El Paso declared an Unauthorized Overpull Penalty situationFriday that was to remain in effect until further notice.

Citing predictions of colder weather that would increaseon-system loads, KM Interstate issued an OFO Friday with penaltiesof $25/MMBtu plus a gas index price for any negative imbalance. Theimbalance will be calculated after applying any available no-noticeservice, KMI said. It projected on-system load of about 308,000MMBtu/d for Friday’s gas day but said the level of supplynominations was about 44% less. Interruptible storage withdrawalsand withdrawals over MDQ (Maximum Daily Quantity) for NNS and FSScustomers are not available during the OFO.

Northern Natural Gas extended a System Overrun Limitation for allmarket area zones that began Thursday (see Daily GPI, Feb. 9) through at least Saturday.

Noting remedial actions, Texas Eastern reported canceling lastTuesday six of the 21 customer-specific OFOs it had issued Jan. 8 (seeDaily GPI, Jan. 10). However, additionalindividual OFOs that will take effect tomorrow were issued to eightcustomers last week.

Sea Robin began accepting nominations this month for a newdelivery point at the Texaco Henry Plant (meter number 94090) insouth Louisiana. Downstream nominations will be processed by HenryHub operator Sabine Pipe Line, Sea Robin said. Although processingcan occur downstream of the new point, the Henry Plant is not a”straddle plant” on Sea Robin’s system. Thus any gas delivered tothe Henry Plant point will not come back to Sea Robin for deliveryat another point on the system.

Part of El Paso’s Line 1110 upstream of Guadalupe Station in NewMexico will be out of service today through March 4, reducing SouthMainline capacity by 25 MMcf/d at the Pecos point. Line 3114 inMidland County, TX will be shut in Tuesday and Wednesday to lowerthe line through farmland. Seven upstream points will not be ableto deliver into El Paso on those dates.

NGPL said Friday that despite remedial efforts by it and someupstream operators, the pipeline continues to receive substantialdeliveries containing high levels of liquefiable hydrocarbons. Inaddition, cold temperatures increase the likelihood of condensationof those hydrocarbons within the system. As a result, NGPL said, itmay become necessary to halt receipts at points that contribute tothe liquefiables problem “on very short notice — possibly lessthan 24 hours.”

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