Citing forecasts of high service-area temperatures, MRT issued a System Production Warning (SPW) that took effect Saturday until further notice. See the bulletin board for SPW conditions.

Rockies Express (REX) said a failure on the variable frequency drive transformer of Unit 1 caused a force majeure event Monday morning at its Cheyenne Compressor Station in Weld County, CO. REX said Monday it was estimatimg that repairs could be completed on or about Thursday, but the date was subject to change depending on the availability of a replacement transformer. Volumes through Segment 200 are limited to 1,550,000 Dth/d until further notice, REX said, which means AOR/IT, secondary and primary FT nominations are at risk of not being fully scheduled.

Florida Gas Transmission kept an Overage Alert Day in effect through Saturday, then allowed it to lapse Sunday.

Tennessee said Monday it was reducing pressure on its TTT Line offshore Louisiana to allow divers to begin repair of a leak for which it declared a force majeure Saturday. Twelve platform meters were shut in as a result. The process of blowing down the line to reduce pressure is expected to take two to three days, the pipeline said Monday.

Suspecting a leak, ANR said Friday it had shut in the Eugene Island 30 and 42 locations in its Southeast Area Fuel Segment until further notice while unplanned pipe repairs are being performed.

Westcoast said it will implement a 75% firm raw gas Overproduction Charge (OPC) constraint Tuesday morning when it takes the “B” contractor of Train 3 offline for 48 hours to perform a chemical wash that will reduce internal fouling. The OPC is expected to end at the beginning of Thursday’s gas day.

Gulf South has rescheduled maintenance on the T5 and T6 turbines at its Carthage Junction Expansion Compressor Station, originally set to start Wednesday, until Tuesday (March 16). The work is expected to continue for about two days and will cut station capacity by as much as 150,000 Dth/d, Gulf South said.

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