Ministry

Unocal Canada Limited received approval from the BritishColumbia Ministry of Energy and Mines to increase the maximumstorage capacity of the Aitken Creek gas storage reservoir.Approval allows Unocal Canada to initially increase working gascapacity at Aitken by 20% to 48 Bcf as early as the second quarter.Ultimately, working gas capacity could increase to 80 Bcf, doublethe current capacity.