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CIG said it had completed repairs to the Totem Storage Field dehydration facility and would complete commissioning operations there Sunday (March 7). The associated force majeure will be terminated Monday, CIG said, and a restoration of full withdrawal operations will be implemented then.

CIG said it had completed repairs to the Totem Storage Field dehydration facility and would complete commissioning operations there Sunday (March 7). The associated force majeure will be terminated Monday, CIG said, and a restoration of full withdrawal operations will be implemented then.

The story “Construction Starts on California Gas Storage Field” (see Daily GPI, Jan. 13) misstated the length of a pipeline that will be built to connect the Gill Ranch natural gas storage facility currently under construction in the San Joaquin Valley of California to PG&E’s existing transmission backbone pipeline (No. 401) north of Panoche, CA. The actual length of the to-be-built pipeline is 25 miles. NGI regrets the error.

In an unusual move, Blue Sky Gas Storage LLC has declined a certificate from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to construct and operate a natural gas storage field and related pipelines in Colorado, citing limited access to capital and credit to pursue the project.

In an unusual move, Blue Sky Gas Storage LLC has declined a certificate from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to construct and operate a natural gas storage field and related pipelines in Colorado, citing limited access to capital and credit to pursue the project.

CIG reported that during the final stages of repairs to its Totem Storage Field dehydration facility it encountered additional issues that prevented it from restoring full withdrawal capacity Thursday as previously planned (see Daily GPI, Dec. 17). Effective with Intraday 1 (Cycle 3) nominations for Thursday, Totem withdrawals were being reduced to the prorated scheduled quantity, CIG said, and any additional withdrawal nominations for subsequent cycles would be cut to zero until further notice. Injections remain unaffected by this outage, CIG noted.

Looking to expand its oil and natural gas field services operations in Western Canada while gaining a foothold in Alaska, Calgary-based Total Energy Services Inc. has agreed to acquire the drilling services, rental and transportation business currently operated by DC Energy Services Inc. for C$44.5 million (US$42 million), the company said Tuesday.

Williams Field Services (WFS) reported postponing emergency maintenance on the Turbo Expander Plant (TXP) 3 unit at its Opal Plant in Wyoming that had been scheduled for Thursday and Friday (a previous posting had said the maintenance would be on TXP 5). A new date for the work, which was expected to reduce plant processing capacity by an estimated 250 MMcf/d, will be communicated when it becomes available, WFS said.

Williams Field Services (WFS) said it will continue emergency maintenance on the Turbo Expander Plant 5 unit at its Opal Plant in Wyoming with installation of the repaired reboiler unit beginning Thursday. The work, which is expected to be completed Friday, will reduce plant processing capacity by an estimated 250 MMcf/d. “Barring any unforeseen delays, nominations can return to pre-maintenance levels” beginning with Saturday’s gas day, WFS said.