Gulfstream Natural Gas System Pipe Shipment Arrives in Florida.Business/Energy Editors HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 2001 Gulfstream Natural Gas GulfStream Natural Gas is a natural gas pipeline that brings gas from Mississippi and Alabama, underwater across the Gulf of Mexico, to Florida. It is owned by Duke Energy. Its FERC code is 183.[1] External links
The pipe, purchased from Berg Steel Pipe Corporation in Panama City, Fla., arrived by ship from Dunkirk, France, after being manufactured by Berg's parent company, Europipe. Seven more shipments of pipe are scheduled to arrive at Port Manatee by ship during the next two months. Each section of 36-inch diameter pipe is approximately 40 feet in length and weighs about eight tons. More than 150,000 tons of pipe have already been delivered to a Gulfstream pipeyard near Mobile, Ala. Gulfstream Natural Gas System, L.L.C. is a joint interstate natural gas pipeline development of Williams (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :WMB WMB Waste Management Board WMB Write Me Back WMB Wheaton Municipal Band (Wheaton, IL) WMB Waukegan Municipal Band (Waukegan, IL) WMB Websphere Message Broker ) and Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK DUK Duke Energy Corporation (stock symbol) DUK Dead Upon Keyboard ) approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is the United States federal agency with jurisdiction over electricity sales, wholesale electric rates, hydroelectric licensing, natural gas pricing, and oil pipeline rates. Feb. 22, 2001. The 753-mile pipeline project will extend from Mississippi and Alabama across the Gulf of Mexico Noun 1. Gulf of Mexico - an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico Golfo de Mexico Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean - the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east to Florida. It is designed primarily to serve Florida utilities and power-generation facilities that will use high-efficiency natural gas turbines to meet the increasing demand for electric energy. The project has an initial in-service date of June 2002. Construction of the $1.6 billion pipeline project began June 1. More information about the Gulfstream Natural Gas System is available by visiting the project Web site at www.gulfstreamgas.com. Duke Energy, a diversified multinational energy company, creates value for customers and shareholders through an integrated network of energy assets and expertise. Duke Energy manages a dynamic portfolio of natural gas and electric supply, delivery and trading businesses -- generating revenues of more than $49 billion in 2000. Duke Energy, headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., is a Fortune 100 company traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the symbol DUK. More information about the company is available on the Internet at: www.duke-energy.com. Williams, through its subsidiaries, connects businesses to energy, delivering innovative, reliable products and services. Williams information is available at www.williams.com. |
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