Lateral

NGPL declared a force majeure after discovering a line leak on the Fletcher Lateral near Compressor Station 156 in Caddo County, OK. The impacted pipe section has been taken out of service and until further notice the Kerr-McGee-Patterson #1-8 receipt point is unavailable for transport services, NGPL said.

Schlumberger Ltd. is seeing continued strength in its North American operations in part because of its hydraulic fracturing (fracking) technology, which is reducing time and costs to complete a well, management said Friday.

Eagle Ford Gathering LLC, a joint venture (JV) of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP and Copano Energy LLC, has executed two long-term agreements to provide transportation, processing and fractionation services to two operators in the Eagle Ford Shale, expanding its already significant contracted production in the South Texas play.

Florida Gas Transmission ended Friday an Overage Alert after a two-day run.

Meritage Midstream Services has completed and begun flowing gas on the Fasken Ranch lateral pipeline, which is an extension of the company’s Eagle Ford Escondido Gathering System in Webb County, TX.

ANR said it has cut available capacity for the Muttonville Lateral in Michigan from 100,000 Dth/d to 40,000 Dth/d until further notice.

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP is holding a 30-day nonbinding open season for its Marcellus Lateral Project, which would offer natural gas liquids (NGL) transportation from the Marcellus Shale to fractionation plants and petrochemical facilities near Sarnia, ON.

Tennessee said Wednesday afternoon it had identified a leak on the Fidelity Line 8A-300 lateral located at Main Line Valve 8 near Victoria, TX. Two meters were required to shut in until further notice, the pipeline said. It added that shipper nominations there were allowed to remain in place for Wednesday’s gas day but must be reduced to zero effecitve with Evening Cycle nominations for Thursday.

Due to “an issue” upstream of Little Red River Compressor Station with the in-line inspection tool it was running on the Fayetteville Lateral between the Grandview and Bald Knob stations, TGT will take volumes at 14 receipt points upstream of Little Red River to zero at the start of Thursday’s gas day. It declared a force majeure for those points. However, TGT said it expected the required maintenance to be completed by the start of Friday’s gas day.