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Florida Gas Transmission extended an Overage Alert Day notice forthe area east of Station 12 (see Daily GPI, July 30) through at least Friday’s gasday. The tolerance for daily negative imbalances remained at 3%.

Flows will be scheduled to zero through the constrained area asNGPL performs a class upgrade Aug. 3-5 on its A/G Line near Station802 (Lamar County, TX). A similar restriction will occur Aug. 3-4as NGPL lowers the Arkoma Line near Station 812 (Atoka County, OK).See the bulletin board for details on the constraint locations.

Northern Natural Gas extended a System Underrun Limitation orderfor all market-area zones through Monday. The SUL was initiatedTuesday to guard against excessive linepack (see Daily GPI, June 30).

Northern Natural Gas had a System Underrun Limitation in effectTuesday for all market-area zones to guard against excessivelinepack.

Coastal Field Services Co. made a small increase in itsinterests in Gulf of Mexico Mobile Bayarea and gained the companyoption to increase its share significantly more.

Northern Natural Gas declared a System Underrun Limitation forSunday, June 20, in market-area Zones ABC, D and E/F to guardagainst excessive supplies.

In a draft order the FERC approved Northwest Pipeline’s mainlineexpansion plans in the Columbia River Gorge area of WashingtonState. The expansion will add 10,870 horsepower of compression atthree existing stations, increasing mainline capacity by 50,000Dth/d between the Stanfield, OR, meter station, where Northwestinterconnects with PG&E Gas Transmission-Northwest, andNorthwest’s interconnect with Sumas International Pipeline (SIPI)near Sumas, WA. (Dockets CP98-554-000 and CP98-554-001)

After briefly testing resistance in the $2.00 area Wednesdaymorning, the futures market continued its journey lower as traderswere able to look past the short-term bullish impacts of coldweather and associated pipeline operational flow orders to focus onthe longer-term implications of storage and forecasts calling forwarmer weather. The February contract finished 4.4-cents lower at$1.931.

Koch Gateway Pipeline is planning a new 600 MMcf/d pipelineexpansion from the Grand Isle, LA, area to Koch’s mainline inLouisiana. The project is designed to meet increasing demand fromdeep-water Gulf of Mexico producers seeking new delivery capacityand will complement Koch’s recently proposed Sea Star Pipeline. SeaStar is expected to deliver 660 MMcf/d of gas to Grand Isleprocessing plants from the South Pass and West Delta South Additionof the Offshore Continental Shelf.