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Maintenance on parts of Columbia Gulf’s East Lateral system(Paradis Line) will begin Saturday, two days earlier thanpreviously announced. Originally scheduled to begin May 10 (seeDaily GPI, April 19), the work will take three to 10 days tocomplete and require about 65,000 dth/d to be shut in at 11measurement stations.

The Amoco processing plant serving Destin Pipeline is havingproblems with its liquids handling facility, reducing the handlingcapacity by 50% as of Monday, according to the Destin bulletinboard. Amoco estimates the reduction will last about a month. Thereis enough remaining capacity to process current daily liquidsvolumes, according to Destin, but if those volumes increase beyondAmoco’s capabilities the pipeline “could be forced to take furtheraction should the quality of the gas not meet market requirements.”

PG&E Gas Transmission-Northwest discovered contaminated oilin the lubrication system of its Stanfield (OR) Compressor Stationlate last week. The unit is out of service until the oil can bereplace; the pipeline estimates it will return on-line Thursday.Because the work has the potential for limiting Stanfield receiptsfrom Northwest Pipeline, PG&E GT-NW is offering a blanket ITdiscount of 1 cent plus fuel on the Starr Road-to-Stanfield paththrough Thursday.

Effective May 1 until further notice, Tennessee will not acceptreceipt nominations at 20 meters on the Donna Line in South Texasor at 10 meters on the Kinder-Natchitoches (KN) Line in westernLouisiana as it prepares both lines to make them “piggable.” TheDonna and KN outages are scheduled to last until June 9 and June 1respectively. Delivery nominations will be allowed at theProvencal, Pitkin, Grant and J.R. Franks #1 meters on the KN Line.

Effective May 1 until further notice, Tennessee will not acceptreceipt nominations at 20 meters on the Donna Line in South Texasor at 10 meters on the Kinder-Natchitoches (KN) Line in westernLouisiana as it prepares both lines to make them “piggable.” TheDonna and KN outages are scheduled to last until June 9 and June 1respectively. Delivery nominations will be allowed at theProvencal, Pitkin, Grant and J.R. Franks #1 meters on the KN Line.

Algonquin has completed turbine replacement at the Burrillville(RI) Compressor Station. However, April 30-May 5 work on the30-inch mainline will limit Burrillville throughput to 400,000Dth/d, the pipeline said.

The schedule for an outage of KN Energy’s Pony Express Line, whichbegan Tuesday (see Daily GPI, April 26),has been revised to last through May 27, according to the Williamsbulletin board. Williams is not allowing nominations at the KN-Glavininterconnect (Franklin County, KS) during the outage.

Compressor damage is causing unscheduled maintenance on Unit Cat Station 5 (Athol, ID), PG&E Gas Transmission-Northwest saidMonday. At first a Kingsgate capacity limitation of 2,050 MMcf/dwas expected to begin today and last through Thursday, but lateMonday afternoon the pipeline said it was able to raise theKingsgate ceiling to 2,200 MMcf/d “due to unseasonably cool ambienttemperatures.”

KN has scheduled an outage on its Pony Express line forTuesday’s gas day, according to Williams Gas Pipeline Central.Williams will not accept nominations at the KN-Glavin interconnectin Franklin County, KS, for that period.