Order issuing Dominion Transmission, Inc certificate for authority to construct & operate certain facilities at its Fink Storage Field in Lewis County, WV, etc under CP04-49.

# UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 107 FERC * 61, 300 FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION Before Commissioners: Pat Wood, III, Chairman; Nora Mead Brownell, Joseph T. Kelliher, and Suedeen G. Kelly. Dominion Transmission, Inc. Docket No.CP04-49- 000 ORDER ISSUING CERTIFICATE (Issued June 22, 2004) 1. On December 24, 2003, Dominion Transmission, Inc. (DTI) filed an application under section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for authority to construct and operate certain facilities at its Fink Storage Field in Lewis County, West Virginia, for the purpose of converting 15 existing oil field wells to natural gas storage facilities and connecting them to DTIs existing Sweeney compressor station in order to conduct an inventory recycling operation. Additionally, DTI seeks to expand the active reservoir boundary and add a protective boundary around the active storage pool. 2. Approval of DTIs proposal will serve the public interest by allowing DTI to maintain performance and reliability of its existing Fink Storage Field operations and reduce the potential for storage gas to move beyond pool boundaries. Accordingly, the Commission is granting DTIs requested certificate authorization, subject to the conditions herein. Background and proposal 3. DTI is a natural gas company subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission.[1] DTI is engaged primarily in the business of storing and transporting natural gas in New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. 4. The Fink Storage Field, which is part of the Fink-Kennedy/Lost Creek Storage Complex (FKLC) is located in central West Virginia, primarily in Lewis County. FKLC is comprised of three storage reservoirs (Fink, Kennedy, and Lost Creek reservoirs) running west to east for approximately 26 miles. The three storage reservoirs were developed sequentially, with operations beginning at Fink in 1941. Kennedy was authorized for storage operations in 1953, and Lost Creek was authorized in 1974. The three reservoirs are now operated as a fully integrated storage pool, with a current total certificated area of approximately 52,717 acres. 5. The Fink Storage Field consists of a network of injection and withdrawal wells, one storage reservoir and delivery facilities. The Sweeney Compressor Station is operated in the Fink Storage Pool and the Fink Storage Pool also shares the Lightburn Compressor Station with the Kennedy and Lost Creek Storage Pools. DTI is the sole operator of the facility.[2] 6. At the FKLC, gas is stored in the Lower Mississippi/Upper Devonian aged Gantz Sandstone. The Fink Oil Field is also geologically connected to the gas storage fields in the FKLC. From the late 1800...