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Sea Robin Pipeline said Wednesday it had completed unscheduled maintenance and repairs that had begun at the end of March between South Marsh Island 33 and Vermilion 149. Nominations were allowed to resume at three meters required to shut in by the work.

Sea Robin Pipeline said it began unscheduled maintenance and repairs Tuesday from South Marsh Island 33 to Vermilion 149. The work is expected to last six to eight days and requires the shut-in of the South Marsh Island 40, Vermilion 175 and Vermilion 171 meters.

As a result of the completion of inspections after Hurricane Ike, Sea Robin lifted Tuesday the OFO that it issued Aug. 30 for all receipt points.

Sea Robin said divers are investigating a reported leak on the “J” leg part of its offshore Louisiana system near Eugene Island Block 295, requiring the leg to be removed from service. The pipeline ceased accepting nominations at affected points Tuesday until further notice.

New York Assemblyman Robin L. Schimminger is trying to convincethe state to open an investigation into the bankruptcy of IroquoisEnergy Management LLC, which left approximately 19,000 residentialnatural gas customers with an estimated $1.8 million out-of-pocketloss due to non-refunded pre-payments.

New York Assemblyman Robin L. Schimminger is trying to convincethe state to open an investigation into the bankruptcy of IroquoisEnergy Management LLC, which left approximately 19,000 residentialnatural gas customers with an estimated $1.8 million out-of-pocketloss due to non-refunded pre-payments.

An outage of the Sea Robin Plant will be extended by two days torepair unexpected damage found during combuster inspection. Thedamage was one part of the gas turbine and unrelated to thecombuster. The plant is expected to resume processing on or aboutApril 19.

Depending on favorable Gulf of Mexico weather, Sea Robin expectsto restore flows on its 16-inch West Cameron 580 lateral by Sunday(see Daily GPI, Feb. 3). The force majeure that was implementedJan. 27 because of a leak will remain in effect until repairs havebeen completed.