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Southern Natural Gas canceled Saturday the OFO Type 6 for short imbalances that had been implemented a day earlier.

Southern Natural Gas will implement an OFO Type 6 for short imbalances Friday. Tiered penalties will apply to shippers who run negative imbalances exceeding 2% or 200 Dth, whichever is greater. Southern said it is highly likely that the OFO will be extended through at least Saturday.

Because of changes in forecasted temperatures, Southern Natural Gas will implement an OFO Type 6 for short imbalances on its contiguous system effective Thursday until further notice. “In order to maintain the operational integrity of Southern’s system, it is essential that shippers and poolers remain in balance (including their available no-notice withdrawal entitlements),” the pipeline said. Tiered penalties will apply to negative imbalances exceeding 2% or 200 Dth, whichever is smaller.

Legislation placing some type of restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) will inevitably become U.S. law, and natural gas is likely to be the bridge — possibly a very long bridge — to the coming carbon-constrained economy, according a panel of industry experts.

Legislation placing some type of restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) will inevitably become U.S. law, and natural gas is likely to be the bridge — possibly a very long bridge — to the coming carbon-constrained economy, according a panel of industry experts.

Southern Natural Gas lifted Saturday the Type 6 OFO for short imbalances that was issued Wednesday. It also canceled capacity allocations Friday for Group 4-Chattanooga, Group 13-East Tennessee and Group 59-Tallapoosa.

Gas storage withdrawals last week may have broken the weekly record set Jan. 17, 1997 at more than 260 Bcf, according to a number of forecasters. Not only did the severe cold early in the week send gas demand to peak levels on some northeastern local distribution systems, but the extended cold also sustained high withdrawals for multiple days.

Southern Natural Gas is implementing an OFO Type 6 for short imbalances effective with the start of Wednesday’s gas day until further notice. Tiered imbalance penalties of up to $15/Dth will apply to negative imbalances exceeding 2% or 200 dekatherms, whichever is greater. The pipeline expects to keep the OFO in place through at least Friday.

Southern Natural called a Type 6 operational flow order for short imbalances for Friday’s gas day, with $1/Dth penalties for shippers that are 2-5% out of balance, $5 penalties for shippers 5-8% out of balance and $15 penalties for shippers 8% or more out of balance.