Growing

Proven Reserves, SkyHigh Market Sends Profits Soaring

Conservative exploration and development strategies andacquisitions, coupled with a growing demand for energy, enabled theworld’s largest oil and gas companies to reduce reserve replacementcosts 14% from a year ago, and dramatically increase net profits— by as much as 900%, according to an analysis by energyresearch firm John S. Herold Inc.

June 21, 2000

Trailblazer Eyes Powder River Supplies

Trailblazer Pipeline is planning an expansion project and apotential extension to serve growing production in the Powder Riverbasin in Wyoming. The pipeline last week started an open season totest the market for both projects.

June 19, 2000

Gas Pipes Urged to Learn from Bellingham

Electric generation’s growing appetite for natural gas ispropelling rapid changes in the gas industry’s traditional businesspractices that will pose greater challenges to pipeline safety,says the chairman of the INGAA Pipeline Safety Task Force.

June 19, 2000

Transportation Notes

To curb growing linepack, NOVA changed its daily imbalancetolerance range to +2%/-18% at noon Tuesday.

June 14, 2000

Lateral Proposed for Expanding NV Market

Tuscarora Gas Transmission is seeking FERC authority to build a16.4-mile, 10,000 Dth/d lateral to meet the growing winter gasneeds of LDC affiliate Sierra Pacific Power Co. (SPPC) in thenorthern and western sections of Nevada.

June 12, 2000

Coralconnect.com Adds Weather Forecasts

Coral Energy’s growing e-business website, coralconnect.com, will useWeathermarkets.com to give its 2,000-plus current users specializedenergy weather information. The newest addition to the site will offerNorth American forecast graphics for heating and cooling degree days,current and forecast surface conditions and winter weather, as well asEuropean degree days, Scandinavian temperature and precipitationinformation and worldwide sea conditions.

June 12, 2000

Lateral Proposed for Expanding NV Market

Tuscarora Gas Transmission is seeking FERC authority to build a16.4-mile, 10,000 Dth/d lateral to meet the growing winter gasneeds of LDC affiliate Sierra Pacific Power Co. (SPPC) in thenorthern and western sections of Nevada.

June 9, 2000

Coralconnect.com Adds Weather Forecasts

Coral Energy’s growing e-business website, coralconnect.com,will use Weathermarkets.com to give its 2,000-plus current usersspecialized energy weather information. The newest addition to thesite will offer North American forecast graphics for heating andcooling degree days, current and forecast surface conditions andwinter weather, as well as European degree days, Scandinaviantemperature and precipitation information and worldwide seaconditions.

June 8, 2000

Sempra to Provide Power To Utility.com Customers

Utility.com has signed up Sempra Energy Trading to become the preferred wholesale natural gas provider behind the growing retail energy and communications website.

May 22, 2000

Sempra to Provide Power to Utility.com Customers

Utility.com has signed up Sempra Energy Trading to become thepreferred wholesale natural gas provider behind the growing retailenergy and communications website.

May 19, 2000