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Gulf South Pipeline Co. LP, formerly Koch Gateway Pipeline, has begun an open season for 1 Bcf/d of new capacity on its Gulf Pines Pipeline project that would provide interstate transportation service to parts of the North and South Carolina markets that currently aren’t being served by competitors.

Gulf South Pipeline Co. LP, formerly Koch Gateway Pipeline, has begun an open season for 1 Bcf/d of new capacity on its Gulf Pines Pipeline project that would provide interstate transportation service to parts of the North and South Carolina markets that currently aren’t being served by competitors.

BP and Accenture, formerly Andersen Consulting, jointly announced a $175 million expansion of BP’s U.S. refining and marketing energy outsourcing agreement. The companies said Accenture will design, build and run business systems that support the majority of BP’s U.S. downstream back-office business processes.

BP and Accenture, formerly Andersen Consulting, jointly announced on Tuesday a $175 million expansion of BP’s U.S. refining and marketing energy outsourcing agreement. The companies said Accenture will design, build and run business systems that support the majority of BP’s U.S. downstream back-office business processes.

Calpine Corp. subsidiary SkyGen Energy LLC has entered into a10-year agreement to supply Xcel Energy, formerly Public ServiceCo. of Colorado, with 336 MW of peaking capacity.

The proposed open-tap policy of Gulf South Pipeline Co. LP,formerly Koch Gateway Pipeline, came under fire last week from anumber of shippers that claimed it violated FERC’s policy withrespect to interconnections.

Gulf South (formerly Koch Gateway) is performing unscheduledmaintenance on one unit at the Bistineau Compressor Station innorthwest Louisiana until further notice. Withdrawals from theBistineau storage facility could be reduced as much as 100 MMcf/duntil repairs are completed.

El Paso Energy Intrastate (formerly known as Channel)experienced a rupture of its 30-inch line Monday evening nearBaytown, TX, east of Houston. There was no fire, but a voluntaryevacuation of the area was conducted, a spokeswoman said. Oneinjury was reported as a result of the evacuation, and as of middayTuesday everyone had returned home except for two families whosehomes were damaged, she said. No service interruptions are expectedas all demands are being met through gas re-routing or fuelswitching, the spokeswoman said. The line probably will be returnedto service by the end of the week. It is owned 50-50 by El PasoEnergy and Enron Corp. and is operated by El Paso Field Services.

CMS Energy, Ameren Corp., KeySpan and UGI Corp. have joinedAllegheny Energy, Allete (formerly Minnesota Power) and PPL Corp.in the formation of Enporion Inc., a global e-procurement exchangefor the energy industry. The companies see the potential for bigsavings in pooling their buying power over the new exchange.