Northwest

In order to repair a mainline fitting at the Stanfield (OR) CityTap, PG&E Gas Transmission-Northwest (GTN) will isolate itsA-Line between Main Line Valves 8-2.5 and 8-3.0 for about 16 hoursThursday. Capacity at points downstream of MLV 8-3.0 will bereduced about 70 MMcf/d to 2,000 MMcf/d. Based on current flowconditions, GTN estimated Station 14 immediately upstream fromMalin will experience a capacity cut from 1,940 MMcf/d to 1,875MMcf/d. Every effort will be made to return the system to fullcapacity by Friday’s gas day, GTN said.

With regulatory approvals expected soon to tie into a nearbypipeline, the N-01 well at Fort Liard in the Northwest Territoriesshould begin producing by the second quarter, according to one ofthe operators, Berkley Petroleum Corp. Berkley operates the wellwith partners Forest Oil Corp. and Paramount, with each holding a33.33% interest. Paramount operates the pipeline.

Gulf South (formerly Koch Gateway) is performing unscheduledmaintenance on one unit at the Bistineau Compressor Station innorthwest Louisiana until further notice. Withdrawals from theBistineau storage facility could be reduced as much as 100 MMcf/duntil repairs are completed.

High power costs in the Pacific Northwest prompted Moody’sInvestors Service yesterday to change its outlook on securitiesissued by PacifiCorp (senior secured debt at A2) to negative fromstable.

Perhaps partially in response to recent customer protests (seeDaily GPI, Dec. 19, 2000 and Jan. 2), Northwest lifted Wednesday itsrealignment and must-flow OFOs through the Kemmerer (WY) CompressorStation but said it reserves the right to re-impose both OFOs upon 24hours’ notice. The pipeline said it determined that ending the orderswas feasible “as a result of more favorable pricing conditions,reduced northbound volumes and increased southbound volumes” throughKemmerer. The must-flow OFO was implemented Nov. 16 (see Daily GPI, Nov. 16, 2000) and had its originalrequirement of up to 10% of contract demand flowing south throughKemmerer revised several times. The realignment OFO was issued Nov. 10(see Daily GPI, Nov. 13, 2000).

As of Wednesday until further notice, Northwest shippers withprimary corridor rights southbound through Kemmerer (WY) Station arerequired to flow up to 10% of their contract demand from receiptpoints north of Kemmerer. That represents a reduction from 25% thathad been in effect since Dec. 15 (see Daily GPI, Dec. 18).

As of Friday, Northwest was requiring shippers with primarycorridor rights southbound through Kemmerer (WY) Station to flow upto 25% of their contract demand from receipt points north ofKemmerer. The percentage under a “must-flow OFO” was increased from15% previously (see Daily GPI, Nov. 20).

El Paso continued its unauthorized overpull penalty situationyesterday in the San Juan Basin (see Daily GPI, Nov. 9).

Northwest said it was unable to do its OFO calculationsyesterday and noted that scheduled quantities of gas flowing norththrough the Kemmerer Compressor for gas day Nov. 9 did not exceedKemmerer capacity. As a result it said it would not call an OFO forgas day Nov. 9. However it warned that an OFO was still possiblefor gas day Nov. 10.