El Paso is conducting a series of maintenance operations in the San Juan Basin this month. Through Thursday, there will be a 450 MMcf/d reduction in San Juan supply availability due to producer maintenance. During those dates, EPNG will perform maintenance at downstream locations, to minimize the additional impacts. White Rock Station was down for annual DOT inspections June 4 and 5, reducing the capacity of the San Juan Basin by 230 MMcf/d (no added impact). Line 1300 on the San Juan Crossover is being shut in for piping modifications Monday through today with no flow from San Juan east for delivery to the South Mainline, Waha or Anadarko. Line 1212 between Valve 4 and Gallup Station is having pigging facilities installed today and tomorrow, reducing the capacity of the San Juan Basin by an additional 210 MMcf/d. On June 9, Line 1600 from Waha to Gresham Station will be smart pigged, reducing the capacity from Waha west by 500 MMcf/d (total flow of 250 MMcf/d). For the remainder of June, and continuing into July, a program of pigging facility installations, pipeline cleaning and smart pig inspections will occur on four sections of Line 1212 between Blanco and Gallup. The reduction of San Juan Basin capacity will vary, depending on the pipeline section and the phase of the work being performed. During these reductions, downstream maintenance will be done at Gallup, Window Rock and Williams Stations to minimize the overall impact on throughput. For more details see El Paso’s bulletin board.

CIG will be taking its Ft. Morgan storage facility out of service from Aug. 1 to Aug. 17 to install facility upgrades. Injections or withdrawals at Ft. Morgan will not be possible during this time period. Assuming all firm storage customers are purchasing their full southern system requirement, maximum daily injection quantities will be limited to 75% of their normal levels. Interruptible storage customers should not count on any injection capability. Likewise, Northern system payback, parks, or loan paybacks will be unavailable. For details contact Mark Westhoff at (719) 520-4555.

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