Transwestern declared force majeure at the Bloomfield (NM)Compressor Station after the #4 unit went down over the weekend.Repair downtime is uncertain pending the availability of parts, thepipeline said, but it hoped to have the unit back in serviceFriday. The outage reduces normal San Juan Lateral capacity of850,000 MMBtu/d to about 580,000 MMBtu/d today and about 800,000MMBtu/d Thursday.

Sonat canceled Tuesday an OFO Type 22 it had implemented Monday fornine groups on its South Georgia system (see Daily GPI, Oct. 10).

Partial completion of work on the Grand Chenier (LA) Station’sdehydration unit allowed an increase in station capacity from500,000 Dth/d to 625,000 Dth/d Tuesday, ANR said. Return to fullcapacity of 725,000 Dth/d is expected to be around Oct. 20.

CIG is considering a possible extension of its Cucharas Lateralin Huerfano County, CO. The project would involve building about 12miles of 8-inch pipe running west from Little Bear Meter Station(the lateral’s current western terminus) to a new terminus locatedapproximately in Section 10, Township 28 South, Range 69 West, inHuerfano County. Parties interested in getting service on theproposed extension should call Roland Harris at (719) 520-4380.

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