Citing “inclement weather in the Gulf of Mexico,” Tennessee canceled the quarterly pigging of the Header and East Leg segments of the Blue Water System offshore Louisiana that had been Monday through Thursday this week (see Daily GPI, Sept. 6). The next quarterly pigging is scheduled for Nov. 11-14.

Sonat will begin pipeline work Monday (Sept. 9) upstream of the Bienville (LA) Compressor Station that will continue through Sept. 30. The project will require Sonat to reduce the capacity west of Bienville by about 20 MMcf/d. The pipeline will not be able to accept supply nominations at the J.W. Gathering receipt point for the Sept. 23-25 gas days.

Noting that the 2002 Western Expansion on its system is scheduled for a Nov. 1 startup, NOVA is seeking unconditional tenders for the firm purchase of about 55,000 gigajoules to increase its linepack level. Tenders may be submitted for all or some of the increase. The gas will be required over a period of up to 18 days on or about Oct. 14. The price will be in the form of a differential to a published daily Aeco index. Call Jeff Stoffregen at (403) 920-6637 or Lisa Draudson at -5593 for more information.

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