Texas firm (ProTec Inc. ) seeks DOE (US Department of Energy) ruling on propane from pipeline NGL (natural gas liquids)

Journal Article · Mon Aug 25 04:00:00 EDT 1980 · Oil Gas J.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6401391

ProTec is suing DOE in an attempt to force DOE to modify propane pricing and allocation rules that make the construction of plants to extract propane from pipeline NGL near rural consuming centers, as ProTec proposes, economically unfeasible. According to ProTec, DOE has let more than two years pass without acting on ProTec's request for regulatory relief. ProTec can build plants that would remove only propane product from gas liquids pipelines. In the past, local field processing was common, but at present, there is a pronounced trend to shut down rural fractionators and move NGL to large fractionators. Rural users near NGL pipelines have to pay higher prices to cover the transport of NGL to the large fractionators and the return transport of propane to the area of use. ProTec suggests that DOE propane pricing and allocation rules do not accommodate innovative technology such as ProTec proposes.

• OSTI ID: 6401391
• Journal Information: Oil Gas J.; (United States), Journal Name: Oil Gas J.; (United States) Vol. 78:34; ISSN OIGJA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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03 NATURAL GAS
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FLUIDS
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NATURAL GAS LIQUIDS
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US DOE
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