Technologies

Industry Brief

Houston-based Altra Energy Technologies Inc. has launched a newcorporate brand, which the company said more “closely aligns” itwith its established market position. The company said its newtagline, “Market wide, Market deep,” reflects the company’s focuson complete technology solutions for the energy industry. “AtAltra, we have worked hard over the last five years to establishour position in the market,” said CEO Paul Bourke. “Now that wehave cultivated the ‘ultra’ market, we have developed a companybrand to better communicate our focus.” He said the brand positionsAltra “exactly where we need to be as we move forward.” Altra hasrenamed its suite of products, formerly known as Altrade, whichwill now be known as The Altra Energy Market. The suite of productswill include the Altra Market Place, Altra Market Tools, AltraMarket Solutions and Altra Market Services.

January 30, 2001

DukeSolutions’ Energy Management Adds ATI

Allegheny Technologies Inc. and DukeSolutions signed acomprehensive energy alliance agreement yesterday for long-termenergy supply and demand management. Under terms of the contract,DukeSolutions will help ATI implement company-wide initiatives toreduce domestic energy costs in 12 states.

January 10, 2001

Altra Launches E-Business Solutions Subsidiary

Altra Energy Technologies has teamed up with Epicentric Inc., aprovider of e-commerce portals, to form a new subsidiary that willsupply an “end-to-end e-business solution” that enables energycompanies to create their own privately branded portals. Thejointly owned Altra E-Business Solutions’ first offering will be awholesale energy trading portal, which integrates every tradingelement into a single personalized browser.

October 2, 2000

Altra Launches E-Business Solutions Subsidiary

Altra Energy Technologies has teamed up with Epicentric Inc., aprovider of e-commerce portals, to form a new subsidiary that willsupply an “end-to-end e-business solution” that enables energycompanies to create their own privately branded portals. Thejointly owned Altra E-Business Solutions’ first offering will be awholesale energy trading portal, which integrates every tradingelement into a single personalized browser.

September 27, 2000

UPR/Duke to Pay $8.3 M in Antitrust Gas Lawsuit

American Central Gas Technologies Co. was awarded $8.3 millionlast week after an arbitrator ruled that Union Pacific Resourcesand Duke Energy Field Services had monopolized natural gasprocessing in Panola County, the largest natural gas producingcounty in East Texas.

August 14, 2000

UPR/Duke Pay for Antitrust Violations in Gas Processing

American Central Gas Technologies Co. has been awarded $8.3million after an arbitrator ruled that Union Pacific Resources andDuke Energy Field Services had monopolized natural gas processingin Panola County, the largest natural gas producing county in EastTexas.

August 10, 2000

E-Trader Altra Energy Gets Financial Equity Boost from Conoco

Altra Energy Technologies Inc. got a financial boost last weekfrom Conoco Inc., which made an undisclosed equity investment inthe Houston-based electronic trading system. Conoco was alreadyusing Altra systems for some of its end-to-end natural gas andnatural gas liquids electronic trading and transaction processingand natural gas pipeline operations management systems.

July 24, 2000

E-Trader Altra Gets Financial Boost from Conoco

Altra Energy Technologies Inc. got a financial boost yesterday from Conoco Inc., which made an undisclosed equity investment in the Houston-based electronic trading system. Conoco was already using Altra systems for some of its end-to-end natural gas and natural gas liquids electronic trading and transaction processing and natural gas pipeline operations management systems.

July 21, 2000

Altra ‘In Talks’ to Partner With Energy Consortium

Houston-based Altra Energy Technologies, a leading independentprovider of electronic trading products for the energy industry,may soon put even more distance between itself and the rest of thepack in the frenzied race to be the best and foremost in onlineenergy trading.

May 22, 2000

Altra ‘In Talks’ to Partner with Energy Consortium

Houston-based Altra Energy Technologies, a leading independentprovider of electronic trading products for the energy industry,may soon put even more distance between itself and the rest of thepack in the frenzied race to be the foremost in online energytrading.

May 22, 2000