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Williams Seeks to Reactivate, Upgrade LNG Terminal

Williams yesterday asked FERC for the green light to reactivateand expand its liquefied natural gas (LNG) import services at itsCove Point terminal in Lusby, MD to meet the growing demand on theEast Coast.

January 31, 2001

El Paso Says It’s Open to Western Pipeline Expansion Given Market Support

El Paso Natural Gas “is willing to expand its system” to the California border if “sufficient support” for such a project can be demonstrated through long-term capacity contracts, the pipeline told FERC last week.

January 22, 2001

El Paso Says It’s Open to Expansion of System

El Paso Natural Gas “is willing to expand its system” to theCalifornia border if “sufficient support” for such a project can bedemonstrated through long-term capacity contracts, the pipelinetold FERC.

January 18, 2001

American Electric Power Buys Houston Pipe Line

American Electric Power announced last Thursday it has made amajor move to expand its wholesale natural gas business in theSouthwest, agreeing to acquire the 2.4 Bcf/d Houston Pipe Line(HPL) along with the Bammel storage field, one of the largeststorage fields in North America, from Enron. AEP said since somedetails remain to be worked out, it was not disclosing the terms ofthe transaction at this time. AEP will be acquiring the stock ofHPL and it expects to complete the deal in the next couple months.

January 15, 2001

American Electric Power Buys Houston Pipe Line

American Electric Power Thursday announced it has made a majormove to expand its wholesale natural gas business in the Southwest,agreeing to acquire the 2.4 Bcf/d Houston Pipe Line (HPL) alongwith the Bammel storage field, one of the largest storage fields inNorth America, from Enron. AEP said since some details remain to beworked out, it was not disclosing the terms of the transaction atthis time. AEP will be acquiring the stock of HPL and it expects tocomplete the deal in the next couple months.

January 12, 2001

FERC Asks El Paso to Expand

A key FERC staffer this week asked El Paso Natural Gas toconsider switching its Line 2000 crude-oil conversion from areplacement project to an expansion of its existing system to easepipeline capacity constraints to the California border.

January 5, 2001

Williams Applies to Build Pipeline Lateral

Williams’ Northwest Pipeline has filed a FERC application thatwould allow the company to expand upon a system that is alreadyclassified as one of the nation’s largest natural gas transporters.The filing would allow Northwest to build and operate a newnine-mile, 20-inch diameter lateral pipeline in Snohomish County,WA.

December 18, 2000

NOIA Urges MMS to Expand Leasing Plan

The Department of Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS)must carefully examine the option of including promising areas inits new 5-year leasing plan that have been subject to moratoria inthe past, the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) said.

December 18, 2000

Williams Applies to Build Pipeline Lateral

Williams’ Northwest Pipeline has filed a FERC application thatwould allow the company to expand upon a system that is alreadyclassified as one of the nation’s largest natural gas transporters.The filing would allow Northwest to build and operate a newnine-mile, 20-inch lateral pipeline in Snohomish County, WA.

December 14, 2000

CMS Plans to Expand LNG Terminal Deliverability

Ending a record year for LNG imports, CMS Trunkline LNG Co.announced plans for a possible deliverability expansion at its LNGimport terminal in Lake Charles, LA. The company is conducting anopen season to offer firm, long-term LNG terminal services startingin January 2002.

December 11, 2000