Leak

Columbia Gas said it was investigating a leak on Line AM-130 located near the Middle Fork stream crossing. “Due to this emergency, firm receipts will have to be shut in” starting Thursday morning, the pipeline said, estimating that the outage will last two to seven days. The outage is near the Poca River in the vicinity of Charleston, WV. All production behind Walgrove and north of the Poca River will be shut in, affecting three firm production meters, Columbia said.

Southern California Gas did not extend a high-linepack OFO beyond Wednesday.

Nautilus Pipeline shut in its system at Ship Shoal 207 and declared force majeure Sunday after discovering a leak. The pipeline said its initial investigation indicated that an anchor dragged across the system caused the damage. As of Sunday Nautilus nominations needed to be redirected to other available markets until further notice, a bulletin board posting said.

Tennessee reported identifying a leak on the North Odem 3A-100 lateral between Main Line Valve 3 and Station 9 near Odem, TX. The Morgan meter was required to shut in. Tennessee allowed shipper nominations there to remain in place for Friday’s gas day, but said nominations were being taken to zero in the Timely cycle for Saturday until further notice.

Missouri and Kansas regulators have agreed to settle two natural gas leak disputes with Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline Inc. for $9.6 million, regulators said Friday.

Southern Natural Gas reported Thursday that inclement weather was delaying its investigation of a possible leak in its 14-inch diameter Main Pass 107 line offshore Louisiana upstream of the Toca Compressor Station. Based on the latest forecast it will be Sunday or Monday at the earliest before the investigation can start, Southern said. It declared a force majeure and said the Main Pass 108 and Main Pass 118-Hunt Petroleum (AEC) points have been shut in until further notice.

Tennessee declared a force majeure event Wednesday evening due to the need to repair what a spokesman called an “apparent” leak in a line near the Eugene Island 339C platform. The 339C meter and Eugene Island 315 and 316A platforms were required to shut in until further notice. Further investigation was under way Thursday afternoon, the spokesman said.

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.

Tennessee declared a force majeure event late Thursday for meters on the West Delta 527A-300 line due to the need to repair a leak. Operators of the Venice, West Delta 58C and West Delta 58D meters were required to shut in until further notice. Tennessee also said Friday it was lifting a force majeure that had been declared Sept. 30, 2005 as a result of Hurricane Rita.