Compressor

Transwestern declared force majeure at its Gallup (NM)Compressor Station Tuesday after a unit went down during the nightdue to an electrical problem. San Juan Lateral capacity was reducedto 760,000 MMBtu/d. The pipeline replaced the electrical part andwill have the unit back in service for today’s gas day.

Northwest issued a Declared Stage II Entitlement for deliverypoints north of the Kemmerer (WY) Compressor Station, effectiveSaturday until further notice. The purpose was to prevent customerdrafting of the system and to preserve Northwest’s Jackson Prairiestorage inventory, the pipeline said. A Receiving Party is subjectto penalties for delivery point takes of more than 8% above itsconfirmed nominations.

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.

Due to scheduled maintenance, one compressor unit will beunavailable at Koch Gateway’s Koran (LA) Station for 30 daysstarting Oct. 2, reducing station capacity by 22 MMcf/d. Worklasting about 30 days began Tuesday on a unit at the Montpelier(LA) Station, cutting capacity on the 30-inch Kosciusko Line fromMontpelier by 50 MMcf/d.

The #1 compressor at Roswell (NM) Station became unavailableFriday due to a bearing failure, causing a 30 MMcf/d reduction inSan Juan Crossover capacity, El Paso said. Repairs were expected tohave been completed Saturday.

Due to a compressor failure at its Riner Station, Williamsdeclared a force majeure situation on Line Segments 490 and 491.Necessary repairs are expected to be completed by next Monday’s gasday. Since capacity in the two segments has been reduced,maintenance originally scheduled for the week of Aug. 21 at theCheyenne and Ogallah Stations will be done this week to minimizedisruptions during August, Williams said.

Kinder Morgan Interstate will begin maintenance today on twounits at the Casper (WY) Compressor Station. For today’s gas dayonly Casper capacity will be reduced by 120,000 MMBtu/d, which KMIanticipates will impact upstream receipts Segments 10, 30, 40, 43,710 and 720, including both rich and lean supplies. StartingWednesday only one of the two units will be out of service at atime through Sept. 29. During this period Casper capacity will bereduced by 36,000 MMBtu/d, affecting the same segments as describedabove. Depending on nomination levels, IT/AOR, secondary and someprimary volumes risk not being scheduled. Deliveries to theNGC/KMIGT Casper Natrona and WBI/KMIGT Lost Cabin Bridger pointswill help alleviate the situation, KMI said.

Reliant said the #2 compressor unit at Chandler Station (LatimerCounty, OK) is down with a cylinder problem. As of Monday theestimated downtime was two weeks.

Texas Eastern will replace a main line valve at the discharge ofthe Angleton Compressor Station south of Houston today andThursday, causing the shut-in of the Reliant HL&P,Amoco-Spencer Highway and Big Three Industries meters. The projectpreviously had been scheduled to start Monday, June 5. Due tovolumes currently scheduled in the South Texas/East Texas Zones,the pipeline will not accept any due-pipe nominations or supplylength in TABS-1 pools during this work.