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OGE Energy Corp. subsidiary Enogex Inc., announced plans toexpand its Harrah Gas Processing Plant in eastern Oklahoma County,doubling the plant’s capacity to 38 MMcf/d. The expansion at Harrahis expected to be complete and in service by January 2001.

Capping a two-year battle for its controversial MarketLink project, designed to expand its system to deliver new supplies to the Northeast, Williams’ Transco pipeline has scaled back its ambitious schedule, filing to phase in construction through 2004.

Although it has been overshadowed lately by the boomingproduction in the Powder River Basin in Montana and Wyoming, theRaton Basin in southeastern Colorado and northeastern New Mexicohas nearly doubled its coal-bed methane production over the pasttwo years. As a result, Colorado Interstate Gas is planning to beefup its gas transportation infrastructure in the basin and increasetakeaway capacity by 85,000 Dth/d to 200,000 Dth/d starting inSeptember 2001.

Although it has been overshadowed lately by the boomingproduction in the Powder River Basin in Montana and Wyoming, theRaton Basin in southeastern Colorado and northeastern New Mexicohas nearly doubled its coal-bed methane production over the pasttwo years. As a result, Colorado Interstate Gas is planning to beefup its gas transportation facilities and increase basin takeawaycapacity by 85,000 Dth/d to 200,000 Dth/d starting in September2001.

To help expand its Canadian business, Houston’s El Paso EnergyCorp. has formed a strategic affiliation with The Enerplus Group,one of Canada’s oldest and largest managers of public and privateoil and gas income funds, which manages assets of more than $1billion. The Enerplus Group includes the EnerMark Income Fund, theEnerplus Resources Fund and several private pension resourcecorporations.

FERC has issued a preliminary determination (PD) for TennesseeGas Pipeline to replace and expand an existing lateral’s facilitiesto provide up to 130,000 Dth/d of firm transportation service to anew power generation facility planned in New Hampshire.

FERC has issued a preliminary determination (PD) for TennesseeGas Pipeline to replace and expand an existing lateral’s facilitiesto provide up to 130,000 Dth/d of firm transportation service to anew power generation facility planned in New Hampshire.

KeySpan filed an application with the New York State PublicService Commission to expand the generating capacity of itsRavenswood power plant in Long Island City by 250 MW. Whencompleted in 2003, the expanded power plant, which will beprimarily fueled by natural gas, will be the cleanest and mostefficient generating station in New York City. Today, Ravenswood isthe city’s largest power plant with a capacity of 2,168 MW, or 28%of the electric generation located in New York City. “New York Cityhas a critical need for electric power,” said Chairman Robert B.Catell. “An expanded Ravenswood power plant would help ensure thatthe city has adequate capacity to meet the ever-increasing demandfor electricity.” This year, New York City is 300 MW short ofmeeting its reliability requirement for in-city electric-generationcapacity, and the city’s demand for electricity continues to growat the rate of 150 MW per year, the company said.

Washington Group International has been awarded a turnkeyproject valued at more than $200 million to expand Louisiana Land& Exploration’s Lost Cabin Gas Plant facility in centralWyoming. The project will more than double the existing capacity ofthe plant. The new plant will be capable of processing 180 MMcf/dof gas, removing hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide, elementalsulfur, and other impurities. LL&E is a wholly owned subsidiaryof Burlington Resources. “LL&E has had great success over thepast several years with this plant and the associated well drillingprogram,” said Washington Petroleum & Chemicals President BobWiesel. “The combination of growing demand, efficient operation,and reservoir volumes is creating the need for the plant to beexpanded again. We designed and built the original Train 1 and theTrain 2 expansion. We take it as a great sign of confidence thatLL&E has chosen us again for the larger Train 3 expansion.” Theraw gas to be processed in the plant comes from wells in the deepMadison Formation in the Madden field in central Wyoming.