Kinder Morgan restores EPNG capacity at Lordsburg earlier than expected

Energy infrastructure operator Kinder Morgan announced the early completion of repairs on the constraint point LORDSBRG of the El Paso Natural Gas (EPNG) pipeline, restoring transportation capacity as of the evening cycle on December 13. The operational reduction, imposed since December 6 and affecting approximately 575,000 dekatherms per day, had immediately saturated Permian gas evacuation routes and triggered a sharp collapse in spot prices at Waha.