Northwest is lifting today the Stage III Declared EntitlementPeriod for the northern half of its system that went into effect lastFriday (see Daily GPI, Oct. 9). However,the pipeline gave warning of the potential for subsequent entitlement,which allows it to impose a new entitlement after the close of theconfirmation process for the coming gas day. In addition, Northwestsaid effective today it will be necessary to limit the Kemmerer (WY)and possibly the Meacham (OR) and/or Green River (WY) Stations toprimary nominations only in order to make space for Northwest to moveClay Basin storage gas to the Jackson Prairie storage facility. Thepipeline explained the situation this way: “Throughout SeptemberNorthwest experienced continuous customer drafting. To compound theproblem, the price difference between Canadian and Rockies gassupplies has been significant, causing Kemmerer throughput to remainat or above capacity. The price difference threatens to continueindefinitely. If the drafting and unprecedented use of maximumKemmerer capacity persists, depleting Jackson Prairie and making ClayBasin unavailable for use in Northwest’s market areas, customersshould be advised that Northwest must continue to use the toolsavailable to maintain system integrity, including entitlement,alternate gas allocation and operational flow orders.”

Because Foothills Pipe Line field personnel experiencing wet siteconditions, maintenance work on the TransCanada-British Columbiasystem (formerly ANG) requires a second one-day outage extension (seeDaily GPI, Oct. 10) through today, NOVAsaid. Western Gate receipt capability will remain at 2,138 MMcf/dthrough today due to unscheduled compression downtime at Moyie, NOVAsaid, and return to the normal 2,544 MMcf/d Friday.

El Paso’s Line 1100 from Eunice Station to Pecos River Stationwill be out of service for 16 hours Saturday beginning at 4 a.m.MDT. Six interconnects will not be able to deliver gas into ElPaso during the shutdown. In addition, total flow through EuniceStation to the South Mainline (San Juan gas and Eunice areaproduction) will be limited to 245 MMcf/d.

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