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As part of an asset sales program, CMS Energy Corp. subsidiaryCMS Field Services sold 49% of its formerly 100% interest in theNorthern Header gathering system to affiliates of Enron Corp. andNorthern Border Partners. CMS, Enron and Northern Border Partnersplan to expand the gathering system, renamed Bighorn Gas GatheringLLC, to serve a broad area of northeastern Wyoming’s Powder RiverBasin. CMS Field Services will retain a majority interest inBighorn and act as project manager.

El Paso Energy Partners LP, formerly Leviathan Gas PipelinePartners LP, said it has entered into a letter of intent with asubsidiary of El Paso Energy Corp. to buy El PasoIntrastate-Alabama Inc. (EPIA) for $24.5 million in cash. EPIA ownsand operates 450 miles of gathering and transmission pipelines andrelated compression facilities in the Black Warrior Basin inwestern Alabama.

El Paso Energy Partners LP, formerly Leviathan Gas PipelinePartners LP, said it has entered into a letter of intent with asubsidiary of El Paso Energy Corp. to buy El Paso Intrastate -Alabama Inc. (EPIA) for $24.5 million in cash. EPIA owns andoperates 450 miles of gathering and transmission pipelines andrelated compression facilities in the Black Warrior Basin inwestern Alabama.

Dynegy announced that Stephen W. Bergstrom has been namedpresident and chief operating officer of Dynegy Inc. Bergstrom wasformerly president and chief operating officer of Dynegy Marketingand Trade and senior vice president of Dynegy Inc. He has served asa member of Dynegy’s board of directors since 1995.

Beverly Marshall, formerly a Washington representative forSouthern California Edison, has been named vice president andgeneral manager of federal government affairs for Duke Energy.

CMP Natural Gas, a joint venture between Energy East Corp.(formerly NYSEG) and Central Maine Power Group, started servingcustomers in Windham, ME, last week, giving CMP Natural a bigadvantage over Bangor Gas, the other company vying to distributegas in the state.

CMP Natural Gas, a joint venture between Energy East Corp.(formerly NYSEG) and Central Maine Power Group, started servingcustomers in Windham, ME, yesterday, giving CMP Natural a bigadvantage over Bangor Gas, the other company vying to distributegas in the state.

Mississippi Canyon Gas Pipeline last week won FERC’s blessingfor a firm capacity expansion to 800 MMcf/d from 600 MMcf/d.Mississippi Canyon — formerly Shell Gas Pipeline — operates a45-mile dual-phase line from the West Delta Block 143 “A” platformon the Outer Continental Shelf offshore Louisiana to terminus nearthe Venice Gas Plant in Plaquemines Parish onshore in Louisiana.The capacity increase is to come from establishing maximum receiptand delivery point pressures and installation of additionalmetering facilities on the pipeline’s existing system at the Veniceplant delivery point.

Mississippi Canyon Gas Pipeline won blessing in a draft orderfrom the FERC for firm capacity expansion from 600 MMcf/d to 800MMcf/d. Mississippi Canyon – formerly Shell Gas Pipeline -operates a 45-mile dual-phase line from the West Delta Block 143″A” platform on the Outer Continental Shelf offshore Louisiana toterminus near the Venice Gas Plant in Plaquemines Parish onshore inLouisiana. The capacity increase is to come from establishingmaximum receipt and delivery point pressures and installation ofadditional metering facilities on the pipeline’s existing system atthe Venice plant delivery point.