Transportation Notes
The Jonah Gas Gathering System behind the Opal Plant in Wyoming declared force majeure Thursday due to the fact that Wednesday’s scheduled work by operator TEPPCO (see Daily GPI, Oct. 5) incurred unforeseen problems that extended the anticipated downtime of 15 hours. Because of this, Jonah was required to make Cycle III cuts at the Opal Plant for Thursday’s gas day, according to a posting by Sherry Anderson, TEPPCO’s commercial operations manager. Kern River, which derives much of its supply at Opal, said it was informed by TEPPCO that the total cut was approximately 100,000 dekatherms. Kern River encouraged customers with Opal gas to contact their suppliers to see how they might have been affected.
Southern Natural Gas said it expects initial flows to be able to resume through Toca Compressor Station by mid-October, adding that the receipt points most likely to be able to flow initially are on lines that enter the main transmission lines between the Olga and Toca Compressor Stations. It anticipates that flows will be able to resume for receipt points between Olga and the Main Pass 298 junction platform by the end of October and for receipt points east of the Main Pass 298 platform by the end of November. Southern said a force majeure issued Sept. 27 remains in effect for points impacted by Hurricane Rita on its West Leg. Based on the best information it has available, Southern made these projections for when certain points should return to service: Bayou Sale #4-P&P, early November; Bayou Sale #1-Texaco Horseshoe Bayou, late November; and Sabine to SNG and SNG to Sabine, early December.
NGPL said Gulf South-Erath is its only point that remains unavailable and scheduled to zero as NGPL continues to repair damage to facilities caused by Hurricane Rita. Compressor Station 342 is available for operation again, but the electric units at Station 343 remain unavailable, NGPL said.
Columbia Gulf said Thursday it has resumed accepting nominations and physical flow at the MS 599 A&B-Union-Sweet Lake, MS 641-EC 23A and DMS-Lowry points.
Westcoast reported experiencing an interruption of service on the 16-inch Beg Pipeline in the Fort St. John area. The pipe has been isolated and depressured, and repairs will begin upon completion of an investigation, Westcoast said. Five receipt points must remain shut in until Beg is back in service.
TransCanada said it will grant a request for a new receipt point named Grand Coulee to be located in Saskatchewan and connected to the TransGas system. Subject to the construction of facilities including the connecting lateral and execution of required contract arrangements, TransCanada estimates that the point’s in-service date will be late 2005 or early 2006.
Pipeline anomaly repair required near Station 40 in East Texas was previously set to start Sept. 22 but was postponed due to Hurricane Rita, Transco said. It has rescheduled the work for Oct. 11-14, during which receipts from the Humphreys #2 and Craig #1 meters will not be available.
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