Announces

Dominion Transmission is conducting an open season for anupgrade of its system to provide 300 MMcf/d of new firmtransportation from Canadian and Midwestern points to the Leidy,PA, hub for connections to major markets in the Northeast.

Dominion Transmission will conduct an open season for an upgradeof its system to provide 300 MMcf/d of new firm transportation fromCanadian and Midwestern points to the Leidy, PA, hub forconnections to major markets in the Northeast.

CMS Energy Corp.’s Trunkline LNG Co. subsidiary announcedyesterday it has 41 committed cargoes to be delivered this year toits Lake Charles, LA, LNG terminal. The cargoes total nearly 110Bcf of LNG.

Dominion Resources Inc. last week announced a new corporatestructure that will integrate the assets of Consolidated NaturalGas Co., which it merged with in January, and will streamlineoperations.

Questar Corp. announced plans to purchase up to $50 million ofits outstanding common stock on the open market or in privatelynegotiated transactions over the next two years.

In the race to obtain as much of the bounteous Florida market aspossible, Williams has taken the early lead over Coastal as thecompany reported 1.3 Bcf/d in nominations received during theBuccaneer Pipeline open season. The open season ended in lateMarch.

Kerr-McGee Corp., taking into account the unfinished merger withOryx Energy (See Daily GPI, Oct. 16), revealed Friday a $545million capital budget for 1999. The merged company plans 1999daily production volumes at 190,000 barrels of oil and 580 MMcf ofgas.

Columbia Energy won’t be sinking dollars into a statewide brandadvertising campaign in Georgia like several other retail marketersdid prior to Nov. 1 start-up. Instead, the company plans anaggressive direct marketing program that focuses on attractivepricing and customer service. Columbia is offering Atlanta GasLight (AGL) customers a guaranteed bundled gas delivery price of39.9 cents per therm, a savings on gas costs of 18% for residentialcustomers and 19% for small commercial buyers compared to AGL’scharges over the last six months.