SUBSCRIBER NOTE: Platts clarifies five US natural gas hub descriptions

Platts is clarifying descriptions at five trading locations in its North American natural gas surveys.

1. Texas Eastern, M-3 Platts is clarifying its description for Texas Eastern, M-3, by including language that specifically excludes from the survey transactions representing gas being delivered out of Texas Eastern to Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line at the Lower Chanceford interconnect.

The description will be:

Texas Eastern, M-3 (daily and monthly survey) Deliveries from Texas Eastern beginning at the outlet side of the Delmont compressor station in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, easterly to all points in the M3 market zone, except for deliveries to Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line at Lower Chanceford.

2. Algonquin, city-gates Platts is clarifying its description for Algonquin, city-gates, by incorporating language stating that the survey is inclusive of gas delivered to distributors' city-gates as well as additional facilities.

The description will be:

Algonquin, city-gates (daily and monthly survey) Deliveries from Algonquin Gas Transmission to all interconnects, distributors and end-use facilities in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

3. Chicago city-gates Platts is clarifying its description for Chicago city-gates by removing extraneous language in order to make the pipeline descriptions current and more concise.

The description will be:

Chicago city-gates (daily and monthly survey) Deliveries to the Nicor Gas, Peoples Gas Light & Coke, North Shore Gas, and Northern Indiana Public Service city-gates in the Chicago metropolitan area.

4. Dominion, North Point Platts is clarifying its description for Dominion, North Point, by removing extraneous language in order to make the pipeline descriptions current and more concise.

The description will be:

Dominion, North Point (daily survey only) Deliveries into Dominion Transmission starting at the Valley Gate delivery point at the end of Dominion's South Point system, about 40 miles northeast of Pittsburgh in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, and continuing north into New York and eastward across the state, crossing the Hudson River and terminating in Rensselaer County, near Albany, Troy and Schenectady, New York.

5. Dominion, South Point Platts is clarifying its description for Dominion, South Point, by removing extraneous language in order to make the pipeline descriptions current and more concise.

The description will be:

Dominion, South Point (Dominion, Appalachia in monthly survey) (daily and monthly survey) Deliveries into two Dominion Transmission main lines: One runs northeast from Warren County, Ohio, midway between Cincinnati and Dayton, and merges with the second line just northeast of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The second line runs from Buchanan County, Virginia, on the Virginia/West Virginia border north to the end of the zone at Valley Gate in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.

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