our work program reviews, it became apparent that additional field work during 2009 would not be needed to achieve that goal,” MacDowell said.
The revision in the filing target for the certificate of public convenience and necessity — for both FERC and Canada’s National Energy Board — was changed from August 2011 to October 2012 to “allow for a full 2010 and 2011 field survey as needed” to support the certificate filing, he said.
“We will continue to monitor our progress against this schedule and make any necessary adjustments required at the appropriate times,” MacDowell said.
Open season dates unchanged Open season dates are different for the two projects.
TransCanada’s schedule — included as part of its Alaska Gasline Inducement Act application — calls for conclusion of its open season in July 2010.
Denali’s schedule shows the number of years each part of the process will take, rather than specific dates, but the company has said in the past that it would begin its open season in late 2010 or early 2011.
In a report to FERC in early July Denali said its “2009 plans continue focused on holding a successful open season during 2010.”
TransCanada told the FERC in a mid-July report that, subsequent to the joint project with Exxon Mobil Corp. announced in June, personnel from both companies are participating in project activities.
TransCanada said it is continuing to study the pipeline corridor through Alaska. Preliminary ground reconnaissance took place in April and May with planning for a limited late-summer geophysical program for specific locations along the route. Work on the gas treatment plant included a review of potential sites for the facility.
Focus — in both Alaska and Canada — is on developing cost estimate information for the open season, TransCanada told FERC.
Denali said in its latest report to FERC that its gas treatment plant contractor, Arctic Solutions, continued work on conceptual and basic engineering; execution planning and cost estimating efforts are also proceeding while contractor Bechtel continued engineering, scheduling and cost estimating work for the pipeline.
“Denali is also working on Canadian pinch point alternative evaluations,” the company said.
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