Southern Natural Gas said it resumed offshore construction activities last Monday after suspending them for about seven days due to adverse weather conditions. Based on the best information available, Southern projected these return-to-service dates for the remaining portions of its offshore system that were damaged during Hurricane Katrina: east of Main Pass 298 Junction Platform, Dec. 25; 12-inch line from Main Pass 298 “A” to Main Pass 298 “B,” Jan. 11, 2006; 20-inch line from South Pass 62 “B” to Main Pass 298 “B,” Feb. 28, 2006; 18-inch line from Main Pass 306 “D” to Main Pass 293, Feb. 28, 2006; and the 14-inch line from Main Pass 153 to South Pass 62 “B,” March 16, 2006. An in-service date for the 12-inch line to West Delta 133 is dependent on producer repairs, Southern said. An OFO Type 6 remains in effect for Friday on Southern’s contiguous system; the pipeline said Thursday it is “too close to call” on whether the OFO will be extended beyond Friday.

A number of shippers have expressed interest in obtaining new FT and STS capacity on its mainline system, TransCanada said. In order to provide potential participants with as much time as possible to prepare bids, the pipeline said it expects to hold a Jan. 9-24, 2006 open season for new capacity. “Providing an early indication of the open season also minimizes the time that shippers will not have access to existing capacity since such access is suspended during a “New Capacity Open Season,” TransCanada added. See the bulletin board for service commencement dates and other details.

Thanks to an upgrade to the Eagle Mountain Meter Station in Utah, Kern River will increase the meter’s capacity Friday from 1,900 Dth/d to 6,498 Dth/d.

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