On Tuesday and Wednesday, Kern River will be restaging the Muddy Creek compressor and completing a semi-annual inspection of the turbine on unit #1. The work is expected to take 36 hours. Primary firm capacity behind the compressors will be restricted to 330 MMcf/d for gas days Nov. 13-14. If primary firm nominations exceed that amount, Kern River will allocate firm capacity pro rata based on each firm shipper’s contractual rights through the Muddy Creek Compressor Station. It will be necessary for shippers using receipt points upstream of Muddy Creek (Opal, Northwest Pipeline, Colorado Interstate, Overland Trails, and Muddy Creek Pool) to schedule some of their receipts from other sources. Kern River also will be making modifications to the Fillmore compressor unit and performing semi-annual inspections Tuesday and Wednesday. It is anticipated that only primary firm capacity will be available. The Goodsprings compressor is being inspected Tuesday and Kern will allow on only primary firm capacity to flow.
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Transportation Notes
El Paso Field Services has scheduled maintenance on El Pasopipeline’s Waha GE turbine for April 22-27. During that periodwellhead nominations on six gathering systems (GGOMEZHI, GTORO,GGOMEZLO, GWAHA,GSIBWAHA and GWAHARC) will be cut to zero. Someshippers on those systems may be able to flow gas to Western GasResources or Koch Pipeline, EPFS said, but must have a prior dealwith those entities for the flow days in question. EPFS must benotified of such arrangements by April 19; otherwise, “the shippersmust instruct their various producers to shut in during theduration of the maintenance.”
Canadian Service Co. to Distribute Capstone Microturbines
Capstone Turbine Corp., of Woodland Hills, CA, has announced atwo-year, 126-unit order for its microturbine power systems fromMariah Energy, a leading Canadian energy service provider based inCalgary.
Canadian Service Co. to Distribute Microturbines
Capstone Turbine Corp., of Woodland Hills, CA, has announced atwo-year, 126-unit order for its microturbine power systems fromMariah Energy, a leading Canadian energy service provider based inCalgary.
Transportation Notes
El Paso Natural Gas issued an emergency notice Monday, reportingthat the Bondad 2A turbine must be taken down to repair an oil leaktoday. The work will reduce the capacity of the station by 95MMcf/d. El Paso also said Line 1200 and 1201 are being “SmartPigged” this week on Sept. 19, 21 and 24, causing a reduction of 40MMcf/d of San Juan Basin capacity. If you have questions, callMario Montes at (915) 496-2617.
Transportation Notes
El Paso postponed to an indefinite date Guadalupe Stationmaintenance that had been set for today and Wednesday. Wenden Aturbine work began Sunday, one day earlier than previouslyannounced, and will run through Friday, reducing Havasu Crossovercapacity by 100 MMcf/d, the pipeline said.
Transportation Notes
Problems with the Blanco Plant’s D1 turbine (see Daily GPI, June 8) were not as severe as anticipated,El Paso said, and thus it was being returned to service Friday alongwith the rest of the plant instead of remaining down through Sunday aspreviously estimated.
Industry Briefs
Allegheny Energy Solutions formed a strategic alliance withdistributed generation developer Capstone Turbine. “As the world’sleading microturbine manufacturer, Capstone enhances our range ofon-site solutions and provides us with a quality product to offerto our customers,” said David Cole, director of Allegheny EnergySolutions. “We believe there will be significant growth ofdistributed generation opportunities over the next five to 10years, and Allegheny Energy is seizing opportunities in thisgrowing market.” As part of the alliance, a Capstone MicroTurbinewas installed at the site of Allegheny Energy’s Mitchell PowerStation in New Eagle, PA. Allegheny will monitoring the technicaland economical characteristics of the device and identify newapplications. Allegheny Energy, Inc. is a diversified energycompany headquartered in Hagerstown, MD. Allegheny Power deliverselectric energy to about three million people in parts of Maryland,Ohio, Pennsylvania Virginia, and West Virginia.
Transportation Notes
El Paso has the Laguna #2 compressor down for maintenancethrough Saturday and will be working on the Caprock #2 turbineSaturday through May 3. The two projects reduce San Juan Crossovercapacity by 30 MMcf/d.
Hybrid Fuel Cell/Gas Turbine Developed
A new combination pressurized fuel cell and microturbine hasbeen developed that is expected to generate electricityefficiently, cleanly and at a lower cost than either of the twosystems on a stand-alone basis.
