Texas Eastern said Friday afternoon its Main Pass pipeline system had become operational again, with the exception of the Apache-operated Main Pass 7 meter. “At this time wellhead and platform communications are still out for most of the system. Therefore, as production is being restored and before communication links are reestablished, TE requires point operators to notify their operations account manager or Texas Eastern Gas Control (800-231-7794) that their meters are flowing so nominations can be confirmed.” Along with Main Pass 7, South Pass system platforms and the onshore Venice (LA) Plant will remain shut in until further notice, Texas Eastern said.

An OFO on Gulfstream, which was initiated Tuesday, remained in place Friday until further notice, a spokesman said. Under the OFO, Gulfstream was scheduling deliveries only from confirmed receipts or gas already in the system; was not scheduling any due-shipper imbalance makeups; and said scheduled deliveries must not exceed scheduled deliveries, “regardless of whether any operational variation is allocated to an operational balancing agreement for later imbalance resolution.” Penalties would apply to each dekatherm delivered in excess of 105% (or 1,000 dekatherms, whichever is greater) of scheduled quantities, the pipeline said.

Southern Natural Gas said Friday it was maintaining a force majeure declaration for receipt points upstream of its Toca (LA) Compressor Station. “Initial assessments of damage to Southern’s facilities from Hurricane Katrina continue to be hampered by limited resources and challenging logistics,” the pipeline continued. “However, field personnel began initial assessments on portions of our offshore pipeline facilities on Thursday. Those initial assessments of offshore facilities will continue in other areas of the offshore facilities today [Friday]…Further assessment at Toca on Thursday indicated that water levels at the land-based compressor station had begun to recede. Assessments will continue throughout the weekend assuming there are no logistical issues.” Southern also advised customers that due to Katrina-related outages, it could encounter capacity restrictions on the Gwinville to Pickens Pipeline, which transports gas from the north system to the south system. “This will not affect firm capacity, but if interruptible capacity had to be allocated, interruptible receipts on the north system (including ISS) would be cut based on queue positions unless we are able to verify that your deliveries are on the north system and not being moved through the capacity-constrained area.”

Florida Gas Transmission continued to loosen its tolerance for negative daily imbalances from 15% to 25% in an Overage Alert Day notice for its market area, which had begun Sunday (Aug. 28) and was extended through at least Friday.

Texas Eastern has rescheduled cleaning/inline inspection pig runs between the Joaquin and Longview Stations in East Texas to Wednesday and Thursday; they previously had been set to begin Tuesday. All receipts at 16 meters between Joaquin and Longview will be scheduled to zero during the work.

Westcoast reported experiencing a leak on the 10-inch diameter NEBC/Milligan Peejay (MPJ) Pipeline in the Fort St. John (FSJ) Area, affecting an estimated 20 MMcf/d at eight receipt points that were shut in. Repair and failure investigation preparations were under way Friday and work would continue through the weekend, Westcoast said. It expected to complete repairs around the middle or toward the end of this week.

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