A Nearly Empty Alabama Gas Pipeline Could Cost $47 Million
Published Date: 8/12/2026
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Summary
Dauphin Island Gathering Partners wants to shut down their entire natural gas pipeline system from offshore Alabama to Mobile Bay because the gas reserves are running out and keeping it open isn’t worth the cost. This project will cost about $47 million and affects anyone using their gas transportation services. If you want to speak up or get involved, you need to act before the deadline set by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Company seeks to abandon entire gas pipeline system
Dauphin Island Gathering Partners filed to abandon its entire Dauphin Island System, about 119.33 miles of 20- and 24-inch natural gas pipelines from Main Pass Block 164 and Main Pass Block 225 to the Mobile Bay Processing Plant near Coden, Mobile County, Alabama. The filing asks the Commission to allow abandonment of services provided under firm and interruptible transportation service agreements because attached reserves are depleted and continued service is economically infeasible; the company estimates the Project cost at $47.1 million.
How and when to challenge or comment
If you want to comment, protest, or become a party to the FERC proceeding you must act by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 6, 2026. There is no fee to file comments or a motion to intervene; filings may be made via eComment, eFiling, or paper mail and intervenors gain the right to request rehearing and later challenge Commission orders in federal court.
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