Failure

The failure of the Army Corps of Engineers to issue a permit more than two years after FERC approved the construction of the Connecticut-to-New York Islander East Pipeline is an “example of duplicative process, wasted resource and the right hand questioning the left hand’s actions” within the federal government, said Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho last Monday.

The failure of the Army Corps of Engineers to issue a permit more than two years after FERC approved the construction of the Connecticut-to-New York Islander East Pipeline is an “example of duplicative process, wasted resource and the right hand questioning the left hand’s actions” within the federal government, said Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho Monday.

A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report issued last week, which highlighted the failure of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to keep close tabs on public challenges of agency permitting and leasing decisions, revealed that BLM “[is] operating a program here with lackadaisical oversight,” said a spokesman for the House Resources Committee.

Southern California Gas issued a high-linepack OFO for Saturday.

Southern California Gas issued a high-linepack OFO for Saturday.

TransCanada reported being issued a declararation of force majeure for Sunday’s gas day by TransQuebec & Maritimes (TQM) due to a compressor failure at TQM Station #650 (Lachenaie) and unstable compressor operation at TQM Station #654 (East Hereford). East Hereford operated more favorably Monday than first anticipated, so TransCanada said it would consider small increases in deliveries there Tuesday and did not expect to restrict any service Wednesday, assuring operational conditions and nomination levels don’t change. Efforts to restore operation at Lachenaie continued Tuesday, but the expected duration of that outage was still unknown, TransCanada said.

Continuing gas demand growth in the Northeast along with the failure or delay of several previously proposed pipelines has left the region in serious need of new pipeline capacity. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line said last week the timing may be right for another expansion of its mainline and its Leidy Line from the Leidy Hub in Pennsylvania to markets in New York and New Jersey.

Continuing gas demand growth in the Northeast along with the failure or delay of several previously proposed pipelines has left the region in serious need of new pipeline capacity. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line said Monday the timing may be right for another expansion of its mainline and its Leidy Line from the Leidy Hub in Pennsylvania to markets in New York and New Jersey.

Questar reported experiencing a mechanical failure of unit #5 at its Clay Basin storage facility Sunday evening, and as a result, injection capacity was reduced by 20,000 Dth/d to 350,000 Dth/d for Tuesday’s gas day. The restriction will continue until repairs are completed.