Natural Gas Data Collection Program Package

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
Washington, DC 20585

Form Approved
OMB No. XXXX-XXXX
Expiration Date: XX/XX/20XX

NATURAL GAS PROCESSING PLANT SURVEY
FORM EIA-757
INSTRUCTIONS
QUESTIONS
If you have any questions on the Form EIA-757, please contact
Lejla Alic at (202) 586-0858 ([email protected]).

PURPOSE
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) Form EIA-757,
“Survey of Natural Gas Processing Plants” is used to collect
information on the capacity, status, and operations of natural gas
processing plants and to monitor constraints of natural gas
processing plants during periods of supply disruption in areas
affected by an emergency, such as a hurricane.

WHO MUST SUBMIT
Each recipient of Form EIA-757 must submit responses to each
question on Form EIA-757 for the domestic natural gas processing
plant identified in the notification letter, email or telephone call. In
cases in which one recipient receives notification to report for more
than one natural gas processing plant, the recipient must submit
separate responses for each natural gas processing plant identified
by the EIA.
Some recipients only receive Schedule A. Companies receiving
notification to report Schedule B: “Emergency Status Report”
information were selected by the EIA from a list of all domestic
natural gas processing plants based on proximity to the natural gas
supply disruption and plant capacity.

WHEN TO REPORT
Recipients of Form EIA-757 are required to submit responses to
each question on the form according to the collection schedule
listed in the notification letter, email and/or phone call. The
collection schedule will specify the Schedule or Schedules to
complete and how often, when and where to submit the data. Each
submission should include the most current information possible.
The recipient will be notified of any changes to the collection
schedule via email or telephone.

WHERE TO SUBMIT
Responses to all questions on Form EIA-757 may be submitted by
facsimile, email, secure file transfer, telephone, or mail.
Fax responses to:
(202) 586-1076
Email responses to:
[email protected]
Secure File Transfer:
https://idc.eia.doe.gov/upload/notice757.jsp.

Give response over the telephone by calling:
(877) 800-5261

If the above submission methods are inaccessible, operators
may submit their responses via mail to:
U.S. Department of Energy
Oil & Gas Survey, EIA-757
P.O. Box 279
Washington, DC 20044-0279

COPIES OF THE SURVEY FORM AND
INSTRUCTIONS
Copies in portable document format (PDF) and spreadsheet format
(XLS) are available at
www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/natural_gas/survey_forms/nat_survey_for
ms.html
You may also request copies by contacting Lejla Alic at (202) 5860858 ([email protected]).

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
Report all responses as of the date and time specified in the
notification letter, e-mail or phone call, on the day of submission.
Any changes or revisions should be reported in the next survey.
Report actual values or, if necessary, report estimated values.
Report all quantities, as appropriate, in the nearest whole number in
million cubic feet per day (MMcf per day).
Schedule A is the “Baseline Report”, which will be collected from
all processing plants at most once every 3 years.
Schedule B is the “Emergency Status Report”, which will only be
activated during an emergency situation that impacts the supply of
natural gas to consumers. Schedule B will be collected only from
those processing plants in areas where the natural gas supply
disruption has occurred. The schedule of report submission will be
specified in the notification e-mail, letter, fax or phone call. In
addition, if it has been more than 1 year since Schedule A was
submitted, respondents to Schedule B may also be asked to submit
an updated Schedule A.

SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS
Plant Identification
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EIA ID Number is a unique identifier provided by EIA.
The plant address is the physical location of the plant.
Do not use a P.O. Box or corporate address.
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Contacts
The primary and secondary contacts should be personnel with
working knowledge of the plant, such as managerial personnel at
the operating company. For example, the contact person should be
able to provide capacity, flow, and pipeline data to EIA, as well as
be able to describe any damage to the processing plant and to
estimate restoration timeframes if there is damage to the plant. The
phone, fax and email information should allow EIA to locate this
person during an emergency. Because of the rapid turnaround of
Schedule B, the secondary contact will be contacted if the primary
respondent cannot be reached by EIA within a reasonable
timeframe.

If the plant has no capacity constraints or operating constraints
resulting from the supply emergency, please check the boxes
labeled NONE in Part 5. If there are capacity or operating
constraints, only check or indicate constraints that have arisen since
occurred. Check all conditions that apply.

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Internal Constraints are defined as conditions of the physical
plant facility, including the complex of structures, machinery
and associated equipment, and/or operating personnel that
result in a reduction in the plant’s current operating capacity.
Internal constraints include:
- Building infrastructure including damage to physical
plant buildings and facilities;
- Employee or operator availability, or physical access to
the plant is reduced or eliminated;
- Damage to electronic or operational equipment that either
reduce or remove the ability to operate the plant;
- Communications,
including
SCADA
systems,
telecommunications and interpersonal communication
devices necessary to operate the plant are damaged;
- Debris or foreign matter is present at the processing plant
as a result of , and is limiting plant capacity;
- Flooding or water damage;
- Other constraints of the processing plant, not listed
above, that have reduced the processing capacity of the
plant. For instance, if there is a reduction in the plant’s
capability to generate electricity, please note it here.
- None – There are no limitations on plant capacity caused
by conditions of the physical plant facility. None of the
conditions listed above, apply.

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External Constraints are defined as conditions that are external
to the processing plant, the complex of structures, machinery
and associated equipment, that reduce the operating capability
of the plant to processing natural gas. External constraints
include:
- Upstream supply constraints such as pipeline supplies to
the plant have been reduced since ;
- Downstream infrastructure constraints including a
reduction in the capacity of natural gas and/or liquids
pipeline(s) exiting the plant, or the capacity of
downstream fractionators or other facilities to take the
products from the processing plant;
- Downstream demand reduction resulting from . For example, an industrial facility that typically
consumes the processed products may have been
damaged by leading to a decrease in
demand.
- Power sources including reduced electricity available
from outside the plant. (Constraints in self-generated
electrical power should be listed above, under internal
constraints – Other.)

Schedule A: Baseline Report
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Dry natural gas: Natural gas which remains after: 1) the
liquefiable hydrocarbon portion has been removed from the
gas stream (i.e., gas after lease, field, and/or plant separation);
and 2) any volumes of nonhydrocarbon gases have been
removed where they occur in sufficient quantity to render the
gas unmarketable. Note: Dry natural gas is also known as
consumer-grade natural gas. The parameters for measurement
are cubic feet at 60 degrees Fahrenheit and 14.73 pounds per
square inch absolute.

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Natural gas liquids (NGL): Those hydrocarbons in natural gas
that are separated from the gas as liquids through the process
of absorption, condensation, adsorption, or other methods in
gas processing or cycling plants. Generally such liquids
consist of propane and heavier hydrocarbons and are
commonly referred to as lease condensate, natural gasoline,
and liquefied petroleum gases. Natural gas liquids include
natural gas plant liquids (primarily ethane, propane, butane,
and isobutane) and lease condensate (primarily pentanes
produced from natural gas at lease separators and field
facilities.)

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Pipeline Type: Indicate by checking the appropriate boxes,
whether the pipeline enters or exits the plant and if the
pipeline transports wet gas, processed gas or liquids.

•

Primary Pipeline(s): Primary pipelines are the largest capacity
pipelines that are connected, either entering or exiting the
processing plant.

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Wet natural gas: A mixture of hydrocarbon compounds and
small quantities of various nonhydrocarbons existing in the
gaseous phase or in solution with crude oil in porous rock
formations at reservoir conditions. The principal hydrocarbons
normally contained in the mixture are methane, ethane,
propane, butane, and pentane. Typical nonhydrocarbon gases
that may be present in reservoir natural gas are water vapor,
carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, nitrogen and trace amounts
of helium. Under reservoir conditions, natural gas and its
associated liquefiable portions occur either in a single gaseous
phase in the reservoir or in solution with crude oil and are not
distinguishable at the time as separate substances. Note: The
Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial
Accounting Standards Board refer to this product as natural
gas.

Schedule B: Emergency Status Report
Complete Schedule B only in response to EIA’s request for this
information.

Current Post-Emergency Plant Restoration
Complete Part 6, Current Estimate of Plant Restoration, if the
operational status of your plant has been affected by ,
and you have indicated in Part 5 that there are internal constraints.
This section refers to the recovery of, at least, the dehydration
function of the plant. Once the dehydration function has been fully
restored to pre-event levels, Part 6 does not need to be completed.
If you need to change any of the information previously reported,
please indicate the revision in the area in Part 6 provided for
response explanations, and provide a reason for the revision.

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PROVISIONS FOR CONFIDENTIALITY OF
INFORMATION
The information reported on Form EIA-757 will be protected and
not disclosed to the public to the extent that it satisfies the criteria
for exemption under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5
U.S.C. §552, the Department of Energy (DOE) regulations, 10
C.F.R. §1004.11, implementing the FOIA, and the Trade Secrets
Act, 18 U.S.C. §1905.
The Federal Energy Administration Act requires the EIA to provide
company-specific data to other Federal agencies when requested
for official use. The information reported on this form may also be
made available, upon request, to another DOE component; to any
Committee of Congress, the Government Accountability Office, or
other Federal agencies authorized by law to receive such
information. A court of competent jurisdiction may obtain this
information in response to an order. The information may be used
for any nonstatistical purposes such as administrative, regulatory,
law enforcement, or adjudicatory purposes.
Company specific data are also provided to other DOE offices for
the purpose of examining specific operations in the context of
emergency response planning and actual emergencies.
Disclosure limitation procedures are not applied to the statistical
data published from this survey’s information. Thus, there may be
some statistics that are based on data from fewer than three
respondents, or that are dominated by data from one or two large
respondents. In these cases, it may be possible for a knowledgeable
person to estimate the information reported by a specific
respondent.

SANCTIONS
The timely submission of Form EIA-757 by those required to
report is mandatory under Section 13(b) of the Federal Energy
Administration Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-275), as amended.
Failure to respond may result in a civil penalty of not more than
$2,750 each day for each violation, or a fine of not more than
$5,000 for each willful violation.

FILING FORMS WITH FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND ESTIMATED
REPORTING BURDEN
Respondents are not required to file or reply to any Federal
collection of information unless it has a valid OMB control
number. Public reporting burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 0.5 hours per response for Schedule A; 1.5
hours per response for Schedule B, including the time of reviewing
instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and
maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the
collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden
estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information
including suggestions for reducing this burden to: Energy
Information Administration, Statistics and Methods Group, EI-70,
1000 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 20585; and to
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

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