Tejas Natural Gas Liquids, LLC, and Marathon Oil Co. areplanning to build a new gas processing plant near Centerville, LA.The $30 million Neptune Gas Processing Plant initially will handle300 MMcf/d of production delivered from deep-water wells in theGulf of Mexico.

Construction is scheduled to begin in the second quarter 1999,and it should be operational in the first quarter 2000, thecompanies said. Tejas, with 66% ownership, will be responsible forbuilding and operating the plant. Marathon owns the remaining 34%equity interest.

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