Unscheduled

Sonat said Tuesday it has identified a need for unscheduled maintenance on one of three compressor units at its Muldon Storage Field in Mississippi. Based on the best information available, it projected that the unit would return to service Friday evening. It did not estimate whether there would be any service impact.

Gulf South declared force majeure as it began performing unscheduled maintenance Thursday on its Index 129 segment south of Edna Compressor Station in Jackson County, TX. The work affects its ability to provide service at 17 area meters, Gulf South said. At first the pipeline expected to finish the maintenance by Saturday, but in a later update it revised the estimated completion to the start of Sunday’s gas day.

Pacific Gas & Electric did not extend a high-inventory OFO beyond Friday.

Sonat reported being informed that Enterprise Operating Partners LLC had experienced an unscheduled outage at its Toca 1 processing plant in southeast Louisiana, and the Toca 2 plant is currently unavailable due to scheduled maintenance. Based on the latest information received from Enterprise, Sonat said Tuesday, Toca 1 will return to service sometime Wednesday. The pipeline said its dehydration facilities were activated and it was blending the gas stream via storage withdrawals at TGP-Toca, but customers should expect to see a richer gas stream in the market area, primarily on the south system, over the next 48 to 96 hours. Because of the anticipated short duration of the plant outage and projected gas quality during that time, Sonat did not expect to issue a Hydrocarbon Dew Point Limitation Notice.

Gulf South began unscheduled maintenance Wednesday on its Index 64 segment that will continue until further notice. It said the force majeure event will affect its ability to provide service to Louisiana Pacific’s Jasper Mill in Jasper County, TX.

Gulf South said Wednesday it was initiating unscheduled maintenance on Unit #2 at its Opelousas (LA) Compressor Station that would continue until further notice. Up to 125 MMcf/d of station capacity could be curtailed. Also, Gulf South will begin scheduled maintenance on its Bistineau (LA) Compressor Station’s Unit #3 Thursday that will last until further notice. Injections into Bistineau Storage could be affected as much as 125 MMcf/d during this project. All additional units at the Bistineau Compressor Station are available. And beginning next Tuesday at 7 a.m. CST and continuing for about 48 hours, Gulf South will perform scheduled maintenance on Index 8, its 12-inch line between Longview and Tyler in East Texas. The work constitutes a force majeure event and will affect Gulf South’s ability to provide service to 10 locations, the pipeline said. There are also five single farm taps that will be affected.

Sonat lifted Monday a Type 6 OFO that had been implemented Saturday.

Sonat lifted Monday a Type 6 OFO that had been implemented Saturday.

Panhandle Eastern said an additional unscheduled outage for a top-end overhaul at Liberal (KS) Station’s Unit 317 began Tuesday. This coincides with the original outage to replace a crankshaft on Liberal Unit 315, which has been extended through October, the pipeline said. Operational capacity through Liberal has been reduced to 800,000 Dth/d through the end of September, increasing to 900,000 Dth/d Oct. 1.