Outage

Approximately 47.7% of Gulf of Mexico (GOM) gas production is shut in out of normal production of 7.4 Bcf/d, and it is estimated that 58.8% of oil production in the GOM is shut in out of regular production of 1.3 million b/d, Minerals Management Service (MMS) reported Wednesday.

CIG declared a force majeure event after an unexpected outage at Kim Compressor Station, located on the Campo Lateral (CS1) constraint point. Engine components must be sent to an external repair facility, CIG said, and it estimated the station’s return to service at approximately one week. Capacity at CS1 was reduced from 414 MMcf/d to 355 MMcf/d Thursday.

Independence Hub in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico is back up to moving 900 MMcf/d after an extended outage that was duly noted by the gas market. Anadarko Petroleum Corp. said last Monday that repairs to the Independence Trail pipeline and subsequent testing were successful.

Independence Hub in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico is back up to moving 900 MMcf/d after an extended outage that was duly noted by the gas market. Anadarko Petroleum Corp. said Monday that repairs to the Independence Trail pipeline and subsequent testing were successful.

CIG reported an outage at its compression facility serving deliveries to Cheyenne Plains Gas Pipeline at the Red Cloud Meter, which reduced the interconnnect’s available operating capacity from 255 MMcf/d to 170 MMcf/d effective with the Timely scheduling cycle for Wednesday’s gas day. Based on current repair projections, CIG anticipates that the compression will be back in service on June 13, when it plans to schedule full Red Cloud capacity for the June 14 gas day.

Transwestern said a force majeure event at Compressor Station 2 near Flagstaff, AZ, caused the station to be taken out of service for repairs during the weekend. The outage is reducing Thoreau/West system capacity from to about 1,075,000 MMBtu/d through Tuesday, the pipeline said. It expects to restore Thoreau/West to its original capacity of 1,220,000 MMBtu/d Wednesday.

Due to forecasts of cold weather and a turbine outage on its system, MRT will implement a System Protection Warning (SPW) at the start of Wednesday’s gas day. See the bulletin board for SPW conditions.

Cheyenne Plains took system flows to zero Monday after experiencing a “facility outage” at Cheyenne Plains Compressor Station during the weekend. It is not accepting nominations for deliveries to either CIG or Wyoming Interstate Co. until further notice.

Southern Natural Gas reported experiencing an unscheduled outage Friday morning at Gate 6 offshore Louisiana. Some production was shut in as a result, but based on the best information available, Southern said it would try to keep markets whole for Friday’s gas day. Damage assessment is under way, the pipeline added.