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Overview
Monroe Gas Storage Company, LLC (MGS) has commenced service to a new natural gas storage facility in northeastern Mississippi near the city of Amory. The facility provides firm and interruptible natural gas storage services and interconnects with two major pipelines (Texas Eastern Transmission Company -- TETCO and Tennessee Gas Pipeline --TGP). The storage field serves the expanding energy needs of Mississippi and other areas of the Southeast, as well as the Mid-Continent and Northeastern United States. The facility was constructed with the highest standards of safety and environmental concern, and when fully operational, is anticipated to have an estimated working gas capacity of 11.67 Bcf, utilizing 3-turn service.
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The construction of the facility includes development of the storage reservoir, seventeen injection/withdrawal wells, construction of approximately 2.0 miles of gathering lines and installation of compression and processing facilities. Construction of the 5.7-mile pipeline interconnecting to the TETCO pipeline in Monroe County, Mississippi, and the construction of the 17.2-mile pipeline interconnecting to the TGP pipeline in Lamar County, Alabama has been completed.
- Project Attributes
- Access to Fayetteville Shale gas from recent interconnect to TETCO
- Direct interconnect with two of the most liquid trading points in the Gulf: TETCO M1 and the TGP 500 Leg
- Storage Facility will interconnect downstream from historical bottleneck on TETCO (Kosciusko)
- Depleted gas reservoir with high deliverability characteristics (multi-cycles per year)
- Access to Independence Hub production on TGP 500 Leg
- Wheeling capability between TGP and TETCO
- Inland location reduces potential of hurricane impact
- Project enables associated firm and interruptible marketing and trading opportunities
- Safety advantages inherent with depleted reservoir
- Current Status
- Mississippi Oil & Gas Board approved depleted field for storage service
- Filed FERC 7(c) application on June 26, 2007, assigned docket numbers: CP07-406-000, CP07-407-000, CP07-408-000
- Received FERC Notice to Proceed on June 11, 2008
- Began construction in June 2008
- Commenced commercial operations in April 2009
- TGP interconnect operational July 2009
- Specifications
- Estimated Storage Capacity
- Working Gas - Up to 11.67 Bcf (2 to 3-turn)
- Pad Gas - Approximately 3.5 Bcf, depending upon cycling
- Deliverability
- Maximum Injectivity (MMcf/D) - 445
- Maximum Deliverability (MMcf/D) - 465
- Compression/Units
- Three Cat 3616s
- 4735 HP each
- New Injection/Withdrawal Wells
- 14 - Vertical Wells
- 2 - Horizontal Wells
- 1 - Hybrid Well
- Conversion of Existing Wells
- Cycles
- Interconnects
- TETCO - in the M1 market zone (5.7 mile - 24" pipeline)
- TGP - into the 500 Leg in Zone 1 (17.2 mile - 24" pipeline)
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