Transco said Wednesday it had shut in all receipt points on its12-inch North High Island system upstream of High Island Block 154on the afternoon of Nov. 16 after discovering a leak in GalvestonBlock 237. No explanation was available for why the shut-insweren’t announced on the Transit bulletin board until nearly a weeklater, a spokeswoman said. About 50 MMcf/d of production willremain shut in until repairs are complete; Transco estimated theoutage would last between two and four weeks.

Florida Gas Transmission continued Wednesday to extend anOverage Alert Day at 10% tolerance through at least Thanksgivingmorning. Affiliate Northern Natural Gas lifted a System OverrunLimitation Wednesday.

Saying linepack was stabilized, El Paso canceled Tuesdayafternoon an Unauthorized Overpull Penalty alert that had been ineffect since Sunday. El Paso’s Flagstaff (AZ) Station went down foremergency maintenance late Tuesday afternoon, reducing capacity ofthe North Mainline by 50 MMcf/d until further notice. An updatewill be posted after mechanics are able to make a diagnosis andestimate a return-to-service date, El Paso said.

Due to a gas quality problem discovered at theTransok/NGPL-Bryan receipt point in Bryan County, OK, NGPL stoppedscheduling gas there Wednesday until further notice.

Tennessee declared force majeure Tuesday following mechanicalfailure at the Dry Creek Station on a lateral in Taylor County, KY.Nominations at the Dry Creek meter were curtailed to 6,000dekatherms for Tuesday’s gas day. However, due to boostingcompression levels at upstream mainline Station 871, no servicecuts were in effect Wednesday as crews worked on the Dry Creekproblem, a spokeswoman said.

Kinder Morgan Interstate informed shippers that effective withDecember business, the overrun charges in its tariff (commonlyreferred to as the Out Of Path Charge and Zone Overrun Charge) willbe re-implemented. The related Contract Overrun Charge, which isalready in effect and being charged when appropriate, will continueto be applicable, KMI said. See the pipe’s bulletin board fordetails.

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