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Barrett Resources Corp. announced a purchase and sale agreementto acquire additional working interests in Piceance Basin gasproperties in western Colorado and all the outstanding interest inthe related gas gathering system for $72 million last week.Although the company said multiple sellers were involved, it wouldnot divulge who those sellers were. Closing on the propertypurchases is expected to occur on Dec. 16. Acquisition of thegathering system is subject to regulatory approval, which isexpected in January 2000.

Barrett Resources Corp. announced a purchase and sale agreementto acquire additional working interests in Piceance Basin gasproperties in western Colorado and all the outstanding interest inthe related gas gathering system for $72 million. Although thecompany said multiple sellers were involved, it would not divulgewho those sellers were. Closing on the property purchases isexpected to occur on Dec. 16. Acquisition of the gathering systemis subject to regulatory approval, which is expected in January2000.

Southern Energy New York closed a previously announced $480million, 1,776 MW purchase of all Orange and Rockland (O&R)Utilities’ generation assets Thursday. At the same time the dealclosed the Southern Energy subsidiary, which was created with thesole intention of operating these newly-acquired assets, wasted notime in proposing a $390 million, 710 MW expansion to the BowlinePoint Generation Station in Haverstraw, NY.

As the date of random assignment draws near in Georgia’sderegulated gas market, Georgia Natural Gas Services (GNGS) iscatching up to Scana Corp. in terms of statewide market share. Dueto its success in the race for Georgia gas customers, GNGSannounced last Monday it will open a new call center in Cobb Countyto help answer newly-acquired customers’ questions. The Atlanta GasLight (AGL) affiliate has won over one-third of the 839,000 totalswitches, second only to Scana Corp.’s 38% market share.

Due to its success in the race for Georgia gas customers,Georgia Natural Gas Services (GNGS) announced Monday it will open anew call center in Cobb County to help answer newly-acquiredcustomers’ questions. The Atlanta Gas Light (AGL) affiliate has wonover one-third of the 839,000 total switches, second only to ScanaCorp.’s 40% market share.

After losing a court battle that would have nullified theacquisition, FPL Energy Inc. announced last week it closed thedeal to obtain Central Maine Power Co.’s (CMP) non-nucleargenerating assets. The transaction is expected to be completed inApril.

After losing a court battle that would have nullified theacquisition, FPL Energy Inc. announced Thursday it closed the dealto obtain Central Maine Power Co.’s (CMP) non-nuclear generatingassets. The transaction is expected to be completed inApril.

AEP Resources Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of AmericanElectric Power, completed the purchase of the midstream gasoperations of Equitable Resources Inc.

Trans Energy Inc. said its merger with Natural Gas TechnologiesInc. (NGTI), a privately held oil and gas company based in Dallas,was completed March 26.