Kinder Morgan has lifted force majeure on its Tennessee Gas Pipeline after repairs restored natural gas deliveries to Mexico that had been interrupted earlier this week. Tennessee Gas identified problems on October 5 and isolated sections of the system, including the Rio Bravo and Cenagas delivery meters. The company declared force majeure the following day. Kinder Morgan said Thursday that the problems had been resolved and shipments were being restored.
The outage was brief, but Mexico doesn’t have much room for even a brief one. About…
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