Williams Field Services (WFS) said the La Barge Compressor Station in the Green River gathering area was still down Thursday morning after experiencing an equipment failure Wednesday afternoon that resulted in decreased flows in the field and curtailment of volumes at the WFS-operated Opal Plant. WFS said it was making Cycle 4 nomination cuts for Wednesday’s gas day and Cycle 3 cuts for Thursday’s gas day “in order to align nominations with flowing gas.” Shippers were asked to rank their delivery priorities in anticipation of nomination reductions.

Florida Gas Transmission extended an Overage Alert Day through at least Thursday and tightened the tolerance for negative daily imbalances from its initial 25% to 20%.

ANR said Thursday it has resolved gas quality issues at the Eugene Island 217 platform and lifted all associated capacity restrictions.

Rockies Express is accepting binding bids through Wednesday for long-term firm capacity of 9,000 Dth/d from receipt points in the Opal Plant area in Zone 1 to Zone 3. It will become available April 1. See the bulletin board for potential paths and other details.

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