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BLM Expands Oil Pipeline Review

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is taking no chances in thewake of the Carlsbad, NM, natural gas pipeline explosion. It hasordered a full Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on a proposalto refurbish and put back into service the Equilon Pipeline, a406-mile, 42-year old crude oil pipeline from Odessa, TX toBloomfield, NM.

August 31, 2000

Senate to Review Alaska Pipeline Proposals

Chairman Frank Murkowski (R-AK) said yesterday the Senate Energyand Natural Resources Committee plans to begin tackling the issueof transporting Alaska’s North Slope natural gas to the Lower 48market when Congress reconvenes in September.

August 24, 2000

‘Order 636’ Principles Needed in Power Market

FERC needs to dust off and review its landmark gas restructuringrule, Order 636, to get to the root of many of the reliabilityproblems in the bulk power market, say industrial power customersand a utility/marketer.

July 7, 2000

High Court Rejects Kansas Tax Case

The Supreme Court last week refused to review a case in whichKansas gas producers could wind up paying millions of dollars incustomer refunds for selling gas in the 1980s at prices that,because they incorporated the state’s ad valorem tax, may have beenabove the allowed legal limit.

June 12, 2000

High Court Rejects Kansas Tax Case

The Supreme Court earlier this week refused to review a case inwhich Kansas gas producers could wind up paying millions of dollarsin customer refunds for selling gas in the 1980s at prices that,because they incorporated the state’s ad valorem tax, may have beenabove the allowed legal limit.

June 8, 2000

Northern Volumetric Rates Subject to Detailed Review

Northern Natural’s innovative volumetric rate proposal, whichcould provide customers with a method of better managing weatherrisk, is headed to a technical conference and further FERC andindustry scrutiny.

June 5, 2000

Review Slated for Northern Volumetric Rates

Northern Natural’s innovative volumetric rate proposal, whichcould provide customers with a method of better managing weatherrisk, is headed to a technical conference and further FERC andindustry scrutiny.

June 5, 2000

Southern Union Challenges Oneok

Southern Union Co. has challenged Oneok Inc. to a joint meetingwith law enforcement agencies to review allegations of wrongdoingagainst both companies related to their competing bids to acquireSouthwest Gas Co. last year. Southern Union said Oneok has notresponded to its offer.

April 3, 2000

Appeals Court Upholds Pipe Competition Offshore LA

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has denied ANRPipeline’s petition for review of a FERC ruling that permittedNautilus Pipeline to build a competing pipeline off the coast ofLouisiana.

March 20, 2000

KeySpan Holding Houston Exploration Interest

The Houston Exploration Co, and KeySpan Energy concluded theirreview of strategic alternatives for Houston Exploration and saidKeySpan will retain its 64% equity position in the productioncompany for the foreseeable future.

February 28, 2000