Shell Exploration & Production Co. will wait to shut down its Mars tension leg platform (TLP) in the Gulf of Mexico until early next year to help with disrupted production following Hurricane Ivan, officials said last week. Shell had said previously it would shut down the platform this month to replace flexjoints on both the oil and natural gas export lines.
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Shell Holds Off Mars Platform Repairs Due to Supply Situation
Shell Exploration & Production Co. will wait to shut down its Mars tension leg platform (TLP) in the Gulf of Mexico until early next year to help with disrupted production following Hurricane Ivan, officials said Monday. Shell had said previously it would shut down the platform this month to replace flexjoints on both the oil and natural gas export lines.
Shell Holds Off Mars Platform Repairs Due to Supply Situation
Shell Exploration & Production Co. will wait to shut down its Mars tension leg platform (TLP) in the Gulf of Mexico until early next year to help with disrupted production following Hurricane Ivan, officials said Monday. Shell had said previously it would shut down the platform this month to replace flexjoints on both the oil and natural gas export lines.
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Saying its Washington Ranch storage facility was experiencing maximum withdrawals, El Paso declared an Unauthorized Overpull Penalty situation Wednesday afternoon. It remained in effect Thursday.
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Saying its Washington Ranch storage facility was experiencing maximum withdrawals, El Paso declared an Unauthorized Overpull Penalty situation Wednesday afternoon. It remained in effect Thursday.
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El Paso Natural Gas declared an Unauthorized Overpull Penalty situation Monday. The Washington Ranch storage facility is currently on maximum withdrawal. The penalty applies to all customers. “You are urged to immediately review your supply/demand balance, and the performance of your suppliers, to ensure sufficient gas is being delivered to El Paso to cover the gas being taken off the system,” the company said. Customers are encouraged to use available capacity at Waha and receipt points downstream of Keystone Station, where maintenance is being performed through Sept. 17. El Paso is placing limits on scheduled volumes at interconnects that are under performing.
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Because of its Washington Ranch storage facility experiencing maximum withdrawals, El Paso declared an Unauthorized Overpull Penalty situation Wednesday.
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Saying its Washington Ranch storage facility was experiencing maximum withdrawals, El Paso declared an Unauthorized Overpull Penalty situation Monday.
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Kern River reported being informed of a force majeure situation on the Jonah Gas Gathering System behind the Opal (WY) Plant. The Jonah posting was quoted as saying the force majeure event began late Friday and continued through Monday due to a failure of the after cooler heat exchanger at the Luman #1 compressor. “Due to length of downtime, Jonah’s deliveries to Opal were below scheduled nominations” on the above dates, including Cycle III cuts for Monday’s gas day, according to the Jonah notice. Despite the Jonah producers expecting the force majeure to be extended through Thursday because of a delay in receiving the replacement unit, a spokesman for plant operator Williams Field Services said Opal operations haven’t been materially affected. The plant was expecting about 974 MMcf/d of throughput Monday, he said, which is close to the normal 1 Bcf/d or so.
IPAA, ESAI Call Domestic E&P Situation ‘Disturbing’
With questions continuing to swirl around the sustainability of domestic natural gas production, the list of solutions for appeasing the U.S.’s growing gas appetite can be narrowed to either increasing liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports or opening up drilling on gas-rich federally restricted lands.