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PanCanadian Petroleum Ltd.’s newest venture, a web page withinits Internet site dedicated to leasing and farming out some of itsundeveloped oil and natural gas rights in Western Canada, launchedthis week with its first Call for Bids centered on four blocks onland that cover 69,000 acres in Alberta.

Deliveries are scheduled to start in May from Canada’s newestgas production frontier in the Northwest Territories after a groupled by Chevron Canada Resources Ltd. achieved a breakthrough inlining up approvals from a host of federal, territorial, native andenvironmental agencies.

Development is accelerating on Canada’s newest gas frontier as athird production project steps forward to tap discoveries in thesouthern Northwest Territories.

Development is accelerating on Canada’s newest natural gasfrontier, as a third production project steps forward to tapdiscoveries in the southern Northwest Territories.

Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) launched its newestversion of GasSelect, an automated gas scheduling and energymanagement system. The e-commerce application is available tosubscribers through www.gasselect.com for real-time submission ofgas nominations, trading gas delivery imbalances in a secondarymarket, and for gas consumption information from electronic metersinstalled at customer sites. GasSelect is used to manage thedelivery of 1 Tcf into Southern California for both SoCalGas andSan Diego Gas & Electric.

Frontier Energy, North Carolina’s newest gas utility, beganflowing gas in Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin counties. “With more than50 miles of newly installed gas main pressurized, we’re officiallyup and running,” said Andrew Rea, chairman of Frontier Energy. “Injust eight months, we were able to complete the first phase of oursystem and start serving customers.”

Frontier Energy, North Carolina’s newest gas utility, beganflowing gas in Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin counties. “With more than50 miles of newly installed gas main pressurized, we’re officiallyup and running,” said Andrew Rea, chairman of Frontier Energy. “Injust eight months, we were able to complete the first phase of oursystem and start serving customers.”

There will be no free rides on Canada’s newest gas supplyfrontier, after Nova Scotia’s Liberal government established aroyalty regime that it admits puts it on the expensive side ofoffshore development areas by international standards.