Citing forecasts for much of its market area indicating “extremely cool conditions” starting Thursday and continuing through the weekend, Transco said that effective with Thursday’s gas day it is not allowing excess storage injections under Rate Schedules GSS or WSS and will not allow any Park quantities or Loan payback. Also, effective Friday it will not allow due-pipeline (receipt make-up) nominations. The pipeline added that if it experiences a significant decrease in operational flexibility, it may limit the scheduling tolerance at pooling points to 1% or take additional actions.

Westcoast said Thursday it has confirmed a slow leak on the 16-inch Grizzly Valley Extension. It was bringing the nearby 10-inch Wapiti line back into service and will begin accepting gas from affected producers when that process is completed. The Grizzly Valley Extension will be exposed and remain out of service until the necessary repairs have been made, Westcoast said.

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