Daily

The gains made earlier this week were not sustained yesterday asmost points on GPI’s Daily survey lost between a couple cents and adime. Spot points in the Midcontinent, California and the Rockieswere the exception, however, as most registered flat to decreasesof just a penny or two; some even managed small increases.

Tennessee delayed pigging operations on the Blue Water System,originally scheduled for Monday and today (see Daily GPI, March 6), tentatively until Thursday andFriday of this week. No service restrictions are expected, butproducers may experience higher than normal pressures.

NGI’s Daily Gas Price Index incorrectly stated that “active”ownership by a class of market participants in a regionaltransmission organization (RTO) was limited to a benchmark of 25%.The correct level is 15%. Active ownership of RTOs by either aclass of market participants or an individual market participantwill cease after a five-year period, “with an extension possible incertain circumstances,” FERC said last week on rehearing of Order2000, which promotes the formation of RTOs in the electricitymarket.

A peak at some producer year-end results suggests average dailydomestic gas production could be down about 3% 1998 to 1999.

Westcoast ended a force majeure late Wednesday at the Pine RiverPlant (see Daily GPI, Jan. 13) that hadcaused the curtailment of about 45 MMcf/d. A minor outage at thesmaller Highway Plant also has been resolved, Westcoast said Thursday.

After raising its IT availability into the Zone 6-NYC pool to itshighest level in more than a month Tuesday (see Daily GPI, Jan. 11), Transco said that effectiveFriday there will be only about 25,000 dth/d of IT available throughthe Linden (NJ) Regulator Station and zero IT upstream of Station 90and on the Leidy Line for deliveries downstream of Centerville, NJ.

MRT lifted Wednesday an OFO affecting interruptible gas north ofthe Glendale, AR, Station (see Daily GPI,Jan. 5).

Sonat is canceling today an OFO Type 3 that was implemented Tuesdayfor seven market-area groups (see Daily GPI, Dec. 28). The pipeline also said it hadresolved mechanical problems at the Bear Creek (LA) Storage Field.

Northwest lifted Tuesday an entitlement for undertakes north ofKemmerer (WY) Station that had begun a week earlier (see Daily GPI, Nov. 10). Although linepack has returned toan acceptable level, the pipeline said, Jackson Prairie storage”remains virtually full with approximately 300,000 [dekatherms] ofavailable physical capacity.” Northwest is not authorizing anyimbalance paybacks until further notice.