On Tuesday and Wednesday, Kern River will be restaging the Muddy Creek compressor and completing a semi-annual inspection of the turbine on unit #1. The work is expected to take 36 hours. Primary firm capacity behind the compressors will be restricted to 330 MMcf/d for gas days Nov. 13-14. If primary firm nominations exceed that amount, Kern River will allocate firm capacity pro rata based on each firm shipper’s contractual rights through the Muddy Creek Compressor Station. It will be necessary for shippers using receipt points upstream of Muddy Creek (Opal, Northwest Pipeline, Colorado Interstate, Overland Trails, and Muddy Creek Pool) to schedule some of their receipts from other sources. Kern River also will be making modifications to the Fillmore compressor unit and performing semi-annual inspections Tuesday and Wednesday. It is anticipated that only primary firm capacity will be available. The Goodsprings compressor is being inspected Tuesday and Kern will allow on only primary firm capacity to flow.

El Paso said the Caprock Station was unavailable Monday due to problems that developed over the weekend. The capacity of the San Juan Crossover was reduced to 500 MMcf/d as of cycle 3 Monday and continuing through today. For details call a scheduling representative at (719) 520-4706 or Charlie Mathis at (719) 667-7712. El Paso said late last week in a notice that remained effective Monday that pipeline integrity was threatened by high line pack. El Paso said it would impose custody limits at delivery points which are not taking scheduled quantities and may be forced to limit overdeliveries at receipt points to protect system integrity. El Paso said it was at maximum injection at Washington Ranch with high line pack.

Questar said its Clay Basin storage reservoir has had net withdrawals sufficient to allow a limited level (1,000,000 Dth) of ISS service through the end of November 2001. Effective for gas day Nov. 13, Questar will begin accepting ISS nomination until further notice or until the 1,000,000 Dth of capacity is gone.

TransColorado said maintenance will be performed at the El Paso/Transco Blanco Facility, PIN 36105, beginning on Nov. 13 and continuing through Nov. 14. During this time, the point capacity will be reduced.

Transwestern will be performing maintenance at Station 2 (Flagstaff, AZ.), affecting the Mainline Thoreau West capacity. Total capacity for Mainline Thoreau West for gas day Nov. 12 through Nov. 19 will be reduced from 1.1 Bcf/d to 970,000 MMBtu/d.

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