Effective with Intraday 1 nominations Wednesday, Dominion rescinded the “Valley Gate” restriction on south-to-north transportation.

Southern Natural Gas said it is evaluating various repair options for its 12-inch diameter Breton Island Line offshore southeast Louisiana upstream of Olga Compressor Station. The line experienced an unscheduled outage March 22 (see Daily GPI, March 23). Based on the best information available, Southern estimated that repairs “could take several months depending on the availability of equipment and materials, receipt of necessary permits and weather.” Five receipt points have been shut in by the outage.

Columbia Gas is holding an open season auction of 64,000 Dth/d of available firm transportation capacity on its system from Loudoun, VA to Market Area 30 in the vicinity of Rockville, MD. Bids are being taken until 9 a.m. EDT April 5. The minimum contract term is 15 years. See the bulletin board for details.

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