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El Paso postponed Line 3051 maintenance between Monument Plant and Phillips Lee Plant, previously scheduled to begin Tuesday. The line is now set to be shut in April 29-May 3, during which there will be no flow to or from the IPHLEE and ICABHOBS points. El Paso also said replacement of the Bondad Station’s B turbine will continue through Thursday, keeping station capacity limited to 630 MMcf/d; it will increase to 725 MMcf/d on Friday.

Atlantic LNG, the largest source of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to the United States, shut down its three liquefaction trains on Monday because of striking construction and tugboat workers. There was no word on when the strike would be lifted or when shipments would resume.

The Grand Gas Meter Station was shut in Monday morning until further notice due to high liquids content in receipts, Northwest said. Gas being received recently from Grand Gas exceeded the tariff maximum of “seven pounds of water in vapor phase per million cubic feet,” the pipeline said.

Texas Eastern asked Monday morning that all upstream supplies be shut in following a rupture on a lateral to a power plant near Plaquemine, LA about 20 miles south of Baton Rouge. The lateral is in the East Louisiana zone on the Venice Line between the Whitecastle Compressor Station and New Roads, LA. A spokesman said the pipeline expected to restore service at the rupture site later Monday.

Part of Line 1102 between the Plains and Dimmitt Stations has been shut down for unscheduled repairs, the duration of which is not yet known, El Paso said Thursday. The capacity of Line 1102 from Plains north was cut by 150 MMcf/d effective with Thursday’s Cycle 3 nominations until further notice. The remaining capacity is about 10 MMcf/d less than the average scheduled volumes so far in August, the pipeline said.

NGPL shut in two receipt points in the immediate area shortly after identifying a mainline failure in Caddo County, OK shortly before 1 p.m. CDT Friday. No injuries or significant physical damage to the surrounding area have been reported, according to the pipeline. It said it would use its “operational flexibility to minimize the impact to shippers for today’s [Friday] gas day and most likely for future days.” The incident resulted in a few transportation constraints; see the bulletin board for details. No delivery points were being impacted Friday, the pipeline said, but delivery points along the A/G Line (Segments 15 and 17) “are at a slight risk of being impacted.”

Due to unforeseen riser repairs required at ANR’s Eugene Island 371 platform, production from Green Canyon 237 and Eugene Island 341 and 371 was shut in Tuesday for work that is expected to take about 10 days.

Forecasting another strong storage refill total for this week despite Hurricane Claudette’s shut-ins, Stephen Smith Energy Associates sees the natural gas storage deficit continuing to drop and pressures continuing to move prices down.

Mojave Pipeline (Line 1900) upstream of Daggett Station will not be shut in May 27, according to an El Paso bulletin board posting. However, the Topock Compressor Station will be down to replace station controls May 27-31, during which there will be no deliveries from the El Paso interconnect (DMOJAVE). Transwestern will be able to deliver 160 MMcf/d into Mojave during the outage.