Pinhole

Florida Gas Transmission declared a force majeure after discovering a pinhole leak on its 22-inch mainline downstream of Compressor Station 4 in Galveston County, TX. While it investigates and repairs the leak, which a spokeswoman said was expected to take more than 24 hours as of Thursday afternoon, FGT ceased flowing any gas through this section and scheduled volumes through the station down to zero for Thursday’s gas day and until further notice. That affected all supplies at a “handful” of upstream receipt points since the 22-inch line is a single line through the station, the spokeswoman said, and FGT was asking shippers at those points to re-source supplies elsewhere.

Tennessee reported Wednesday it had discovered a pinhole leak in a valve on its East Cameron 49B compressor platform. While repairs are made Thursday through Sunday, physical receipts will be suspended at 13 upstream meters. Other meters will experience higher than normal pipeline pressure.