El Paso said the necessary replacement parts for repairing mechanical damage to Flagstaff (AZ) Station’s Unit #1 (see Daily GPI, April 30) will not be available until mid-June, and thus it declared the outage a force majeure event. The incremental reduction of North Mainline capacity due to the Flagstaff outage is 100 MMcf/d, and other North Mainline maintenance previously scheduled during May is being reassessed in light of the Flagstaff situation. Previously posted capacity reductions will be revised as soon as possible. El Paso also said the Alamo Lake (AZ) Station’s #2 turbine was started Thursday but experienced a mechanical failure and must be disassembled to determine the extent of damage. Capacity of the Havasu Crossover was returned to 570 MMcf/d Friday until further notice.

After having previously announced that it would not confirm scheduled receipts at the Canadian River interconnect with Transwestern effective May 1 due to carbon dioxide content above its tariff limit of 1% (see Daily GPI, April 30), Southern Star Central (formerly Williams) said Friday it would waive this limit, provided that the carbon dioxide levels do not go above 1.5% by volume. “Based on recent CO2 readings at the Canadian River interconnect, Transwestern believes that volumes delivered at this interconnect will satisfy the 1.5% limitation, provided that the CO2 content does not increase from present levels,” Transwestern said.

Gulf South began unscheduled maintenance Thursday until further notice on Index 387-3 (the 8-inch Hattiesburg Line in Mississippi). Service to Eaton Power Plant has been interrupted for the duration of the maintenance period. Gulf South has scheduled maintenance on Index 129 (Agua Dulce to the 30-inch Perryville Line) in Jackson County, TX from 4 p.m. CDT Tuesday through 9 a.m. Thursday. The force majeure work will affect Gulf South’s ability to provide service to 19 meters.

Sonat reported completion of repairs at the Logansport (LA) Compressor Station and restored capacity to normal on the 14-inch Logansport Line effective with Thursday’s intra-day 2 nominations cycle. The pipeline also said it does not expect the 24-inch White Castle-Franklinton Loop Line in Louisiana (see Daily GPI, April 22) to return to service before May 18, as inspections are still under way and a repair plan is being developed. No impact to firm service is anticipated from the outage, but interruptible (A-1 and/or IT) service may be affected.

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