Southern Star announces open season for 2014 system expansion

Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline has announced the commencement of a binding open season for additional firm transportation capacity in its production and market areas in the Midwest and Mid-Continent regions of the US. The 2014 system expansion will involve expanding the capacity of Southern Star’s system to provide incremental firm transportation service from existing or new receipt points to existing or new delivery points in both the production and market areas of the Southern Star system.

The proposed expansion will connect increasing gas supplies to growing markets in Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas, as well as to other intrastate and interstate pipelines. The proposed expansion further offers shippers impacted by this past winter an opportunity to mitigate future capacity shortfalls.

Southern Star has invited parties interested in firm transportation capacity available through the expansion to submit bids by 7^th May 2014. The binding bid(s) received during the open season will assist Southern Star in determining whether to pursue the proposed expansion and defining the final parameters of such expansion. If it decides to move forward after evaluating the binding bids, Southern Star will, subject to FERC approval, install the necessary facilities to serve all or a portion of the requested capacity. If a binding open season is successful, Southern Star anticipates service provided through the proposed expansion to begin 1^st November 2015.

Adapted from press release by Rosalie Starling

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