Lateral

Transwestern declared a force majeure Friday for Unit 5 at its P-3 Compressor Station. Panhandle Lateral capacity has been reduced from 253,000 MMBtu/d to about 180,000 MMBtu/d, Transwestern said. Interconnects with five other pipes are affected until the P-3 unit is returned to service, which is expected to be May 16.

After allowing a one-day systemwide Stage 2 low-inventory OFO to lapse Friday, Pacific Gas & Electric issued a systemwide Stage 2 high-inventory OFO on its California Gas Transmission system for Saturday. A tolerance of 9% was set for positive daily imbalances, with noncompliance penalties of $1/Dth.

Transwestern reported experiencing a mechanical failure Monday morning in Unit #5 at the P-3 (Pampa) Compressor Station on the Panhandle Lateral in the Texas Panhandle. While the unit is out of service, which is expected to be through Wednesday, Transwestern has reduced the station’s receipt capacity from 220,000 MMBtu/d to about 175,000 MMBtu/d, and delivery capacity has been reduced from 270,000 MMBtu/d to abut 175,000 MMBtu/d. The cuts affect the ANR, Southern Star and NNG [Northern Natural Gas] Gray receipt interconnects, Transwestern said, and there is no flow from the CIG receipt interconnect. It anticipates restoring full P-3 capacity Thursday. Transwestern also notified all Limited Firm Transportation (LFT) customers that LFT service will not be available in the Mainline Thoreau West area Tuesday through Friday.

Trunkline extended a pigging outage of the Quicksand Creek Lateral through Friday; it previously had been scheduled to be completed Wednesday (see Daily GPI, March 3). Four meters are shut in during the outage.

NOVA said late Monday it would declare force majeure due to a line leak on the 20-inch diameter Marten Hills Lateral (see Daily GPI, April 24). The line has been isolated, and typical flows of about 33.7 MMcf/d at three affected meter stations have been halted, the pipeline added. It projects that repairs will be completed Saturday, and pending further investigation, the service restriction will be lifted at that time.

Transco said unfavorable weather had delayed the progress of repairs to a section of pipe in Eugene Island Block 135 on its Southeast Louisiana Lateral that was damaged during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Transco now anticipates completion of the work on Feb. 15; it had previously expected to finish Jan. 31 (see Daily GPI, Jan. 16).

NOVA said Friday the NPS 20 Kaybob Lateral had been repaired and was back in service Wednesday after a line break had been discovered nearly two weeks earlier (see Daily GPI, Aug. 14). There was no customer impact associated with the break, NOVA said.

FERC last Tuesday approved El Paso Natural Gas Co.’s bid to sell more than 200 miles of lateral pipelines in West Texas to a Midland, TX-based natural gas provider for an estimated $300,000. At the same time, it approved the request of the buyer, West Texas Gas Inc., to exempt the facilities from FERC jurisdiction under the Natural Gas Act.

FERC on Tuesday approved El Paso Natural Gas Co.’s bid to sell more than 200 miles of lateral pipelines in West Texas to a Midland, TX-based natural gas provider for an estimated $300,000. At the same time, it approved the request of the buyer, West Texas Gas Inc., to exempt the facilities from FERC jurisdiction under the Natural Gas Act.