NorAm Energy Services (NES) won a large three-year assetmanagement contract with Owensboro, KY-based Western Kentucky GasCo., effective July 1. The deal includes gas supply,transportation, storage, and city gate delivery asset managementservices. The Kentucky gas distributor, a division of Dallas basedAtmos Energy, serves 180,000 customers.

“Western Kentucky owns firm transportation and storage assetsthat are strategic to the NES asset value grid,” said NES’ DanTipton, vice president of energy origination. “We offer the tradingexpertise to optimize these assets and create value for thecustomer.”

NES added gas supply and asset management services to itsportfolio in 1996, and a spokesman said the deal with Kentucky Gasis the first of many it plans to complete this year.

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