Whistling

Western Hub Eyes Storage Expansion Prospects in CA

Increased gas and electricity price/supply volatility is musicto the ears of natural gas storage developers, and no one iswhistling louder these days than two firms sinking their investmentdollars into depleted gas fields in California: Western Canada’sAlberta Energy Co., developer of the state’s first merchantunderground storage project, Wild Goose Storage, in a depleted gasreservoir 50 miles north of Sacramento; and Western Hub Properties,the Texas-based developer that will begin construction of thefirst of two new storage projects in the state by the end of March.

February 26, 2001

Western Hub Eyes Storage Expansion Prospects in California

Increased gas and electricity price/supply volatility is musicto the ears of natural gas storage developers, and no one iswhistling louder these days than two firms sinking their investmentdollars into depleted gas fields in California: Western Canada’sAlberta Energy Company, developer of the state’s first merchantunderground storage project, Wild Goose Storage, in a depleted gasreservoir 50 miles north of Sacramento; and Western Hub Properties,the Texas-based developer that will begin construction of thefirst of two new storage projects in the state by the end of March.

February 26, 2001