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load of debt, raised some precious cash on Tuesday by selling some of its natural gas transportation assets to El Paso Energy Partners for $750 million. </font<<br<<br< </td< </tr< <form action="http://www.energycentral.com/global/news.cfm" method="post" target="blank"< <input type="hidden" name="t" value="g"< <tr< <td valign=top<<input type="checkbox" name="id" value="2738348"<</td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2738348"< <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"<<b<PetroChina in talks for Husky Energy assets</b<</font<</a<<br< <font size="-1"<<i<SINGAPORE/CALGARY, Alberta, Feb 19 (Reuters) -</i< Top Chinese oil firm PetroChina is working on a multibillion-dollar bid for Husky Energy Inc.'s exploration and production assets, a deal that could end months of takeover speculation surrounding Canada's No. 5 integrated oil firm, senior Chinese industry sources said on Tuesday. </font<<br<<br< </td< </tr< <form action="http://www.energycentral.com/global/news.cfm" method="post" target="blank"< <input type="hidden" name="t" value="g"< <tr< <td valign=top<<input type="checkbox" name="id" value="2738302"<</td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2738302"< <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"<<b<Australian govt hopes gas sales aid PNG project</b<</font<</a<<br< <font size="-1"<<i<CANBERRA, Feb 19 (Reuters)</i< Australian Resources Minister Ian Macfarlane said on Tuesday he hoped an early agreement to build a natural gas pipeline from Papua New Guinea to Australia would lead to gas sales in Australia and secure the project. </font<<br<<br< </td< </tr< <tr< <td colspan="2"< <a name="section57"< <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size=4 color="#666666"< <b<Enron Debacle</b< </font< <hr noshade< </a< <!-- Add link based on topic id --< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign=top<<input type="checkbox" name="id" value="2737849"<</td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2737849"< <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"<<b<Employees Committee Could Alter Dynamic of Enron's Efforts to Rebuild</b<</font<</a<<br< <font size="-1"<<i<By Eric Berger, Houston Chronicle, Feb. 19</i< During another withering hearing in a New York bankruptcy court last week, in a rare personal moment, Enron's lead attorney explained what he tells those who ask how the case is going: <br<<br<</font< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign=top<<input type="checkbox" name="id" value="2738042"<</td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2738042"< <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"<<b<Advocates Say Energy Regulatory Commission Members Unfairly Tarnished by Enron</b<</font<</a<<br< <font size="-1"<<i<By Frank Reeves, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Feb. 19</i< Patrick Wood and Nora Brownell, President Bush's appointees to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, haven't been getting the best press lately. <br<<br<</font< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign=top<<input type="checkbox" name="id" value="2738065"<</td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2738065"< <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"<<b<Florida Is Rejected As Lead Enron Plaintiff</b<</font<</a<<br< <font size="-1"<<i<By Helen Huntley, St. Petersburg Times, Fla., Feb. 19</i< A federal judge has bluntly questioned Florida's effort to sue Enron and its accountants for securities fraud in the loss of more than $300-million from the state's pension funds. <br<<br<</font< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign=top<<input type="checkbox" name="id" value="2738168"<</td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2738168"< <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"<<b<E-mail from Chicago to Houston Could Hold Key to Enron Shredding</b<</font<</a<<br< <font size="-1"<<i<By Cam Simpson, Chicago Tribune, Feb. 19</i< It didn't carry a computer virus that wiped out every Enron file, but an extraordinary e-mail from Chicago to Houston may have produced similar results. <br<<br<</font< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign=top<<input type="checkbox" name="id" value="2738234"<</td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2738234"< <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"<<b<Williams `Not Enron,' CEO Says</b<</font<</a<<br< <font size="-1"<<i<By Russell Ray, Tulsa World, Okla., Feb. 19</i< Long before the collapse of Enron Crop., when the stock was prized by investors, Williams Cos. Inc. couldn't escape doubting analysts who wondered why the Tulsa company hadn't adopted the trading style of its more successful peer, the chief executive of Williams said Monday. <br<<br<</font< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign=top<<input type="checkbox" name="id" value="2740527"<</td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2740527"< <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"<<b<Rivals Battled Enron In Energy Lobbying</b<</font<</a<<br< <font size="-1"<<i<Feb 19, 2002 - washingtonpost.com</i< Just weeks after Enron Corp. Chairman Kenneth L. Lay wrote checks for $175,000 to the Republican Party in April 2000, executives and lobbyists from one of his arch rivals hosted a fundraiser in Alabama for Sen. Frank H. Murkowski (R-Alaska), then chairman of the Senate Energy Committee. <br<<br<</font< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign=top<<input type="checkbox" name="id" value="2737680"<</td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2737680"< <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"<<b<Senators, Former Employees Still Upset about Enron Debacle</b<</font<</a<<br< <font size="-1"<<i<By Jerry Zremski, The Buffalo News, N.Y., Feb. 18</i< Senators pushed the weight of the world onto Kenneth L. Lay's shoulders Tuesday, saying he shares the blame for the loss of his employees' jobs and retirement savings, not to mention the energy crisis in California and the corruption of the American political system. <br<<br<</font< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign=top<<input type="checkbox" name="id" value="2737748"<</td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2737748"< <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"<<b<European Traders Take Bonuses in Wake of Enron's Collapse</b<</font<</a<<br< <font size="-1"<<i<Daily Mail, London, Feb. 18</i< A hundred traders shared bonus bonanzas of UKpound 24 million to help close the books at the European operations of US energy giant Enron, which collapsed under debts of UKpound 20 billion. <br<<br<</font< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign=top<<input type="checkbox" name="id" value="2737765"<</td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2737765"< <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"<<b<Denver-Area Experts Offer Scenarios on Where Enron Scandal May Lead</b<</font<</a<<br< <font size="-1"<<i<By Tom McGhee, The Denver Post, Feb. 18</i< Top Enron executives could find themselves stripped of their fortunes and reading stock reports behind bars, some Denver-area experts say. <br<<br<</font< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign=top<<input type="checkbox" name="id" value="2737842"<</td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2737842"< <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"<<b<Former Enron Workers Look for Life after Company Collapse</b<</font<</a<<br< <font size="-1"<<i<By Bill Murphy, Houston Chronicle, Feb. 18</i< They were the best, the brightest, the cream of the crop. <br<<br<</font< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign=top<<input type="checkbox" name="id" value="2738164"<</td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2738164"< <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"<<b<Andersen Almost Ready to Wrap Up Its Own Investigation into Enron Case</b<</font<</a<<br< <font size="-1"<<i<By Delroy Alexander, Chicago Tribune, Feb. 19</i< Faced with speculation about a promised internal report into how its employees went about destroying documents relating to client Enron Corp., accounting giant Andersen and its law firm were hurriedly putting the finishing touches to their investigation Monday. <br<<br<</font< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign=top<<input type="checkbox" name="id" value="2738283"<</td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2738283"< <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"<<b<Democratic National Chairman Has Two Enron-Type Skeletons Lurking</b<</font<</a<<br< <font size="-1"<<i<By Ralph Z. Hallow, The Washington Times, Feb. 18</i< Democratic National Chairman Terrance M. McAuliffe, who has been trying to tie the Enron debacle to the Bush administration, has two Enrons in his closet. <br<<br<</font< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign=top<<input type="checkbox" name="id" value="2738284"<</td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2738284"< <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"<<b<House Democratic Whip Pelosi Ties Enron to Picking Regulatory Chief</b<</font<</a<<br< <font size="-1"<<i<By Joyce Howard Price, The Washington Times, Feb. 17</i< House Democratic Whip Nancy Pelosi said yesterday that she suspects Enron was involved in choosing the chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. <br<<br<</font< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign=top<<input type="checkbox" name="id" value="2738329"<</td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2738329"< <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"<<b<Jarvis Entertainment wants to buy Enron subsidiary</b<</font<</a<<br< <font size="-1"<<i<HOUSTON, Feb 19 (Reuters)</i< Jarvis Entertainment Group, Inc., an Internet technology and entertainment holding company, said on Tuesday it has initiated an offer to buy Enron Broadband Services from the bankrupt energy giant Enron Corp. <br<<br<</font< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign=top<<input type="checkbox" name="id" value="2738340"<</td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2738340"< <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"<<b<Canada reviews policy to avoid Enron replica</b<</font<</a<<br< <font size="-1"<<i<OTTAWA, Feb 19 (Reuters)</i< The Canadian government has begun examining financial and accounting regulations to make sure no replica of the Enron debacle occurs in Canada, cabinet ministers said on Tuesday. <br<<br<</font< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign=top<<input type="checkbox" name="id" value="2738824"<</td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2738824"< <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"<<b<There's plenty to learn from Enron </b<</font<</a<<br< <font size="-1"<<i<By Steve Butler Knight Ridder Newspapers, Feb 19, 2002 (Knight Ridder Newspapers - Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service via COMTEX) --</i< "If Enron was able to hide this the way they did, why couldn't other companies do it too?" <br<<br<</font< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign=top<<input type="checkbox" name="id" value="2737999"<</td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2737999"< <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"<<b<Enron Scandal Not Funny to Accountants</b<</font<</a<<br< <font size="-1"<<i<By John Taylor, Omaha World-Herald, Neb., Feb. 18</i< Did'ja hear the joke about the Arthur Andersen accounting firm and its audit of Enron Corp.? <br<<br<</font< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign=top<<input type="checkbox" name="id" value="2738337"<</td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2738337"< <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"<<b<FEATURE-Do-good mutual funds did not escape Enron fall</b<</font<</a<<br< <font size="-1"<<i<By Martha Slud, NEW YORK, Feb 19 (Reuters)</i< The Pax World Balanced fund, which prides itself on its ethics, is one of the biggest mutual funds that promotes investing in good corporate citizens. <br<<br<</font< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign=top<<input type="checkbox" name="id" value="2738468"<</td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2738468"< <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"<<b<Enron investigation reveals Oklahoma losses </b<</font<</a<<br< <font size="-1"<<i<By Heather Lepley, STILLWATER, Okla., Feb 18, 2002 (Daily O'Collegian, U-WIRE via COMTEX) --</i< Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson's investigation into several state agencies to determine losses from the financial collapse of Enron Corp. is showing millions of dollars lost. <br<<br<</font< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign=top<<input type="checkbox" name="id" value="2738474"<</td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2738474"< <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"<<b<Wisconsin state investment board pursues Enron lawsuit </b<</font<</a<<br< <font size="-1"<<i<By Anna Vanderloop, MADISON, Wis., Feb 18, 2002 (Badger Herald, U-WIRE via COMTEX) --</i< The bankruptcy filing by the former energy giant Enron Corp. is causing serious repercussions for investors nationwide. <br<<br<</font< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign=top<<input type="checkbox" name="id" value="2739763"<</td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2739763"< <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"<<b<ENRON MELTDOWN FORCES A SECOND LOOK AT THE ROLE OF CORPORATE DIRECTORS </b<</font<</a<<br< <font size="-1"<<i<By Nick Snow in Washington, Feb 18, 2002 (Petroleum Finance Week/PBI Media via COMTEX) --</i< The repercussions of Enron Corp.'s spectacular collapse are so wide that they have extended to the corporate board room. <br<<br<</font< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign=top<<input type="checkbox" name="id" value="2739856"<</td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2739856"< <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"<<b<Enron Europe's creditors told to expect 25pc or less</b<</font<</a<<br< <font size="-1"<<i<Feb 20, 2002 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- </i< Creditors of Enron Corporation's European arm will only receive, at best, $US0.25 in the dollar. <br<<br<</font< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign=top<<input type="checkbox" name="id" value="2740181"<</td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2740181"< <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"<<b<Denbury Sells Enron Claim for $9.2M</b<</font<</a<<br< <font size="-1"<<i<Feb 18, 2002 - United Press International</i< Denbury Resources Inc. said Monday it has sold its claim in Enron Corp.'s bankruptcy for $9.2 million. <br<<br<</font< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign=top<<input type="checkbox" name="id" value="2740455"<</td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2740455"< <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"<<b<Enron Scandal Will Touch Everyone</b<</font<</a<<br< <font size="-1"<<i<Feb 19 - Dayton Daily News</i< Americans who aren't employees or shareholders of Enron Corp. may think the massive corporate scandal doesn't touch them. <br<<br<</font< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign=top<<input type="checkbox" name="id" value="2737988"<</td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2737988"< <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"<<b<Enron Witness Is Genuine Hero, Oklahoma Family Says</b<</font<</a<<br< <font size="-1"<<i<By Adam Wilmoth, The Daily Oklahoman, Feb. 16</i< Enron's collapse has affected thousands of people worldwide, but few were paying more attention to Thursday's congressional oversight committee hearing than Edmond resident Julie Reagan. <br<<br<</font< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign=top<<input type="checkbox" name="id" value="2738142"<</td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2738142"< <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"<<b<Enron's Collapse to Affect Accounting Rules for Tech Companies</b<</font<</a<<br< <font size="-1"<<i<By David A. Sylvester, San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Feb. 18</i< The Enron scandal is sparking a broad reform movement to tighten financial and accounting practices -- and some of the key benefits won by Silicon Valley technology industries during the 1990s are caught in the crossfire. <br<<br<</font< </td< </tr< <tr< <td colspan="2"< <a name="section56"< <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size=4 color="#666666"< <b<National Energy Policy</b< </font< <hr noshade< </a< <!-- Add link based on topic id --< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign=top<<input type="checkbox" name="id" value="2737846"<</td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2737846"< <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"<<b<Agencies Told to Save All Records from Energy Task Force</b<</font<</a<<br< <font size="-1"<<i<By Bennett Roth, Houston Chronicle, Feb. 17</i< The Bush administration said Saturday that it had ordered agencies to preserve all records pertaining to Vice President Dick Cheney's energy task force in response to an admonition from a federal judge. <br<<br<</font< </td< </tr< <!-- Add 3rd text general ad if it exists. --< <!-- Don't rerun ads in excessive loops. --< <tr<<td colspan="2"< </td<</tr< <tr< <td colspan="2" align="center"< <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"< <tr< <td< <font face="helvetica,arial,sans-serif" size="1" color="666666"< ADVERTISEMENT </font< </td< </tr< <tr< <td< <table width="100%" border="1" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0"< <tr bgcolor="ffffcc"< <td< <font size="-1" face="arial,sans-serif"< Data on nuclear power plant performance available now! 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size="-1"<<i<BRUSSELS, Feb 19, 2002 (AFX-Europe via COMTEX) -- </i< The European Commission said it cleared the acquisition by E.ON AG and Oberoesterreichische Ferngas AG (OFG) of joint control of Jihoceska plynarenska as (JCP) of the Czech Republic. <br<<br<</font< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign=top<<input type="checkbox" name="id" value="2739118"<</td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2739118"< <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"<<b<E.ON's Hartmann does not see US acquisition plans affected by Ruhrgas takeover </b<</font<</a<<br< <font size="-1"<<i<DUESSELDORF, Feb 19, 2002 (AFX-Europe via COMTEX) -- </i< E.ON AG chairman Ulrich Hartmann said the company's planned acquisition of a majority stake in Ruhrgas AG, and any future strategic expansion plans with the gas company, will have no effect on E.ON's plans for further acquisitions in the US. <br<<br<</font< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign=top<<input type="checkbox" name="id" 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face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size=4 color="#666666"< <b<Futures</b< </font< <hr noshade< </a< <!-- Add link based on topic id --< </td< </tr< <tr< <td valign=top<<input type="checkbox" name="id" value="2740521"<</td< <td< <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/gasnews/gn_article.cfm?id=2740521"< <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="-1"<<b<March Gas Futures Rallies to $2.405 amid Technical Run-up</b<</font<</a<<br< <font size="-1"<<i<Feb. 19 (Btu's Daily Gas Wire)</i< March natural gas futures settled up 19.1 cents at $2.397 as the market achieved a bullish technical goal today in surpassing $2.40 and climbing 19.9 cents to post a $2.405 daily high. <a href="http://www.energycentral.com/sections/offers/special_offer.cfm?id=40"<<br<Special Offer from this Publisher!</a< <br<<br<</font< </td< </tr< <!-- Add 3rd text general ad if it exists. --< <!-- Don't rerun ads in excessive loops. --< <tr< <td colspan="2"< <a name="section42"< <font 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