El Paso Natural Gas Company
First Revised Volume No. 1-A
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Effective Date: 09/01/1991, Docket: RP88- 44-019, Status: Effective
First Revised Sheet No. 211 First Revised Sheet No. 211 : Superseded
Superseding: Original Sheet No. 211
TRANSPORTATION GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
(Continued)
5. QUALITY
5.1 All natural gas received by El Paso at any mainline Receipt
Point(s) shall conform to the following specifications and
must be, in El Paso'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 per one hundred (100) standard
cubic feet, which includes hydrogen sulfide, carbonyl
sulfide, carbon disulfide, mercaptans, and mono-, di- and
poly-sulfides. 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.