Saying linepack had stabilized, El Paso canceled Friday an Overpull Penalty Alert that had been issued Wednesday morning. While the OFO was still in place, El Paso postponed repairs on the Dilkon Station’s B turbine until next week. The pipeline had expected to begin the work, which will cause a 30 MMcf/d reduction of North Mainline capacity, last Wednesday.

NOVA lifted an IT restriction at A/BC (Alberta/British Columbia border) Friday due to nominations coming in below the point’s total capacity of 2,627 MMcf/d. As of Thursday only about a third of nominated interruptible volumes were being allowed at A/BC, representing a cut of 32.5 MMcf/d.

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