Repairs

El Paso extended Lincoln Station compressor maintenance and water leak repairs on Belen Station’s Unit #1. San Juan Crossover capacity will continue to be reduced by 100 MMcf/d through Monday. The pipeline also said internal inspection pigging scheduled Friday (July 19) on Line 1208 will require a larger flow cut than previously announced. North Mainline capacity will be reduced by 160 MMcf/d.

Sonat reported experiencing an unscheduled outage Monday on the 10-inch Bayou Postillion Line in Louisiana. Repairs required that it isolate and blow down the affected section. Sonat declared a force majeure and OFO Type 1 in association with the event. Effective with Tuesday’s evening cycle and until further notice, it is unable to schedule gas from the Bayou Postillion #2-Anson #2 receipt point.

Repairs on a Matagorda Offshore Pipeline System leak near Matagorda Block 758 (see Daily GPI, Feb. 11) were not completed over the weekend due to bad weather. A spokesman for MOPS operator Northern Natural Gas said there was still no prognosis as of Monday afternoon on when the work will be finished. MOPS has been flowing no scheduled volumes since Saturday, affecting about 100 MMcf/d, he said.

It appears that repairs to the pig launcher on Line 1218 downstream of Bondad (CO) Station may not be necessary after all, El Paso said. Therefore, a shutdown of the line that had been scheduled for today (see Daily GPI, Aug. 31) has been canceled.

NGPL reported that repairs are continuing on a leak discovered late last week on its A/G Line, which remains shut in. NGPL said it made operational arrangements with its own system and with interconnecting operators, but “due to the length of the outage, the impact of not having the A/G Line available has greatly increased the linepack on the Amarillo system.” Effective with Monday’s gas day, NGPL was not scheduling ITS/AOR or Secondary volumes through Stations 109, 110 and 801, saying only Primary Firm services will be scheduled there until further notice.

NGPL reported completion of repairs on a leak discovered late last week on its A/G Line in Bryan County, OK (see Daily GPI, Aug. 14). The pipeline resumed scheduling of ITS/AOR and Secondary transport volumes through Stations 109, 110 and 801 Thursday.

Texas Eastern said it had finished valve repairs on its Venice Lateral in the East Louisiana Zone (see Daily GPI, July 26) and brought the line back into service Thursday morning, allowing affected production to resume at scheduled volumes. Shipper imbalances incurred during the brief outage may be made up through the end of the month, Texas Eastern said.

Hanover Compressor Co., which rents, repairs and services natural gas compressors worldwide, broadened its customer base last Thursday, agreeing to acquire several compression and gas handling joint venture projects of Schlumberger for $761 million. Hanover will pay Schlumberger $270 million in cash, $150 million in a long-term loan and issue shares worth $283 million, effectively giving Schlumberger a 10% stake in the company.

Hanover Compressor Co., which rents, repairs and services natural gas compressors worldwide, broadened its customer base Thursday, agreeing to acquire several compression and gas handling joint venture projects of Schlumberger for $761 million. Hanover will pay Schlumberger $270 million in cash, $150 million in a long-term loan and issue shares worth $283 million, effectively giving Schlumberger a 10% stake in the company.