Resume: Enbridge pipeline resuming after hurricane
Enbridge returns to partial service after Ike
Enbridge US unit said repairs on its 16-inch Manta Ray offshore gas gathering system in the Gulf of Mexico were near completion and the line could return to partial service Thursday despite a continuing force majeure outage due to Hurricane Ike.
The company said it would update its restoration service tomorrow or sooner, if new information becomes available.
The company's Mississippi Canyon gas pipeline began accepting nominations on Sunday, but interconnections with Tennessee Gas Pipeline and the Venice natural gas processing plant remained unavailable, said Reuters.
The company's Garden Banks system also remained shut in, but was ready to return to service once downstream pipelines and processing plants become available, a separate posting said.
The Enbridge Offshore pipeline system, Stingray pipeline and Nautilus pipeline also remained under force majeure. The earliest date for restoration of the Nautilus system is Thursday, while there was no estimate on the return of the other systems.
Enbridge offshore pipelines provide joint venture interests in 12 transmission and gathering pipelines in six major corridors in Louisiana and Mississippi offshore waters of the Gulf of Mexico, moving an average of three billion cubic feet per day of natural gas, or about 40% of all deep-water Gulf gas production.