Majeure

Rockies Express said it lifted a force majeure Thursday for its booster facility at the Wamsutter Echo Springs interconnect in Sweetwater County, WY.

Noting that the force majeure declared Monday at Cheyenne Compressor Station remains in effect, Rockies Express (REX) said it had completed an assessment and procured the necessary parts to repair the impacted compressor unit. REX said it had begun removing the damaged transformer Tuesday, “but given the potential for adverse weather conditions, resumption of service is now anticipated to occur on or about Sunday” instead of Thursday as previously hoped. Until further notice nominated quantities through Segment 200 will be limited to 1,550,000 Dth/d, which means AOR/IT, secondary and primary FT volumes are at risk of not being fully scheduled, the pipeline said. Also, REX said it has canceled March 16-17 maintenance at Wamsutter Compressor Station that had been announced last month.

Noting that the force majeure declared Monday at Cheyenne Compressor Station remains in effect, Rockies Express (REX) said it had completed an assessment and procured the necessary parts to repair the impacted compressor unit. REX said it had begun removing the damaged transformer Tuesday, “but given the potential for adverse weather conditions, resumption of service is now anticipated to occur on or about Sunday” instead of Thursday as previously hoped. Until further notice nominated quantities through Segment 200 will be limited to 1,550,000 Dth/d, which means AOR/IT, secondary and primary FT volumes are at risk of not being fully scheduled, the pipeline said. Also, REX said it has canceled March 16-17 maintenance at Wamsutter Compressor Station that had been announced last month.

Due to a force majeure event at Compressor Station 2 in Flagstaff, AZ, the station is down for repairs, Transwestern said Monday. It was required to reduce capacity on the Thoreau/West System effective with Intraday 1 (Cycle 3) nominations for Monday’s gas day through Thursday. The cut was from normal Thoreau/West capacity of 1,225,000 MMBtu/d to about 1,075,000 MMBtu/d, Transwestern said. Full volumes are expected to become available again for Friday’s gas day.

Due to a force majeure event at Compressor Station 2 in Flagstaff, AZ, the station is down for repairs, Transwestern said Monday. It was required to reduce capacity on the Thoreau/West System effective with Intraday 1 (Cycle 3) nominations for Monday’s gas day through Thursday. The cut was from normal Thoreau/West capacity of 1,225,000 MMBtu/d to about 1,075,000 MMBtu/d, Transwestern said. Full volumes are expected to become available again for Friday’s gas day.

Southern Star Central declared a force majeure event as it reduced capacity Wednesday on its Rawlins-Hesston Line due to required repairs resulting from findings of its pipeline integrity program. The reduction to 80,000 Dth/d through St. Francis Station in Cheyenne County, KS, is expected to be in effect until Friday, Southern Star said.

Enterprise Product Partners LP’s High Island Offshore System LLC (HIOS) is continuing a force majeure at its HIA-264 compressor complex in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) but said that effective for gas day Thursday it is able to accept nominations and resume some level of service from all receipt locations to all delivery points by bypassing the damaged compressor station.

Enterprise Product Partners LP’s High Island Offshore System LLC (HIOS) has continued a force majeure at its HIA-264 compressor complex in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) where an equipment fire last week (see Daily GPI, Aug. 6) caused “significant damage to compression, power generation, communications and other facilities,” the company said. The HIOS compression facilities will be unavailable for service for an indefinite period.

Pacific Gas & Electric allowed a systemwide high-inventory OFO that had been in effect for the previous two days to expire Saturday.