Mojave

First Round of Bidding On El Paso Flops

El Paso Natural Gas last week said it awarded only a smallfraction of the 1.35 BBtu/d of soon-to-be available firm capacityon its system to one shipper — Williams Energy Marketing andTrading — following its recent open season. “There were no bigwinners,” noted El Paso President Richard Baish. The pipelinerejected the majority of shipper bids because they failed to meetthe “minimum revenue threshold” requirements for the capacity.

October 11, 1999

Transportation Note

Mojave Pipeline will shut in its Mt. Poso delivery point foreight hours July 28 to modify piping. El Paso’s Monument B Plantwill be down eight hours on July 29 for piping repairs. TheIWARMONU interconnect will be completely shut in while ITEXNEUNwill be limited to 35 MMcf/d.

July 13, 1998