Williams Partners Places Expansion Project into ServiceWilliams Partners placed into service its Virginia Southside II expansion project, the fifth of Transco's "Big 5" expansions to be placed into service.The Williams Partners' fully-contracted expansion projects - Gulf Trace, Hillabee Phase 1, Dalton, New York Bay and Virginia Southside II - combine to add more than 2.8 MMdth/d of firm transportation capacity to Transco pipeline system, increasing Transco's design capacity by nearly 25%.The Virginia Southside II project expands Transco's capacity by 250,000 dth/d to supply Dominion Virginia Power's new electric generation facility in Greensville County.Alaskan Oil Lease Sale Brings Few BidsAn oil-and-gas lease sale that raised concerns with environmentalists due to the vast amount of acres offered in Arctic Alaska drew few bids, government officials said.The sale was the latest move by the administration of President Donald Trump, supporting his pledge to make the United States "energy dominant" by boosting output of oil, natural gas and coal.Seven bids were received, covering about 80,000 acres - or less than 1% of the 10.3 million acres offered in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) by the administration. It was, by far, more territory than ever offered in any of the previous 12 NPR-A lease sales held since 1999.ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc., in partnership with Anadarko Petroleum Corp, submitted the seven bids, totaling $1.16 million, for tracts in the NPR-A. Results were revealed in a bid opening conducted in Anchorage by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
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