Majeure

TransCanada reported being issued a declararation of force majeure for Sunday’s gas day by TransQuebec & Maritimes (TQM) due to a compressor failure at TQM Station #650 (Lachenaie) and unstable compressor operation at TQM Station #654 (East Hereford). East Hereford operated more favorably Monday than first anticipated, so TransCanada said it would consider small increases in deliveries there Tuesday and did not expect to restrict any service Wednesday, assuring operational conditions and nomination levels don’t change. Efforts to restore operation at Lachenaie continued Tuesday, but the expected duration of that outage was still unknown, TransCanada said.

Pacific Gas & Electric did not keep a high-inventory OFO in effect beyond Thursday.

Gulf South has lifted a force majeure notice for its Magnolia Storage Facility near Napoleonville, LA. The notice took effect last Saturday after the facility’s two compressor units went down. One of the units has been restored to a compression level sufficient to handle all firm third-party obligations, Gulf South said. Efforts to bring that unit to full capacity and to fully commission the remaining idle compressor are continuing.

NOVA declared force majeure Sunday after a backhoe caused a line rupture on the 8-inch Hamilton Lake Mainline in eastern Alberta. The line was isolated and flows at Veteran Meter Station (typically just under 2 MMcf/d) and Hamilton Lake Meter Station (12.5 MMcf/d) were cut to zero until further notice.

Transwestern reported experiencing an unspecified force majeure event around midday Wednesday at the Gallup (NM) Compressor Station. A unit is down and teams are evaluating the situation, the pipeline said. As a precautionary measure, Transwestern began allocating approximately 81,000 MMBtu/d of receipt volumes on the San Juan Lateral (cutting lateral capacity to 800,000 MMBtu/d) for Wednesday’s gas day and until further notice. See the bulletin board for a list of affected pointed.

Northern Natural Gas declared force majeure at its Hugoton (KS) Compressor Station as a result of tornado damage Thursday night. The entire station was shut down, affecting about 50,000 MMBtu/d at the Hugoton N&S, Stevens County #4 and Stevens County #6 points. NNG estimated that a return to service would occur “sometime in the p.m.” Saturday (May 17).

Columbia Gas (TCO) cited a force majeure situation at the Chesapeake LNG plant in saying shippers under Rate Schedules X-131, X-132 and X-133 will be entitled to flow on a daily basis only one-fourth of their Liquefaction Demand volumes. The restriction began Thursday and will remain in effect until the situation is remedied, TCO said. It also issued an OFO to shippers under the FSS rate schedule that also have FT capacity and to NTS rate schedule customers. The OFO will become effective at 10 a.m. EST Sunday. TCO said the order was issued to preserve the integrity of its storage fields and operating performance, and to maintain its ability to provide no-notice service. See the bulletin board for details of OFO compliance.

Northern Natural Gas declared a force majeure situation Friday on its 24-inch Mitchell to Spraberry line. The pipeline said it was evaluating the situation and that receipts into the line must be allocated and/or curtailed, but gave no further details in the bulletin board posting.

CIG declared force majeure due to unscheduled maintenance at Muddy Gap Compressor Station and reduced available capacity on its Wind River Lateral in central Wyoming to 225 MMcf/d Thursday until further notice. The duration of the Muddy Gap work is unknown but is anticipated to continue through Jan. 3, CIG said.