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After successfully completing a non-binding open season on Sept.21, for the Western Frontier project, Williams’ gas pipeline unitplans to hold a binding open season in the near future to gauge theexact market interest in the project that would transport gassupply from the Rockies to the mid-continent region.

Anadarko and Union Pacific Resources (UPR) closed their $5.7billion merger transaction on Friday successfully. Shareholders ofboth companies gave the thumbs-up on the deal on July 13, and bythe end of business on Friday each UPR share received 0.455 sharesof Anadarko common stock.

The chairman and CEO of Houston-based Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.yesterday said his company had added “credibility to our southLouisiana exploration effort” by successfully completing its firstoperated exploration well on the Continental Land & Fur(CL&F) acreage in Terrebonne Parish, LA. Ray Seegmiller praisedthe success of the well, located on Cabot’s Augen prospect. TheCL&F No. 58-2 well drilled to a total depth of 13,100 feet andcompleted in 63 net feet of Bourg Sand. “We knew when we started2000 our drilling program in the Gulf Coast had significantpotential as evidenced by this most recent discovery,” Seegmillersaid.

Ohio and Pennsylvania landowners have called on FERC to impose adeadline by which the multi-state Independence Pipeline and ANRPipeline’s SupplyLink expansion must submit long-term contracts tojustify the need for their respective projects.

Taking a giant step toward successfully completing a 10-monthquest, Sempra Energy announced last week that the Nova ScotiaUtility and Review Board (URB) has said it will recommend SempraAtlantic Gas as the province’s first-ever gas distributor. Theprovincial government, which has the final say in the matter, saidit would issue a decision in the next three weeks.

Taking a giant step toward successfully completing a 10-monthquest, Sempra Energy announced yesterday that the Nova ScotiaUtility and Review Board (URB) has said it will recommend SempraAtlantic Gas as the province’s first ever gas distributor. Theprovincial government, which has the final say in the matter, saidit would issue a decision in the next three weeks.

Needing to expand capacity and increase deliverability to itscustomers in Franklin County, MA, Berkshire Gas Co. hassuccessfully petitioned the state’s Energy Facilities Siting Boardfor the rights to build an LNG storage facility in Whatley, MA. Theboard ruled in favor of the $5 million facility last week.Berkshire will begin construction immediately and hopes to have thefacility running by late December.

Kansas City Power & Light and Western Resources successfully reached an agreement with the FERC settling all merger-related issues, Western Resources said last week. The company also said the agreement forged between the merging parties and the Missouri Public Service Commission staff is currently being reviewed by the Missouri commissioners. Only the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) approval stands in the way of the merger’s completion, the company said.

Capstone Turbine Corp., developer and manufacturer ofmicroturbine power generators, says it has successfully tested a 30kW unit that can be used at the wellhead to generate power usingsour gas.