After warning of its possibility Tuesday (see Daily GPI, April 4), Sonat said Wednesday it is implementing a Type 5 OFO, effective with Friday’s gas day, due to excess production upstream of its facilities in Logansport, LA. “The quantities currently flowing into the Logansport facilities have decreased very little and the operational problems [with dehydration equipment] have not been alleviated,” Sonat said in its bulletin board posting. Affecting 25 points in the Logansport Field and another 24 in the Joaquin Field, the OFO calls for receipts exceeding 104% of scheduled quantities to be penalized $15/Dth.

Demand requests northbound through the Kemmerer (WY) Compressor Station have increased substantially in the last few days, according to Northwest. Because of this, Northwest will allocate alternate gas, as needed, at both the Green River (WY) and Meacham (OR) Compressor Stations. Capacity will be reinstated in subsequent intraday cycles as operationally available, the pipeline said.

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