UGI Corp. (UGI) : Marcellus Shale Infrastructure

By Andrea: http://oilshalegas.com

UGI Corp. (UGI) plans to anti up their stakes in the Marcellus shale by investing roughly $300 million into projects dedicated to the development of natural gas.

Lon R. Greenberg, chairman and chief executive officer of UGI, said, "The natural gas in the Marcellus Shale region of Pennsylvania is in areas in which we have a significant amount of assets, including much of our utility and gas marketing service territories. We believe these and future projects will provide our utility and transportation service customers with cost effective and reliable gas supply. Our ultimate investment will depend on many factors, but given our strategic assets, supplier relationships, customer base and expertise in energy logistics, we are confident in our ability to invest wisely for the benefit of our stakeholders."

Among these investments are the recently announced agreement between UGI's midstream and energy marketing unit, UGI Energy Services, Inc., and NiSource Gas Transmission and Storage (NGT&S) to market and develop a major pipeline project to provide Marcellus Shale producers in Pennsylvania improved access to high-value markets. This project would be subject to approval by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and is planned to be available for service in late 2012.

In addition, UGI plans to enhance the delivery options from its Meeker and Tioga storage fields located in north central Pennsylvania by drilling additional storage wells and adding dehydration and compression capacity. UGI's storage fields are ideally situated to enable Marcellus gas to efficiently serve temperature sensitive end-use markets. In addition, the fields are connected to UGI's gas utility distribution system, as well as to the Dominion Gas Transmission, Inc. and Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company interstate pipeline systems. The proposed pipeline by NGT&S and UGI also would connect to these storage fields. This storage enhancement project, which would be subject to regulatory approval, is planned to be available for service in 2013.

Additional projects to construct gathering facilities and purchase gas from Marcellus producers would bring locally produced gas to Pennsylvania and interstate markets during 2012. These projects would not be subject to FERC approval.

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