Inconclusive

Producers Concede Defeat in Canadian Sour Gas Dispute

The Alberta production industry conceded defeat in the dispute over sour gas production around population centers. Compton Petroleum Corp. put an inconclusive finish to a six-year struggle to overcome local fear and political resistance by abandoning a hotly-contested proposal for new sour gas drilling on the southeastern boundary of the Canadian gas capital of Calgary.

January 6, 2006

TransCanada Reaches Pact With Mainline Stakeholders

After months of inconclusive sparring, TransCanada PipeLinesLtd. and its shippers have reached a truce by agreeing to negotiaterather than fight over ways to adapt to the onset of competition inCanadian natural-gas transportation.

February 26, 2001