Unforeseen

The impact of the 1.325 Bcf/d Alliance Pipeline and the 1 Bcf/dVector Pipeline on Chicago basis prices will be a lot lesssignificant than some may be expecting, according to several marketobservers speaking at the LDC Forum in Chicago yesterday.

Barring unforeseen circumstances, the 14-inch Romere Pass Line offshore southeastern Louisiana (see Daily GPI, July 7; July 18) could be back in service on or around Aug. 11, Sonat said Friday. The line ruptured July 5, causing the shut-in of up to 100 MMcf/d at five receipt points. A repair plan has been completed and submitted to regulatory authorities for approval, the pipeline said. It expects that the approvals could be completed in time for work to begin on or about Thursday of this week. July 27. The estimated repair time is 10-15 calendar days.

Tennessee said road crossing work on its 800 Line will becompleted ahead of schedule. Barring unforeseen circumstances,service constraints upstream of Station 823 (Kinder, LA) will belifted for Saturday’s gas day.

Due to unforeseen circumstances that haven’t been in its favor,ANR Pipeline has asked FERC for permission to phase in constructionof the proposed Phase II expansion of its system between theJoliet, IL, hub and market areas in southeastern Wisconsin.

Due to an unforeseen pipe replacement, Algonquin GasTransmission will be working on the 30″ mainline pipe on thesuction side of the Hanover Compressor Station. Work is scheduledto begin Wednesday and continue through Wednesday, Nov. 10.Additional station work will take place during the outage.Algonquin said it does not expect any capacity restrictions at thistime. Updates will be posted to the company’s bulletin board.

El Paso continued a 30 MMcf/d allocation of the San JuanCrossover through today due to unforeseen problems extendingmaintenance on the Laguna Station (Cibola County, NM) #3compressor. El Paso also postponed maintenance on the WendenStation (La Paz County, AZ) “A” turbine, which had been scheduledearlier this week, to March 16-18 to coincide with a total shutdownof the station March 17. Havasu Crossover capacity will be cut by80 MMcf/d on March 16 and 18 and by 150 MMcf/d on March 17.