Fort Worth-based Richardson Products Co., the marketing arm ofSid Richardson Gasoline Co., is hoping to follow the footsteps ofAquila Gas Pipeline of San Antonio, TX, into third-party gasmarketing. The company is expanding into marketing of third-partynatural gas and adding risk management products. RichardsonProducts recently grew its staff by five, four of whom come fromAquila Gas Pipeline where they started a successful third-partymarketing business. Richardson Products last year marketed 100 to130 MMcf/d of gas last year. Jim Wade, newly hired vice presidentof marketing and business development, said plans are to initiallydouble that number and then market about half a Bcf/d in the firstquarter of next year, all physical gas. Expectations are for abouta Bcf/d in financial volumes.

The company will market third-party volumes in the Permian, SanJuan and Midcontinent regions at least initially, and extend thatto trading, origination and other services for various customers,end users and pipelines. Richardson Gasoline gathers, processes andtreats natural gas. The company has the Keystone processing plantand gathering system in the Permian Basin of West Texas and the Jalprocessing plant and gathering system in the Permian Basin ofSoutheast New Mexico.

Others joining the company who worked at Aquila Gas Pipeline areJeff Wachsmann, gas trading representative; Scott Walker, managerof gas and basis trading; and Brad Brigham, director of T&E,gas control, financial and physical positions. Randy Brown, managerof gas futures trading, has a consulting background.

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