Late Monday afternoon El Paso declared a Strained Operating Condition for a draft condition on its entire system, effective with Tuesday’s gas day. The imbalance tolerance was set initially at 10%, but El Paso said it will reduce the tolerance “if conditions do not sufficiently improve. Increased loads on the system with takes in excess of scheduled quantities in combination with underperformance in the supply areas due to pipeline/producer interconnect maintenance and equipment outages due to high ambient [temperature] conditions and power failures is resulting in a draft to the system that could lead to a low linepack condition. Additionally, the power failures in the Permian/West Texas area are impacting compressor station operations and Washington Ranch [storage facility] is currently down as a result of a loss of power.” Interruptible Storage Service was suspended Tuesday until further notice.
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Transportation Notes
El Paso Natural declared a Strained Operating Condition (SOC) for a Draft condition on its entire system Friday. The imbalance tolerance was set initially at 10%, but El Paso said it would reduce the tolerance level if conditions did not improve sufficiently. “A combination of receipt underperformance and takes in excess of scheduled quantities has resulted in a substantial loss of linepack on EPNG’s system with linepack at approximately 7,200 MMcf,” the pipeline said. “Washington Ranch [storage facility] is on withdrawal at maximum rate.”
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