Florida Gas Transmission discovered a leak on its 22-inchmainline downstream of Station 4 (Matagorda County, TX) betweenvalves 4-7 and 4-5 (west of Galveston Bay). That section was beingisolated and its pressure reduced. As of Tuesday afternoon,estimated downtime was 24-36 hours. FGT was keeping shippers wholeTuesday and trying to re-route as much affected gas as possible, aspokeswoman said, but for today’s gas day there will be no flow at15 receipt points and two delivery points.

El Paso declared an Unauthorized Overpull Penalty situationTuesday, effective until further notice. To insure systemintegrity, the pipeline said it will limit scheduled volumes atunderperforming interconnects.

After issuing an entitlement last week for the north end of itssystem while saying Jackson Prairie storage inventories were low,Northwest now reports the facility is physically full and shut infor testing through Friday.

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