Florida Gas Transmission reported Thursday that during ascheduled maintenance project near Eustis, FL, a controlledblowdown of the 24-inch mainline was ignited, damaging power linesin the area. However, “this portion of the blowdown of gas is nowover and the situation is under control,” FGT said. Deliveries ofscheduled volumes were not affected, it added.

Pacific Gas & Electric did not continue a systemwidehigh-inventory OFO beyond Thursday. However, its linepackprojections through the weekend were at maximum target levels.

Line 1103 (between Pecos River and Guadalupe Stations) and Line3173 (between Puckett and Waha) remain out of service forunscheduled repairs until further notice, El Paso said Thursday.”The duration of these outages continues to be evaluated,” it said.The continued unavailability of the Guadalupe compression (due tochangeout of the inlet scrubber filter) and changed marketconditions required a further 60 MMcf/d reduction of Pecos Rivercapacity to 480 MMcf/d. Supply from ITERRELL and IPUCKETT willcontinue to be routed through Keystone, El Paso said.

As part of its Momentum Expansion Project, Transco is solicitingoffers for permanent relinquishment of FT service on its systemfrom Station 65 in Zone 3 or mainline receipt points in Zone 4 todelivery points in Zone 4 or Zone 5 at or upstream of Station 165.Subject to certain conditions, Transco plans to combinerelinquished capacity with newly constructed Momentum capacity.Relinquishment offers must be received by the end of business March30. See the bulletin board for details, or call Helen Laughlin at(713) 215-3773 or Orlando Alvarado at (713) 215-3378 for moreinformation.

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