As a result of further investigations at individual production platforms, Trunkline said Thursday it has added receipt points to a list of those unavailable for nomination due to operational issues on the particular platform (see bulletin board for details). As these issues are resolved, the points will be removed from the list, it said. Field personnel have partially completed pressure testing of the line east of Trunkline’s T-25 platform at Ship Shoal 139. The remaining sections to be testted are the legs east of T-22 at South Timbalier 175 and the 319B-4400 line between T-21 and T-22. All other Terrebonne System sections have sucessfully passed the pressure tests, Trunkline said.

Transco said delays associated with the effects of Hurricane Katrina have moved the expected completion date of integrity testing on its facilities downstream of Station 50 near Eunice, LA to Sept. 16; the pipeline previously had expected to finish the work Sept. 10 (see Daily GPI, Aug. 15). Transco also notified shippers who used Emergency Eminence Storage Service during the hurricane that they must schedule injection returns plus fuel costs within 30 days after the event ended. That means the gas should be replaced by the end of the Oct. 7 gas day, Transco said.

Southern Natural Gas is keeping a force majeure in effect for receipt points upstream of the Toca Compressor Station in southeast Louisiana while its personnel verify the integrity of facilities following Hurricane Katrina. The affected receipt points were flowing about 550 MMcf/d into Southern prior to the hurricane, the pipeline noted. Flood waters have receded at Toca and initial assessments there — including investigations of compressor units, liquids handling and dehydration facilities, piping and other equipment — should begin by no later than Friday, Sept. 9, Southern said. “By the end of today [Thursday], all of our offshore facilities will have had an initial damage assessment completed by personnel in helicopters. The most serious damage thus far to our facilities appears to be primarily to risers on producers’ facilities that have been destroyed (West Delta 133, Main Pass 306, South Pass 62) and to measurement equipment at some locations. Complete damage assessments will require on-site investigation, which has not yet been feasible. Initial surveys of our subsea facilities (primarily pipelines) have been hampered by poor weather conditions. Those surveys, which will be conducted by boat, are under way in some areas and will begin in other areas by Friday, Sept. 9, weather permitting. Based on the very limited information that we have currently, we are not yet aware of any significant damage to our offshore pipelines. However, the assessment of our offshore pipelines is in its early stages.”

Saying it wanted to avoid the possibility of issuing individual OFOs, MRT encouraged shippers with long imbalance positions to eliminate their imbalances by the start of Monday’s gas day. Contact Bob Derickson at (314) 991-7373 with any questions.

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