Florida Gas Transmission declared a force majeure following aline break Thursday morning near Station 4 in Brazoria County, TX.The upstream MOPS, Danex MID Fields, HPL Magnet Withers, Live OakZella and Buckeye Burke receipt points were shut in until furthernotice, and affected shippers were given extended deadlines tore-source their gas. FGT Operations said Thursday afternoon itanticipated repairing the 22-inch mainline and returning it toservice by early this morning. The pipeline advised customers thatreceipt points upstream of Station 4 would become available fornominations during today’s Intraday 1 cycle.
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Mackenzie Delta Supplies Getting Closer
The driving force sought by promoters of Arctic natural gaspipelines is gathering steam as three senior Canadian productioncompanies revisit major northern discoveries they have sat on for aquarter of a century of unfavorable markets.
Transportation Notes
Destin Pipeline canceled Friday morning a force majeure that hadbeen issued on the previous afternoon due to a temporary shutdownof the BP Amoco Pascagoula (MS) Processing Plant. Destin had askedplatform operators to reduce production to 25% of scheduledquantities until the plant came back on-line.
Transportation Notes
Northern Natural Gas completed repairs and restored serviceWednesday after damage by a third party caused a force majeuresituation Tuesday on its East Leg. Line pressure was reduced andservice was curtailed temporarily downstream of Belleville(Lafayette County, WI).
Hydrate Problems Force Sable Curtailments
The Sable Offshore Energy Project has had to shut downproduction twice since starting operations Jan. 1. The firstincident occurred on Friday, Jan. 7, only a week after gas began toflow, when a sub-sea line started experiencing hydrate problems(essentially ice slug blockage). Then early last week the Sableprocessing plant onshore had to be evacuated because of a gas leakwarning. As of last Friday there was no prognosis on whenproduction would be restarted.
Hydrate Problems Force Sable Curtailments
The Sable Offshore Energy Project had to shut down productiontwice since starting operations Jan. 1. The first incident occurredon Friday Jan. 7 only a week after gas began to flow when a subsealine started experiencing hydrate problems (essentially ice slugblockage). Then early last week the Sable processing plant onshorehad to be evacuated because of a gas leak warning. As of lastFriday there was no prognosis on when production would berestarted.
GE Purchases Gas Turbine Maker
GE Power Systems expanded its already-significant turbinemanufacturing force with yesterday’s announced purchase ofWeatherford Global Compression Services’ Gemini division. Financialterms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
GE Purchases Gas Turbine Maker
GE Power Systems expanded its turbine manufacturing force withyesterday’s announced purchase of Weatherford Global CompressionServices’ Gemini division. Financial terms of the acquisition werenot disclosed.
Transportation Notes
Williams Field Services declared force majeure following aThursday morning fire and explosion at its Opal (WY) Lean OilPlant. The fire started about 6:30 a.m. MDT and a rich-oil heaterexploded shortly thereafter. The Lean Oil Plant was removed fromservice but two cryogenic units remained on-line. Volumes throughOpal were reduced to 430 MMcf/d from a normal maximum capacity of700 MMcf/d. However, WFS said it “does not anticipate significantreductions” in overall gas gathered behind the plant or in tailgatedeliveries to interconnecting pipelines.
Transportation Notes
Sonat declared a force majeure in connection with maintenancethat began Monday at its No.2 delivery point into East TennesseeNatural Gas and will last for about three weeks. No nominationswill be scheduled at the point during this project, Sonat said.