Florida's Growing Appetite for Natural Gas is Being Driven by Electrical Power Projects in Progress, in an Advisory by Industrialinfo.com.Business Editors & Energy Writers HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 2002 The following is an advisory by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources (1) The data and information assets of an organization, department or unit. See data administration. (2) Another name for the Information Systems (IS) or Information Technology (IT) department. See IT. , Incorporated; Houston, Texas “Houston” redirects here. For other uses, see Houston (disambiguation). Houston (pronounced /'hjuːstən/) is the largest city in the state of Texas and the ). Several natural gas pipeline projects are in the planning and construction phases to supply Florida Florida, state, United States Florida (flôr`ĭdə, flŏr`–), state in the extreme SE United States. A long, low peninsula between the Atlantic Ocean (E) and the Gulf of Mexico (W), Florida is bordered by Georgia and with the natural gas it needs mainly to supply gas-fired electrical power generation projects. Florida has been subject to a few cancellations in the power industry, but the majority of the gas-fired power projects being tracked by Industrial Information Resources are proceeding as planned. Between February of 2002 and December of 2005, 19,657 mega-watts of gas-fired generation are planned to come on line, of which 11,145 mega-watts are base load and 8,512 mega-watts are for peaking purposes. This will consume a large amount of natural gas and many companies are very interested in supplying the capacity. As of now, the only new pipeline under construction to Florida is Gulfstream, which is a 1.2 billion cubic feet per day sub-sea pipeline slated for completion in the summer of 2002. Florida Gas Transmission Florida Gas Transmission is a natural gas pipeline which brings gas from Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama into Florida. It is owned by 50% by Southern Natural Gas and 50% by CrossCountry Energy. Its FERC code is 34. Company (Tampa) is in the process of constructing its Phase V expansion project, which will add 428 million cubic feet per day and is planning a Phase VI expansion project, which will add an additional 121 million cubic feet per day of capacity, mainly for consumption in Florida. Additional phases on this line are expected. Two companies are planning new mainline mainline Drug slang verb To inject a drug transmission pipelines into the state. The first is a 24" diameter line coming down from Georgia Georgia, country, Asia Georgia (jôr`jə), Georgian Sakartvelo, Rus. Gruziya, officially Republic of Georgia, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,677,000), c.26,900 sq mi (69,700 sq km), in W Transcaucasia. with a capacity of 350 million cubic feet per day and the second is an offshore line still in a project scope phase to supply between 400 and 700 million cubic feet per day of natural gas. The line will begin at a planned 750 million cubic feet per day LNG LNG (liquefied natural gas): see under natural gas. terminal in the Bahamas and terminate near Port Everglades Port Everglades, in Broward County, Florida, is one of the United States's top container ports with more than 5,400 ships at call in a year, a major petroleum storage and distribution hub, and a United States Navy liberty port. It is the deepest of all Florida ports. some time in mid 2005. Several smaller projects are in early planning stages as well and will contribute to fuel Florida's growing appetite for natural gas. Industrialinfo.com provides daily news related to the industrial market place including industry alerts and databases for the energy and industrial markets. For more information on trends and upcoming construction activities for the Oil & Gas Transmission markets, Power Generation markets as well as other industrial sectors send inquiries to oilandgastransmissiongroup@industrialinfo.com or visit us at www.industrialinfo.com or www.iirenergy.com. |
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