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DEFS Opens OK Pipeline, Consolidates Processing

Duke Energy Field Services (DEFS) began service on its newlyconstructed 12-inch, 42-mile natural gas pipeline, which travelsfrom the company’s Carney processing facility to its KingfisherPlant near Cashion, OK. The company said the line is capable ofmoving 60 MMcf/d.

January 26, 2001

Berkley Opens Data Rooms, Hunt Extends Offer’s Time Period

Hunt Oil Co.’s unsolicited bid to purchase all of the issued andoutstanding shares of Berkley Petroleum Corp. for C$10 per sharewas received as expected by Berkley shareholders, with theDallas-based company extending an olive branch by saying it wouldlengthen the time period for its offer to be reviewed.

January 8, 2001

ERCOT Predicts Whole New Ballgame

When the retail market partially opens to competition in Texasnext June, it will be a “whole new ballgame,” according to anofficial with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, but moregeneration, additional transmission lines and increased capacityshould guarantee the state faces no problems similar to those seenby California this year.

August 25, 2000

New DOE Gas Center Opens Doors

The Department of Energy (DOE) has opened a new Strategic Centerfor Natural Gas that will oversee a full range of the agency’sgas-related activities.

May 29, 2000

NEW DOE Gas Center Opens Doors

The Department of Energy (DOE) last week opened a new StrategicCenter for Natural Gas that will oversee a full range of theagency’s gas-related activities.

May 23, 2000

Rift Opens Between Mobil, Maritimes

A dispute has erupted in the Canadian courts between affiliatesMobil Oil and the Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline. Maritimes hasfiled a lawsuit with the Nova Scotia Supreme Court against Mobil,seeking C$3.29 million, plus C$100,000 in general damages,interest, legal costs and all out-of-pocket expenses.

May 22, 2000

Rift Opens Between Mobil, Maritimes

A dispute has erupted in the Canadian courts between affiliatesMobil Oil and the Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline. Maritimes hasfiled a lawsuit with the Nova Scotia Supreme Court against Mobil,seeking C$3.29 million, plus C$100,000 in general damages,interest, legal costs and all out-of-pocket expenses.

May 19, 2000

Spare Capacity Opens Up On TransCanada

Vacant capacity on TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. will rise to about1.7 Bcf/d, or 24% of total capacity, by Nov. 1 as shippers ofCanadian gas production turn to transportation alternatives comingavailable to them for the first time in industry history.

May 8, 2000

Spare Capacity Opens Up on TransCanada

Vacant capacity on TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. will rise to about1.7 Bcf/d or 24% as of Nov. 1 as shippers of Canadian natural-gasproduction turn to transportation alternatives coming available tothem for the first time in industry history.

May 8, 2000

Interconnect Between CNG, Empire Opens

Coastal’s Empire State Pipeline and CNG Transmission Corp.jointly announced the start of service at a new interconnectionnear the town of Lysander, NY yesterday.

February 10, 2000