Citing anticipations of cold weather and operational conditions,MRT issued an OFO effective today until further notice. Thepipeline will interrupt all IT volumes and Authorized Overrun gasin excess of contract demand flowing north of the mainline’sGlendale (AR) Station. Firm customers must restrict mainlinevolumes to within their contracted zone entitlement and primarypath. MRT will have a zero tolerance for underdeliveries during theOFO but will continue to accept positive imbalance gas. The OFOsupersedes a System Protection Warning that took effect Wednesday(see Daily GPI, Dec. 15).

Northern Natural Gas extended a System Overrun Limitation (seeDaily GPI, Dec. 17) at least throughFriday. day.

Due to increases in scheduled receipts on its 24-inch system,Texas Eastern cut long supply positions Friday in the 24-inch M1and M2 TABS-1 pools. Receipt point operators may experience higherpressures as a result, Texas Eastern said.

Due to excess nominations, Tennessee sealed through EDS/ERSservice and restricted AOT service on the 300 Line downstream ofStation 325 (Libertyville, NJ) in Zones 5 and 6.

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