UtiliCorp United has announced that Robert K. Green, itspresident and chief operating officer, will take on the added roleof chairman of Aquila Energy and Keith Stamm, chief executiveofficer of the Australian utility United Energy, will becomeAquila’s CEO. Ed Mills will continue as president and chiefoperating officer of Aquila, the position he has held since 1998.
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Foothills CEO Sees Alaskan Gas Deliveries Ahead
Foothills Pipeline CEO Robert L. Pierce said last week it won’tbe long before Alaskan natural gas is absolutely necessary to meetU.S. demand. And he remains convinced that the long-proposed AlaskaNatural Gas Transportation System (ANGTS) from Prudhoe Bay alongthe Alaska Highway and eventually to Alberta is the best way tomake it happen.
Foothills CEO Sees Alaskan Gas Deliveries Ahead
Foothills Pipeline CEO Robert L. Pierce said yesterday it won’tbe long before Alaskan natural gas is absolutely necessary to meetU.S. demand. And he remains convinced that the long-proposed AlaskaNatural Gas Transportation System (ANGTS) from Prudhoe Bay alongthe Alaska Highway and eventually to Alberta is the best way tomake it happen.
Leviathan Becomes El Paso Energy Partners
El Paso Energy changed the name of Leviathan Gas PipelinePartners, L.P. yesterday to El Paso Energy Partners, L.P.,effective Dec. 1, and appointed Robert G. Phillips, who iscurrently president of El Paso Field Services and a director ofLeviathan, the company’s new CEO. Leviathan’s board accepted theresignation of CEO Grant E. Sims.
Anadarko Sees Major Oil Recovery on Horizon
Anadarko CEO Robert J. Allison Jr. is not alone in predicting asustained oil market recovery now that OPEC has decided it can livewith a little less supply on the market. But unlike most of theother optimistic soothsayers attending the Howard Weil EnergyConference in New Orleans last week, Allison sees a majorturnaround ahead and much greater volatility than has been presentin market cycles of the past.
Anadarko Sees Major Oil Recovery on Horizon
Anadarko CEO Robert J. Allison Jr. is not alone in predicting asustained oil market recovery now that OPEC has decided it can livewith a little less supply on the market. But unlike most of thesoothsayers attending the Howard Weil Energy Conference in NewOrleans, Allison sees a major turnaround ahead and much greatervolatility than has been present in market cycles of the past.
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The Gas Research Institute re-elected Robert Catell, CEO ofKeyspan, as chairman of the Institute’s board of directors. Hejoined the board in 1992. It will be Catell’s second one-year termas chairman. Stanley Horton, CEO of Enron Gas Pipeline Group, wasrenamed vice chairman.
Franks Doesn’t Plan Fixes to Pipeline Safety Act
Rep. Robert Franks (R-NJ) told natural gas executives yesterdaythe Pipeline Safety Act of 1995, which is up for reauthorization inCongress this year, has been a success story so far and that hedoesn’t think it should be changed.
Energy Industry to Have Friend High in House
The anticipated election of Rep. Robert Livingston (R-LA) as thenext speaker of the House of Representatives could be very good forthe natural gas and oil industries.