Tennessee said a pigging of the Header and East Leg segments of the Blue Water System offshore Louisiana, previously scheduled to begin Aug. 11, has been canceled. The next pigging of Blue Water’s Header and East Leg is set for Sept. 8-11, during which producers may encounter higher than normal pipeline pressure. Physical flow will be interrupted at the South Marsh Island 76P for about 12 hours Sept. 8.

El Paso will hold a customer meeting Aug. 14 in Phoenix to review changes to its business systems and services that are necessary to meet the Sept. 1 implementation required by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Docket Nos. RP00-336-000 et al. The two main changes mandated by FERC are the conversion of firm FT-1 full requirements (FR) transportation service to contract demand (CD) service with specified volumetric entitlements, and the conversion of systemwide receipt rights to rights at specific receipt points or at supply pools. See the bulletin board for details about the meeting; those planning to attend are asked to RSVP to their transportation marketing representative or the customer services hotline at (800) 441-3764 by the end of the business day Monday (Aug. 11).

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