Kern

Citing low linepack on upstream pipeline Kern River, Southwest Gas issued a Hold Burn to Scheduled Quantities notice Wednesday. Southwest asked shippers to limit actual takes to no more than their scheduled nominations.

Pacific Gas and Electric ended a two-day Stage 2 high-inventory OFO Sunday.

Icy conditions building from the Midcontinent and Texas through the Southeast and heavy snowfalls predicted in the Northeast and Midwest failed to revive most of the cash market Thursday. Only Northeast citygates, where spikes were most often in triple digits, got a significant boost from the new blast of arctic cold enveloping most of North America.

Icy conditions building from the Midcontinent and Texas through the Southeast and heavy snowfalls predicted in the Northeast and Midwest failed to revive most of the cash market Thursday. Only Northeast citygates, where spikes were most often in triple digits, got a significant boost from the new blast of arctic cold enveloping most of North America.

Only a day after implementing it, MRT said it would lift a cold weather-related System Protection Warning Wednesday.

Tricor Ten Section Hub LLC said a nonbinding open season for its planned storage project in southern Kern County 10 miles southwest of Bakersfield, CA, which closed Sept. 30, resulted in “significant over subscription for firm service,” as well as additional bids for interruptible and hub services.

Occidental Petroleum Corp. made a “significant” discovery of oil and gas reserves in Kern County, CA, the company said Wednesday. Approximately two-thirds of the discovery is believed to be natural gas.

Pacific Gas & Electric did not extend a customer-specific low-inventory OFO beyond Wednesday.

Southwest Gas said it declared a “hold to burn notice” Wednesday due to scheduled system maintenance on Kern River.