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While production is coming back online following Tropical Storm Cindy’s passing (see related story), concerns over her big brother, newly upgraded Hurricane Dennis, combined with bullish storage predictions helped keep natural gas futures elevated Wednesday.

If you don’t like the direction of the natural gas futures market, wait five minutes and it is likely to change. Proving once again that the market can be volatile, the December contract on Monday bounced higher after testing below the $7.00 support area in early trading.

If you don’t like the direction of the natural gas futures market, wait five minutes and it is likely to change. Proving once again that the market can be volatile, the December contract on Monday bounced higher after testing below the $7.00 support area in early trading.

Sea Robin Pipeline noted that around 10:30 a.m. CDT Wednesday the Sea Robin Processing Plant operated by Amerada Hess was back online and processing again. Shippers were asked to adjust gas flows and nominations as needed.

The Enterprise-operated Toca I Processing Plant work has been completed and the southeast Louisiana plant is back online, Sonat reported Sunday. As a result, the hydrocarbon dew point limitation and the Type 5 OFO implemented Aug. 1 in conjunction with the Toca outage (see Daily GPI, Aug. 3) were lifted immediately.

Gulfstream Natural Gas System has filed an amendment to its FERC application that will modify its Phase II extension project across Florida, adding some additional transportation service in 2004, delaying a portion until 2006 and making rate changes to reflect the new design. The changes reflect the needs of Florida Power & Light, the pipeline’s main customer for the project.

Gulfstream Natural Gas System has filed an amendment to its FERC application that will modify its Phase II extension project across Florida, adding some additional transportation service in 2004, delaying a portion until 2006 and making rate changes to reflect the new design. The changes reflect the needs of Florida Power & Light, the pipeline’s main customer for the project.

TransCanada brought the Lachenaie Compressor Station on its TransQuebec & Maritimes system back online at 3 p.m. EST Wednesday and said a curtailment of all discretionary services (including diversions) to East Hereford, PQ would be lifted with the day’s intraday 2 nominations cycle. Lachenaie, about 45 kilometers north of Montreal, experienced an unexpected shutdown Tuesday morning. Preliminary investigations have indicated an electrical ground fault to be the root cause of the outage, the pipeline said. For Thursday, no curtailments are expected for deliveries to East Hereford. However, no increases in nominations to East Hereford will be authorized to ensure sufficient recovery of line pack and pressures in the affected area, TransCanada said.

The Minerals Management Service (MMS) Gulf of Mexico OCS Region on Wednesday introduced an online oil and gas public information database to allow viewing and downloading of public documents on the industry. Available documents will include Well Summary Reports, Sundry Notices, Applications for Permit to Drill, Plans, Pipeline Rights-of-Way Files and Suspensions of Production and Operations.