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Title: Experiences Of Dispatching Sng And LNG
Author: Robert L. Guidi
Source: American Gas Association 1976
Year Published: 1976
Abstract: In June of 1971, Transcontinental Pipeline Company, our primary supplier, notified Brooklyn Union that for the first time in the 20 years since natural gas began flowing north to New York City, they would be forced to curtail our firm daily volumes due to a Transco system- wide shortage. That months curtailment was small, only 7% of Transcos total firm monthly contracted quantity with us. However, it had a profound impact ai Brooklyn Union Gas because it marked the end of guaranteed continuous and increasing supplies of pipeline natural gas. By October 1974, Transco was curtailing their firm rate to us by 32% or 2.3 BCF per month and Texas Eastern Transmission Company was curtailing their firm rate to us by 17% or .2 BCF per month. Our margin of supply over customer requirement was so small heading into the 1974-75 winter that colder than normal weather or a delay in starttip of our SNG plant, scheduled for November 1, could have resulted in serious shortages, Whatever anxieties Brooklyn Union had about plant start-up vanished in that month. On October 31, 1974, our SNG plant began its first full production season. 190 days later, it had produced 9.8 BCF of synthetic gas, approximately 15% of that winters requirements, with an average heating value of 980 BTU. After 3 years of experiencing a decreasing margin of supply over requirement, Brooklyn Union began looking forward to a more secure supply position.

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