Texas Eastern will cancel Saturday the OFO that took effect March 1 (see Daily GPI, Feb. 26) requiring customers to withdraw gas from storage only after maximizing the use of mainline firm transportation. The OFO regarding storage inventory transfers issued Feb. 28 (see Daily GPI, March 3) remains in effect. “While storage deliverability relative to firm withdrawal rights is recovering, the fact remains that storage inventories are low and storage deliverability is a function, in part, of inventory levels. Accordingly Texas Eastern reminds all point operators and shippers of the need to limit ‘due pipeline’ imbalances so as not to unduly place transportation support demands on Texas Eastern’s storage fields,” the pipeline said Thursday.

Columbia Gas said two OFOs currently in effect — the first issued Feb. 20 and the second, a companion to the first one, issued Feb. 21 — will end with the start of Saturday’s gas day.

Panhandle Eastern lifted Thursday an Operational Alert that had been posted Feb. 11 and restricted flow at delivery points east of Tuscola, IL, due to cold weather.

Transco has identified receipt points at 14 meter stations where its most recent analysis indicates that their tendered gas exceeds the pipeline’s merchantability specifications (see Daily GPI, March 12). Effective Friday until further notice, Transco will not confirm receipts at those points that do not conform with its specifications. See the bulletin board for details.

El Paso said the Monument Plant will be down April 8, causing a one-day shut-in of the ITEXNEUN, IWARMONU and ICABHOBS receipt points. During the shutdown El Paso will be unable to make deliveries to the DGPMHOBS and ICABHOBS points. Also, Eunice A Station will be down for annual Department of Transportation inspections April 9, reducing capacity from Plains Station to the South Mainline [San Juan gas] and from the Eunice Station area by 200 MMcf/d. Receipts from Texaco Eunice [ITEXNEUN], GPM Eunice [IPHEUNIC] and Warren Monument [IWARMONU] will be shut in completely for 10 hours that day, cutting their scheduled volumes by about one-third, El Paso said. Eunice Station’s B turbine will be down for DOT inspection April 10, reducing capacity from Plains Station to Keystone Station by 250 MMcf/d.

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