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El Paso declared an Unauthorized Overpull Penalty situationTuesday effective until further notice. Washington Ranch StorageField is experiencing maximum withdrawals, the pipeline said, andit will limit scheduled volumes at underperforming interconnects toensure system integrity.

Saying linepack had stabilized, El Paso canceled an UnauthorizedOverpull Penalty alert (see Daily, Aug. 11) Friday.

Saying its Washington Ranch Storage Field was experiencingmaximum withdrawals, El Paso declared an Unauthorized OverpullPenalty situation Thursday, effective until further notice. Thepipeline will limit scheduled volumes at interconnects that areunderperforming.

El Paso’s delivery meter to Transwestern at the Window RockStation (Apache County, AZ) will be shut in July 24-25 forequipment upgrade

El Paso postponed to an indefinite date Guadalupe Stationmaintenance that had been set for today and Wednesday. Wenden Aturbine work began Sunday, one day earlier than previouslyannounced, and will run through Friday, reducing Havasu Crossovercapacity by 100 MMcf/d, the pipeline said.

El Paso extended completion of Gallup Station maintenance thatbegan June 10 through today, continuing a reduction of San JuanBasin capacity by 250 MMcf/d. The Gallup C turbine will remain downas originally scheduled through June 20. However, because othermaintenance actions may delay the station’s return to fulloperation, a San Juan capacity reduction of 200 MMcf/d startingSaturday may last as long as June 22, a spokesman said.

Problems with the Blanco Plant’s D1 turbine (see Daily GPI, June 8) were not as severe as anticipated,El Paso said, and thus it was being returned to service Friday alongwith the rest of the plant instead of remaining down through Sunday aspreviously estimated.

El Paso Energy’s Petal Gas Storage said Friday it plans toproceed with the construction of a third salt cavern at itsexisting facilities in Mississippi based on the success of an openseason, which ended May 5. It noted it received service requests inexcess of the capacity proposed in the open season, and is now inthe process of evaluating the bids. The proposed expansion, ifapproved by FERC, would add 5 Bcf of working gas storage capacityto Petal’s existing storage facilities in Hattiesburg, MS, givingthe storage company a total of 15 Bcf of actual working gascapacity and 1.5 Bcf/d of withdrawal capacity.

El Paso Energy’s Southern Natural Gas pipeline last week filedan application at FERC seeking to expand its South Main system byabout 336 MMcf/d to serve utility power plants in North Carolinaand other southeastern markets.