Northern Natural Gas declared a force majeure situation Thursday after detecting a leak upstream of the Plains Turbine on the Hobbs 26 suction line. The segment containing the leak must be isolated to facilitate repairs, which will require shutting in the Altura Gaines receipt point, Northern said. Upon isolating the affected area, eight other receipt points and four delivery points could be impacted and/or allocated, it added. See the bulletin board for further details.

Florida Gas Transmission ended Thursday an Overage Alert Day that had been in effect since the previous Friday.

Gulf South will begin an estimated five days of compressor maintenance on all units at Montpelier Compressor Station July 31, taking one unit down at a time. Station capacity could be reduced by as much as 75,000 Dth/d during this work, Gulf South said.

As of Thursday until further notice, Transco is not accepting backhaul nominations on the Mobile Bay Lateral.

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