TransCanada yesterday was continuing to evaluate an electronicfailure on its 36-inch Western Alberta System. A tool used duringan in-line inspection run failed. Arrival of a de-watering pig atthe Knight compressor station has been delayed until about noonmountain time today. Work on the system between the Miekle Riverand Knight compressor station in northwestern Alberta began May 31,impacting receipt capacity by about 1 Bcf/d. The system should beup to regular flows again some time by Saturday, a spokesman said.The outage had been scheduled to end June 9.

Kern River said some problems with the Rapids II Version 3.20release have been discovered that warrant an update to the release.Users are advised to download and install an executable file assoon as possible since one of the problems affects externalcommunications to the database and results in a reduction in systemperformance. Instructions are available on the Kern bulletin board.

Panhandle Eastern said it will take six days beginning Monday toinstall on-stream cleaning facilities on the Edgerton 100 lineaffecting 100 MMcf/d of capacity.

Westcoast Energy’s McMahon plant went back on line yesterdayafter shutting earlier Thursday for electrical problems.Westcoast’s Fort Nelson plant in British Columbia is shut down,affecting 80 to 100 MMcf/d until June 28.

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