Enbridge lifts force majeure on two Gulf gas lines

NEW YORK, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Enbridge Inc's (ENB.TO) U.S. unit said it lifted force majeure effective late Thursday on its Manta Ray offshore gathering system in the Gulf of Mexico and on its Nautilus pipeline following outages in the wake of Hurricane Ike.

In separate website postings the company said Nautilus would accept nominations at receipt points for intraday gas cycle 2 on Wednesday to delivery points Crosstex LIG, LLC and Gulf South Pipeline, while Manta Ray would also begin accepting nominations at seven receipt points after force majeure was lifted effective late Thursday.

The company's Garden Banks system remained shut in, but was ready to return to service once downstream pipelines and processing plants become available, an earlier posting said.

The Enbridge Offshore pipeline system and Stingray pipeline remained under force majeure with no estimate on their return to service.

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 3 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas, or about 40 percent of all deepwater Gulf gas production. (Reporting by Eileen Moustakis, editing by Matthew Lewis)