Combine

NGC Corp. and Texaco signed a memorandum of understandingyesterday to create a new joint venture company that will useexisting gas liquids pipelines to create a 290-mile, bi-directionalnatural gas liquids (NGL) transportation system, extending fromSorrento, LA, to Mont Belvieu, TX.

Northwest Natural Gas and NIPSCO subsidiary NI Energy Services(NESI) have combined Canadian exploration and productionsubsidiaries into one company, Canor Energy Ltd., to “ramp upgrowth prospects and increase competitiveness.” NW combinedsubsidiary Canor Energy with NESI’s Southlake Energy March 31through the purchase of Southlake’s stock in exchange for shares inCanor. The new Canor is 66% owned by NW Natural and 34% owned byNESI. The combined company has a production volume approaching4,000 boe/d. Natural gas equivalent reserves total more than 120Bcf.

Enogex Interstate Transmission has filed an application withFERC to integrate and expand the recently purchased assets of OzarkGas Transmission, an interstate pipeline, and NOARK, an intrastate,into a new 749-mile Midcontinent interstate pipeline system. Theproject is designed to give NOARK customers greatly needed accessto new gas supplies, while providing Ozark shippers access todesperately needed new markets. Enogex, an interstate pipelinesubsidiary of Oklahoma City-based OGE Energy, recently purchasedOzark from NGC Corp. for more than $55 million and bought amajority interest in the NOARK Pipeline from Prudential Insuranceand a SEMCO Energy subsidiary for $30 million.