Due to unplanned repairs on the Sullivan City Line in SouthTexas, 10 meters upstream of valve 407D-102 will be out of servicefor the next seven to 10 days, Tennessee announced late Tuesdayafternoon.

Transwestern will take the #3 compressor down for maintenance atStation 3 (Leupp, AZ) Thursday and Friday, reducing West of Thoreaucapacity by about 140,000 MMBtu/d.

Florida Gas Transmission will conduct hydrostatic testing Oct.20-Nov. 30 on two sections of its 22-inch mainline directlydownstream of Station 4 in Zone 1. The outage will occur betweenmainline valves 4-0 and 4-2 in Matagorda and Brazoria Counties, TX,and cut flows into FGT from the MOPS and Magnet Withers receiptpoints to zero. The Coastal States Damon delivery point will beshut in. All gas entering FGT upstream of Station 4 must bedelivered upstream of the station. The first receipt point fordelivery to the Florida market will be NGPL Jefferson.

After taking competitive bids on third-party storage service tobe used for potential temporary balancing requirements beginningOct. 1, Tennessee awarded contracts to Hattiesburg/Petal GasStorage Companies in Mississippi on the 500 Leg and Egan HubPartners, L.P. in Louisiana on the 800 Leg. The companies werechosen on the basis of the most affordable injection, withdrawal,inventory and fuel charges.

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