Comprises

Houston-based Spectra Energy Corp., which comprises the former natural gas businesses of Duke Energy, became a stand-alone, publicly traded company last Tuesday, emerging as one of the leading pure-play gas midstream companies in North America. The company’s stock began regular trading Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol SE.

Houston-based Spectra Energy Corp., which comprises the former natural gas businesses of Duke Energy, became a stand-alone, publicly traded company Tuesday, emerging as one of the leading pure-play gas midstream companies in North America. The company’s stock will begin regular trading Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol SE.

CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Co. (CEGT) and Spectra Energy Corp., which comprises the former natural gas business of Duke Energy, have agreed to discontinue the development of their proposed Mid-Continent Crossing (MCX) pipeline. The project had called for the construction of a massive pipeline system that would have stretched from the supply basins in West Texas to the metropolitan Pittsburgh, PA, area, providing western producers with greater access to midwestern and eastern markets.

CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Co. (CEGT) and Spectra Energy Corp., which comprises the former natural gas business of Duke Energy, said Wednesday they have agreed to discontinue the development of their proposed Mid-Continent Crossing (MCX) pipeline. The project had called for the construction of a massive pipeline system that would have stretched from the supply basins in West Texas to the metropolitan Pittsburgh, PA, area, providing western producers with greater access to midwestern and eastern markets.