Columbia

In an effort to help meet the growing demands for natural gas in British Columbia and in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, BC Gas Utility Ltd. said it is actively pursuing a plan to build the Inland Pacific Connector, an expansion of the company’s Southern Crossing Pipeline. Southern Crossing began service in late November 2000 (see NGI, Dec. 11, 2000).

Having bought out 75% of a leaseholding near their 100 MMcf/dLadyfern gas find in northeast British Columbia, joint venturesubsidiaries of Murphy Oil and Apache Corp. are going after theother 25%, accusing the remaining leaseholder, Predator Corp., andothers of misappropriating and misusing confidential data about thediscovery well.

Having bought out 75% of a leaseholding near their 100 MMcf/dLadyfern gas find in northeast British Columbia, joint venturesubsidiaries of Murphy Oil and Apache Corp. are going after theother 25%, accusing the remaining leaseholder, Predator Corp., andothers of misappropriating and misusing confidential data about thediscovery well.

A natural gas well in northeastern British Columbia is producingas much as 100 MMcf/d, which would make it one of the top 10onshore discoveries in Canadian history, Murphy Oil Corp. reportedyesterday. The El Dorado, AR-based producer boosted its interest inthe play to 63% last November after acquiring Calgary’s Beau CanadaExploration Ltd. Houston-based partner Apache Corp. holds a 37%interest.

NiSource Inc. is losing no time in preparing for the expectedNov. 1 completion of its Columbia Energy acquisition, announcingThursday that about 5% or 800 of the employees of the two companieshave been notified their positions will be eliminated Dec. 1.

The C$4.6 billion Alliance natural gas and liquids pipeline, designed to transport 1.325 Bcf/d from northeast British Columbia to Chicago, has completed its construction phase and now is commissioning the mainline, laterals, compressors and supervisory equipment.

The C$4.6 billion Alliance natural gas and liquids pipeline,designed to transport 1.325 Bcf/d from northeast British Columbiato Chicago, has completed its construction phase and now iscommissioning the main line, laterals, compressors and supervisoryequipment.

CanWest Gas Supply Inc., an old-line natural gas aggregator in British Columbia — and also the largest — has agreed to allow Atlanta’s Southern Company Energy Marketing to manage its business.

CanWest Gas Supply Inc., an old-line natural gas aggregators inBritish Columbia — and also the largest — has agreed to allowAtlanta’s Southern Company Energy Marketing to manage its business.