El Paso Natural Gas Company
Second Revised Volume No. 1A
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Effective Date: 04/01/2010, Docket: RP10-454-001, Status: Effective
Twelfth Revised Sheet No. 210 Twelfth Revised Sheet No. 210
Superseding: Eleventh Revised Sheet No. 210
TRANSPORTATION GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
(Continued)
3. QUALITY
3.1 General Specifications. Unless otherwise provided in Sections 3.2
and/or 3.4 of the GT&C, Shipper warrants that all Natural Gas
received by Transporter at any mainline Receipt Point(s) shall
conform to the following specifications and must be, in
Transporter's reasonable judgment, otherwise merchantable:
(a) Liquids - The gas shall be free of water and hydrocarbons in
liquid form at the temperature and pressure at which the gas
is received. The gas shall in no event contain water vapor
in excess of seven (7) pounds per million standard cubic
feet.
(b) Hydrocarbon Dew Point - The hydrocarbon dew point of the gas
received shall not exceed twenty degrees Fahrenheit (20°F) at
normal pipeline operating pressures.
(c) Total Sulfur - The gas shall not contain more than five (5)
grains of total sulfur, which includes hydrogen sulfide,
carbonyl sulfide, carbon disulfide, mercaptans, and mono-,
di- and poly-sulfides, per one hundred (100) standard cubic
feet. The gas shall also meet the following individual
specifications for hydrogen sulfide, mercaptan sulfur or
organic sulfur:
(i) Hydrogen Sulfide - The gas shall not contain more
than one-quarter (0.25) grain of hydrogen sulfide
per one hundred (100) standard cubic feet.
(ii) Mercaptan Sulfur - The mercaptan sulfur content
shall not exceed more than three-quarters (0.75)
grain per one hundred (100) standard cubic feet.
(iii) Organic Sulfur - The organic sulfur content shall
not exceed one and one-quarter (1.25) grains per one
hundred (100) standard cubic feet, which includes
mercaptans, mono-, di- and poly-sulfides, but it
does not include hydrogen sulfide, carbonyl sulfide
or carbon disulfide.
(d) Oxygen - The oxygen content shall not exceed two-tenths of
one percent (0.2%) by volume and every reasonable effort
shall be made to keep the gas delivered free of oxygen.