Effective gas day today, NGPL may be able to schedule limitedamounts of interruptible gas received in the Permian Zone inSegments 7, 8 or 9 and being delivered outside the Permian Zone.

Williams Gas Pipelines Central is holding a new open season forexpansion of its system east of its Ottawa station in FranklinCounty, KS. This portion of the system, line segments 425 and 235)extends east of Ottawa, KS, serving eastern Kansas City and marketsacross Missouri into the St. Louis area as the system is configuredtoday and will be referred to as the east of Ottawa portion of theWilliams system. Binding bids may be fore firm capacity in themarket area, the production area or both. The open season beganyesterday and runs until 5 p.m. CST Dec. 3. For information, callDonny King, (918)573-4208

As of gas day Tuesday, Northwest began an underrun entitlementfor all points north of Kemmerer. This means that until furthernotice, any deliveries of gas taken by a receiving party must bewithin 5% of the supplies such party is entitled to take fordelivery north of Kemmerer. Failure to stay within the 5% tolerancewill subject the receiving party to penalties in Section 15.5-c ofthe Northwest tariff. During the entitlement period, Northwest willnot authorize any payback nominations from points north ofKemmerer. The entitlement was declared because of excessive bankingon the system.

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