Destin Pipeline canceled Friday morning a force majeure that hadbeen issued on the previous afternoon due to a temporary shutdownof the BP Amoco Pascagoula (MS) Processing Plant. Destin had askedplatform operators to reduce production to 25% of scheduledquantities until the plant came back on-line.

Kern River extended until further notice an open seasonannounced in early February (see Daily GPI, Feb. 7) to determineinterest in FT service to Salt Lake County and Utah County marketsin northern Utah. The open season originally had been scheduled toend Friday (March 3). The extension was made to allow shippers moretime to assess their long-term requirements and to evaluate theproposal, Kern River said. All terms and conditions of the originalposting remain unchanged.

In an effort to reduce packing on its system, NOVA changed itsdaily imbalance tolerance to +2/-18% Friday morning.

Kern River has scheduled annual inspections on its Solar turbineunits for March 21-24 and also will perform an Emergency ShutdownTest from 8 a.m to noon MST March 21. During the four hours of theEST, the pipeline will be unable to physically receive any gas atMuddy Creek, WY. Barring unforeseen problems, firm mainline servicewill be maintained, but no IT is expected to be available unlessOxy 17-Z or PG&E Daggett are used as the receipt points.Non-guaranteed gas behind the Opal Plant is expected to be cut by10% during the EST. Primary firm capacity behind the Muddy Creekcompressor station will be limited to about 310 MMCF/D for theMarch 21-24 gas days; pro rata allocations will be made ifnominations exceed that level.

Tennessee will perform pigging operations on the Blue WaterSystem March 13-14. No service restrictions are anticipated, butproducers may experience higher than normal pressures due tochanging line conditions.

Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission (formerly KN) hasexcess operational gas for sale. Call Randy Holstlaw at (303)914-4517 for information.

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