Averted

Transportation Notes

A potential Sonat shut-in of gas behind Toca, LA processingfacilities over the holiday weekend (see Daily GPI, Jan. 16) was averted. Repairs werecompleted at Enterprise’s Toca II plant and it resumed operationsSaturday evening, the pipeline said. That means bothEnterprise-operated facilities and the Western-operated plant “are nowprocessing all of the gas upstream of the plants based on theirrespective commercial arrangements,” Sonat added. It encouraged “allparties to maintain arrangements that will keep the processing plantsoperating at the level necessary to process all gas upstream of Toca.”

January 17, 2001

Blackouts Narrowly Averted, CA Still Crying for Help

“Hope” was the operative four-letter word in California last week if you had anything to do with the energy industry or government as Friday saw the previous day’s specter of rolling blackouts from razor-thin electricity reserves ease.

January 15, 2001

West Plunges; Heat Supports Prices in East

As many had expected, prospects of severe heat averted much ofthe softness that normally accompanies a Fourth of July weekend,considered the year’s lowest demand period. But that was true onlyin eastern markets Friday. The bottom was dropping out for pricesin the West, particularly at the Southern California border.

July 6, 1999
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