Southern Natural Gas said its shut-in test of the Muldon (MS) Storage Field from Tuesday through April 20 constitutes a force majeure event and it will reduce CSS customers’ injection and withdrawal quotas on a pro rata basis during the test. See the bulletin board for details.

Tennessee said it has determined that repairs are required on the electric motors that drive the two D Building compressors at Compressor Station 54 in Greenville, MS. The work will be completed one unit at a time, beginning Tuesday, with an estimated duration of approximately two weeks per unit, the pipeline said. It could result in volume restrictions through the station that will result in a pro rata reduction of Secondary Out of the Path nominations.

Kern River said maintenance on Unit #2 at Salt Lake Compressor Station that had been scheduled for Wednesday through Thursday was completed ahead of schedule, which allowed operational capacity through the Veyo segment to return to the normal monthly capacity of 2,081,000 Dth/d effective with Intraday 1 nominations for Thursday’s gas day.

Rockies Express (REX) said it has received approval from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to raise the MAOP (maximum allowable operating pressure) of its REX-West system from 1,332 to 1,480 pounds per square inch gauge. This is applicable for all of REX-West, which spans from the Cheyenne Hub in Weld County, CO, to Audrain County, MO, the pipeline said.

©Copyright 2009Intelligence Press Inc. All rights reserved. The preceding news reportmay not be republished or redistributed, in whole or in part, in anyform, without prior written consent of Intelligence Press, Inc.