Sunday’s Oscar winners have nothing on San Francisco’s venerableGran Dame of combination energy utilities, Pacific Gas and ElectricCo., whose film career and notoriety seem destined to winincreasing Hollywood scrutiny if not gold statuettes.
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Chevron, Kerr-McGee Optimistic for 2000 Spending, Production
Citing confidence in growth prospects, San Francisco-basedChevron Corp. said it plans to spend $5.2 billion this year. Still,that figure, which includes increased investment in Dynegy Inc., isless than estimated 1999 spending. “We’ll devote the majority ofour capital dollars to developing the high potential of ourextensive worldwide upstream portfolio, including recent propertyacquisitions in Thailand and Argentina,” said CEO Dave O’Reilly.
Chevron, Kerr-McGee Optimistic for 2000
Citing confidence in growth prospects, San Francisco-basedChevron Corp. said it plans to spend $5.2 billion this year. Still,that figure, which includes increased investment in Dynegy Inc., isless than estimated 1999 spending. “We’ll devote the majority ofour capital dollars to developing the high potential of ourextensive worldwide upstream portfolio, including recent propertyacquisitions in Thailand and Argentina,” said CEO Dave O’Reilly.
HS Buying Kinder-Morgan Colorado Assets
HS Resources, based in San Francisco, is further growing itsposition in the Wattenberg Field area of the Denver-Julesberg Basinby buying Houston-based Kinder Morgan’s gathering system therealong with its interests in the Amoco-BP Wattenberg Gas ProcessingPlant and KN Wattenberg LLC, which owns the Wattenberg transmissionsystem, in a phased transaction.
PG&E Earnings Rise Sligthly, Non-Utility Operations Improve
Thanks to a strong fourth quarter, San Francisco-based PG&ECorp. earnings increased slightly in 1998, mainly due toimprovements in its nonutility operations, particularly in theelectricity businesses. Merchant natural gas operations lost moneyoverall because of Texas operations that continued to operate inthe red.
PG&E’s Unregulated Businesses Grow But Still Lose Money
Thanks to a strong fourth quarter, San Francisco-based PG&ECorp. earnings increased slightly in 1998, mainly due toimprovements in its nonutility operations, particularly in theelectricity businesses. Merchant natural gas operations lost moneyoverall because of Texas operations that continued to operate inthe red.
EES Gets Taken Out To the Ballgame
Enron Energy Services Inc. (EES) will be the exclusive providerof electricity and energy and facilities management services forthe San Francisco Giants through a 10-year energy commodityagreement and a 15-year management contract for Pacific Bell Park.
PG&E Corp. Completes Twin Eastern Deals
San Francisco-based PG&E Corp. leap-frogged the continent tocomplete the $1.59 billion acquisition of New England ElectricSystem’s generating business, including hydro and gas-fired plantswith 5,100 MW of capacity. The acquisition was made by PG&Esubsidiary U.S. Generating Co.
Enron, Steel Company in Power Venture
A unit of Enron and the heavily industrialized East SanFrancisco Bay area suburb of Pittsburg, CA, are teaming up with aninternational steel mill to pursue a $250 million, 500-megawattnatural gas-fired merchant power plant. By mid-May, Pittsburg’scity council will decide whether the city should take an interestin the privately financed proposal.