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Mexico’s Comisi¢n Reguladora de Energ¡a (CRE) granted a permitto Transportadora de Gas Natural de Baja California, a subsidiarycompany of U.S.-based Sempra Energy International, for transportinggas to the Presidente Jurez thermoelectric station in Rosarito,Baja California. Enova and Pacific Enterprises won the bid calledfor gas to supply the generating station. The projected 30-inchdiameter pipeline will span 23 miles and is designed to operatewith a compression capacity of 810 MMcf/d and operative capacity of270 MMcf/d.

As part of a broad-based statewide investigation the first halfof 1999, California will explore possibilities for opening upelectricity distribution to competition as an extension of thestate’s ongoing energy industry restructuring. Potential impact onthe natural gas industry will be part of the investigation orderedearlier this month by the California Public Utilities Commission.

As part of broad-based statewide investigation the first half of1999, California will explore possibilities for opening upelectricity distribution to competition as an extension of thestate’s ongoing energy industry restructuring. Potential impact onthe natural gas industry will be part of the investigation orderedearlier this month by the California Public Utilities Commission.

The International Petroleum Exchange (IPE), based in London,accepted an offer from NYMEX last week to look into a possiblemerger, which would create a “single global energy exchange.” Anagreement to join the exchanges would affect companies which sellcommodities internationally in both markets. The domestic gasmarkets in both countries, however, would see little impact.

The New England electric market is getting crowded, so crowdedthat a Florida-based utility poised to move into that market now istrying to get out of an $846 million deal to purchase Mainegenerating assets.

Same story, different company. That summarizes third quarterresults reported recently by Anadarko Petroleum. Like everyoneelse, Anadarko suffered from lower gas and oil prices last quarter,and the hurt shows plainly in its financials.

Tulsa-based Parker Drilling Company with worldwide drillingoperations, and Superior Energy Services, which provides servicesin the Gulf of Mexico, have announced a definitive agreement tomerge in a transaction valued at approximately $168 million.

Billy G. Thompson, editor and publisher of the Austin-basednewsletter Texas Energy Week (TEn W), died at his home on Oct. 17,1998. He was 80.

In a new analysis of power demand growth, Colorado-basedResource Data International (RDI) projects slightly over 186,000 MWof primarily gas-fired electric generating capacity will have to beadded by 2010 nationwide to meet burgeoning demand and to replaceretiring nuclear and non-nuclear capacity. The cost approaches $90billion.