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Tennessee said Monday rehab work on the Sun Lateral in westernLouisiana will be completed ahead of schedule and it will resumetaking nominations at all Sun meters for Wednesday’s gas day. Thepipeline had earlier projected that the project would extend untilJuly 9 (see Daily GPI, June 22).

TransCanada yesterday was continuing to evaluate an electronicfailure on its 36-inch Western Alberta System. A tool used duringan in-line inspection run failed. Arrival of a de-watering pig atthe Knight compressor station has been delayed until about noonmountain time today. Work on the system between the Miekle Riverand Knight compressor station in northwestern Alberta began May 31,impacting receipt capacity by about 1 Bcf/d. The system should beup to regular flows again some time by Saturday, a spokesman said.The outage had been scheduled to end June 9.

Complementing its integrated operations in Northeast Utah andwestern Colorado, Coastal Field Services, Coastal’s midstreamdivision, bought the Bluebell and Altonah gathering systems andprocessing plants located in the Duchesne and Uintah counties ofUtah. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Koch Gateway Pipeline has asked FERC for the go-ahead to takeout of service the western portion of its Latex-Fort Worth Mainlineand associated laterals. The system, which extends from near WillsPoint, TX, to Fort Worth, consists of about 102 miles of pipelineand laterals ranging in diameter from 4 to 20 inches.

Western-based El Paso Energy, which lassoed Tennessee Gas Pipeline and a route to New England three years ago, rode into the Southeast last week, announcing it will acquire Sonat and its Southern Natural Gas Pipeline in a $6 billion deal.

Moving one step closer to bringing 1.325 Bcf/d of gas fromWestern Canada to Chicago, Alliance Pipeline last week announcedthe start of construction with the clearing of 410 miles offorested rights-of-way for mainlines and laterals in northwesternAlberta and northeastern British Columbia. The entire system isexpected to be completed and in service by October, 2000. Alliancesaid it already has commitments from 37 shippers for 15-yearcontracts worth a total of $8.2 billion. Agreements have beenreached with 93% of landowners along its 2,320-mile route acrossCanada and the United States, while time to complete the NEBproceedings has been built into the construction schedule.

Moving one step closer to bringing 1.325 Bcf/d of gas fromWestern Canada to Chicago, Alliance Pipeline announced the start ofconstruction with the clearing of 410 miles of forestedrights-of-way for mainlines and laterals in northwestern Albertaand northeastern British Columbia. The entire system is expected tobe completed and in service by October, 2000. Alliance said italready has commitments from 37 shippers for 15-year contractsworth a total of $8.2 billion.

“I’ll be out of a job if they keep this up,” said a Westerntrader Wednesday, referring to the lack of volatility in yetanother in a long string of flat cash market performances. He didmanage to find sort of a silver lining: “I can’t make a good or abad deal in this market.”

TransColorado Gas Transmission started pressuring up it Phase 2extension into western Colorado last week and expects to begintransportation services from the northern Rockies to the San JuanBasin some time next month, pending FERC approval of its ratedesign.