[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 91 (Thursday, May 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 21173]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11589]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP96-371-000]


Transwestern Pipeline Co.; Notice of Application for Abandonment

May 3, 1996.
    Take notice that on April 30, 1996, Transwestern Pipeline Company 
(Transwestern), 1400 Smith Street, Houston, Texas 77002, filed an 
application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act and Part 
157 of the Commission's Regulations for an order authorizing the 
abandonment and removal of Transwestern's Santa Fe Bilbrey Compressor 
Unit and Transwestern's Texaco Bilbrey Compressor Unit, both of which 
are located on Transwestern's Monument Lateral in Lea County, New 
Mexico. The application is on file with the Commission and open to 
public inspection.
    Transwestern states the following:
    Its Santa Fe Bilbrey Compressor Unit is a 1,000 horsepower rental 
field compressor unit which was installed in 1994 pursuant to Section 
157.208 of the Commission's regulations. Its Texaco Bilbrey Compressor 
Unit is a 750 horsepower rental unit which was installed in 1994. The 
production from behind the Santa Fe Bilbrey Compressor Unit and Texaco 
Bilbrey Compressor Unit never achieved the projected level, when 
combined, only average approximately 5 MMcf/day. The existing 
facilities are thus oversized for this minimal volume. It is therefore 
uneconomic for Transwestern to continue paying the approximately 
$30,000 per month rental payment and Transwestern has notified Santa Fe 
and Texaco that it is requesting Commission authority to abandon the 
compressors. Santa Fe and Texaco have agreed to provide their own 
compression to the extent and in the event they desire to continue 
transporting production from their Bilbrey wells on Transwestern's 
Monument Lateral. The requested abandonment is thus in the public 
convenience and necessity as it will save Transwestern money, not 
impact services provided by Transwestern, and if Santa Fe and Texaco 
install their own compression, enable production from the Bilbrey wells 
to continue to be transported on Transwestern's Monument Lateral.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before May 24, 1996, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20426, 
a motion to intervene or a protest in accordance with the requirements 
of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 
385.214) and the regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.10). 
All protests filed with the Commission will be considered by it in 
determining the appropriate action to be taken but will not serve to 
make the protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to 
become a party in any proceeding herein must file a motion to intervene 
in accordance with the Commission's rules.
    Take further notice that, pursuant to the authority contained in 
and subject to the jurisdiction conferred upon the Commission by 
Sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas Act and the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, a hearing will be held without further notice 
before the Commission or its designee on this application if no motion 
to intervene is filed within the time required herein, if the 
Commission on its own review of the matter finds that permission and 
approval for the proposed abandonment are required by the public 
convenience and necessity. If a motion for leave to intervene is timely 
filed, or if the Commission on its own motion believes that formal 
hearing is required, further notice of such hearing will be duly given.
    Under the procedure herein provided for, unless otherwise advised, 
it will be unnecessary for Transwestern to appear or to be represented 
at the hearing.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-11589 Filed 5-8-96; 8:45 am]
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