Stanley Horton, who once guided Enron Corp.’s vast natural gas pipeline system, was appointed Monday as COO and president of Cheniere Energy Inc. Horton, who is charged with helping Cheniere develop several liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminals along the Gulf Coast, assumes his new position April 18.

After Enron declared bankruptcy, Horton became CEO of the reorganized CrossCountry Energy LLC, the entity that held Enron’s Transwestern Pipeline and Citrus Corp., which owned 100% of Florida Gas Transmission Co. Horton also previously served as president of Northern Natural Gas, when Enron still owned it.

CrossCountry was purchased last November by CCE Holdings, a joint venture between Southern Union Co. and GE Commercial Finance Energy Financial Services, and since then, Horton has served as COO, integrating CrossCountry with Southern Union’s Panhandle Energy (see Daily GPI, Nov. 12, 2004).

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