Prairielands Energy Marketing Inc., a Bismarck, ND-basedsubsidiary of MDU Resources Group, and Preston Reynolds & Co.,based in Denver, formed Sage Gas Alliance LLC to focus onmarketing gas supplies originating in the Rockies region,principally within the Powder River Basin of Wyoming where PR&Cis a significant producer and developer of coalbed methane gas.

Launching Sage Gas coincides with the development of significantcoalbed methane reserves in north-central Wyoming and thecompletion of the pipeline infrastructure to get this product tomarket.

“Sage Gas brings a unique marketing aspect to the coalbedmethane development primarily because we are not tied to anyspecific pipeline project or market,” said Dennis L. Haider,president of Prairielands Energy Marketing. “This flexibility givesus the marketing diversity necessary to achieve greater productvalue. Our knowledge base for producing these somewhat complexreserves should benefit the producers in the Powder River Basin,”said Eric Szaloczi, PR&C CEO.

Sage Gas named Russ Moran marketing director of the newoperation. Moran has more than 18 years of experience in the energyand energy marketing industry including work with such companies asBarrett Resources Corp., Interenergy Resources Corp., Williams GasMarketing and Union Pacific Resources Corp. Sage Gas will haveprincipal offices in Denver with satellite offices in Bismarck andBillings, MT.

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