Coincides

Transportation Notes

Panhandle Eastern said an additional unscheduled outage for a top-end overhaul at Liberal (KS) Station’s Unit 317 began Tuesday. This coincides with the original outage to replace a crankshaft on Liberal Unit 315, which has been extended through October, the pipeline said. Operational capacity through Liberal has been reduced to 800,000 Dth/d through the end of September, increasing to 900,000 Dth/d Oct. 1.

July 28, 2004

Industry Briefs

Coastal Corp. announced that Engage Energy U.S., L.P. haschanged its name to Coastal Merchant Energy, L.P., which coincideswith the split of the Engage Energy joint venture by participantsCoastal and Westcoast Energy. Effective on Oct. 3, the operationswere divided into separate entities which are owned and operatedsolely by each company. Coastal Merchant Energy, which handles upto 3.5 Bcf/d, appointed James C. Dyer IV as president and CEO.”Coastal Merchant Energy, L.P. will continue to provide a fullspectrum of energy services, including natural gas marketing andtrading, electricity trading and sales, energy management services,structured storage and transportation-related services, structuredpower and management services, and energy risk managementservices,” said David A. Arledge, CEO of The Coastal Corp. “We willundoubtedly benefit from the further integration of our merchantactivities with Coastal’s asset-based businesses.”

October 5, 2000