Achievements

In a message to shippers Tuesday, Southern Natural President Jim Yardley highlighted the pipeline’s winter achievements following significant damage from last fall’s hurricanes. He said all firm transportation and storage service requests and nearly all interruptible requests were honored. A system-wide operational flow order (OFO) was required on only one gas day. And gas supply flowing through the offshore system in the Gulf of Mexico and the Toca, LA, compressor station, both of which were damaged heavily by Hurricane Katrina, is at or above pre-Katrina levels. Working storage inventory also is at historically high levels and likely will end the winter at levels well above last year, Yardley said. Meanwhile, repair work is expected to be completed at the end of April on remaining damaged laterals in the Gulf and on damaged compressor engines at Toca. Repairs to the Olga compressor station, southeast of New Orleans, have not been made.