El Paso said it has determined that a pipe anomaly between the Eunice and Pecos River Stations will require replacement of about 80 feet of pipe, which will begin at 8 a.m. MST Thursday and is expected to take 12 hours. The reduction in segment capacity will be about 200 MMcf/d out of a base capacity of 400 MMcf/d. The IPENNWELL interconnect will be completely shut in for the duration of the work, but based on current levels of throughput, El Paso expects minimal service impact.

Dominion reported experiencing some unexpected problems while testing Maxwell Station. Dominion had hoped to return the station to service later this week, but now says it will not be back in service until next Monday at the earliest. Production in bubbles 3214 and 4401 must remain shut in for the time being.

Effective Jan. 1, 2007, Questar Pipeline Co. (QPC) will abandon by sale to Questar Overthrust Pipeline Co. (QOPC) its Tie Line (TL) 90, consisting of 20.3 miles of 20-inch diameter pipeline extending from QPC’s Eakin Compressor Station to an interconnection with Kern River’s Muddy Creek Compressor Station; and Jurisdictional Lateral 99, consisting of 0.22 miles of 10-inch diameter pipeline extending from the Kern River interconnect at the northern end of TL 90 to the Western Market Center interconnection. The abandonment and sale was authorized by FERC in an Oct. 11 order [CP06-395-000]. QPC will continue to serve customers on TL 90 by using its firm capacity on the QOPC system.

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