Anticipating linepack that would exceed its upper-level target,Pacific Gas & Electric issued a customer-specific OFO fortoday.

Williams said the force majeure and supply cut on Line Segment 490caused by an unscheduled compressor failure at the Ogallah (KS)Station (see Daily GPI, Oct. 18) arebeing canceled and normal operations will resume today.

Foothills Pipe Lines, upon reviewing data received from in-lineinspection runs on the TransCanada-BC Line (formerly ANG) in late Juneand correlation excavations conducted earlier this month (see DailyGPI, Oct. 12), has determined that twoadditional site excavations are required. They are scheduled forNov. 2-5 and will reduce Western Gate (Alberta/British Columbiaborder) receipt capability to 2,201 MMcf/d. Typical Western Gate flowis about 2,379 MMcf/d, a spokesman said.

Sonat will begin engine maintenance Monday at its Toca (LA)Compressor Station, causing a total of 11,600 horsepower to be outof service for a 12-hour period each day until Friday. The workpotentially could reduce the amount of interruptible receipts thatcan be scheduled upstream during the 12-hour downtime each day.Sonat said Thursday it does not anticipate any reductions, but theywill be handled through standard allocation procedures ifnecessary.

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