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OpenLink Financial =09 [IMAGE]=09 [IMAGE] =09 HOME | GAS NEWS | EVENTS | JOBS | BUSINESS CENTERS | DIRECTORIES= | DATA CENTER FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2001 =09 =09 THIS ISSUE BROUGHT TO YOU BY Competitive Intelligence now avai= lable. Identify potential suitors, those who threaten your position across = the value chain or those who demonstrate best practices with Company Profil= e Reports from Datamonitor. These reports are the definitive intelligence r= esource on 106 top companies in the energy industry. Reports include: speci= fic business background, history, locations and subsidiaries, products, ser= vices and key employees. View the list of Datamonitor's Company Profiles. h= ttp://www.energycentral.com/sections/research/default.cfm?cpane=3D23003&rpu= blisher=3D11408&rtype=3Dall [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Gain exposure to thousa= nds of energy professionals with your company's white papers today. 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FERC Chairman Pat Wood III= Testifies Oct. 18 (Btu Watch) Chairman Pat Wood III, Federal Energy Regul= atory Commission testified before the Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natura= l Resources and Regulatory Affairs of the Committee on Government Reform, U= .S. House of Representatives and left listeners with three basic points. Sp= ecial Offer from this Publisher! Gas Cash Reacts to Wednesday's Late N= ovember Futures Sell-Off Oct. 18 (Btu's Daily Gas Wire) November futures l= ate tumble Wednesday to $2.41, down 18.2 cents for the day, and this mornin= g's indecisive futures pricing led to volatile cash trading today, marketer= s said. Special Offer from this Publisher! Press Release EXCELER= GY COMPLETES BEST THIRD QUARTER EVER LEXINGTON, MA (October 17, 2001) - Exce= lergy Corporation, the world's first provider of groundbreaking open co-action s= oftware products to the energy/utility industry and other restructuring mar= kets, today reported its most successful third quarter in its history. Comp= ared to a year ago, Excelergy's year-to-date bookings (new sales) have grow= n 300 percent and its revenues are up 70 percent. Energy Security = US pipelines, nuclear plants, dams seen vulnerable By Julie Vorman (Reute= rs) WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (Reuters) A threat against the Three Mile Island nuc= lear plant was seen Thursday as a potent reminder about the vulnerability o= f energy supplies that keep U.S. home computers humming, cars and trucks ro= lling down the highways, and manufacturers' assembly lines moving. = ADVERTISEMENT ENERGIZE YOUR CAREER - The Energy Central Job Center has = a new look, new features, premier employers and is updated daily! Visit the= energy industry's largest on-line job center today: http://www.energycentr= al.com/sections/jobs Acquisitions El Paso Energy Partners Clo= ses $284 Million Chaco, Deepwater Holdings Acquisitions HOUSTON, Oct. 18 /= PRNewswire/ El Paso Energy Partners, L.P. has completed its previously anno= unced acquisitions of the Chaco facility and Deepwater Holdings L.L.C. = Gas Pricing/Hubs Canada spot gas falls with U.S. on warmer weather N= EW YORK, Oct 18 (Reuters) Canadian spot natural gas prices traded lower Thu= rsday in tandem with weak U.S. spot gas as weather warmed through the U.S. = Midwest and Northeast and reduced heating loads, industry sources said. = U.S. spot natgas sinks after NYMEX selloff late Wed. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct = 18 (Reuters) A steep NYMEX selloff yesterday sharply undercut day-ahead nat= ural gas prices on Thursday though some weather-related demand continued in= parts of the Northeast and Midwest, market sources said. NYMEX Hub ga= s ends with modest short cover gains NEW YORK, Oct 18 (Reuters) NYMEX Hub = gas ended with modest gains Thursday, boosted by some short covering after = yesterday's steep slide despite fairly mild weather forecasts into early ne= xt week, industry sources said. Drilling/Exploration Aurora Gas B= egins Production at Nicolai Creek, Alaska Anchorage Daily News, Alaska, Oc= t. 17 Aurora Gas LLC has begun production from its Nicolai Creek well, loca= ted on the west side of Cook Inlet. Cepsa Invests Pta1bn in Gas Explor= ation in LA Rioja Oct 18, 2001 - FT World Media Abstracts via Comtex Spani= sh petrochemical group Cepsa (Compania Espanola de Petroleos) is investing = Pta1bn (6m euros) in gas exploration in the Cameros mountain range area, lo= cated in the region of La Rioja. Oil, Gas Workers' Jobs Evaporate With= Energy Surplus; Industry Goes From Boom To Bust In A Year Oct 18 - St. Lo= uis Post - Dispatch Early this year, when it seemed energy prices had no up= per limit, Bob Pound couldn't find enough qualified roughnecks to operate h= is two drilling rigs. Futures Nymex Review: November Natural Gas = Cuts Previous Loss Oct 18, 2001 - FWN Financial News Prices on nearby natu= ral gas futures contracts moved higher Thursday, pulling back from sharp lo= sses Wednesday that followed the weekly U.S. stock report. LNG El= Paso Announces Agreement to Purchase Norwegian LNG From the Snohvit Consor= tium HOUSTON, Oct. 18 /PRNewswire/ El Paso Global LNG, a subsidiary of El = Paso Corporation, announced today that it has signed a definitive liquefied= natural gas (LNG) purchase and sale agreement with a consortium of produce= rs led by Statoil ASA. CMS unit to double capacity at U.S. LNG facilit= y HOUSTON, Oct 18 (Reuters) A CMS Energy Corp. unit said on Thursday it wi= ll about double capacity at its liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Lou= isiana to fulfill a 22-year contract with Britain's BG Group Plc. Pipe= lines Landowners Object To Plans For Natural Gas Pipeline Oct 18 - Ro= anoke Times & World News Landowners affected by Duke Energy's proposed 94-m= ile natural gas pipeline in Southwest Virginia objected Tuesday night to it= s route and the way the company treats them. Blue Stream Project Puts = in Doubt Alternative Pipeline Oct 17, 2001 - Itar-Tass News Agency The fin= al stretch of work on the Blue Stream gas pipeline project puts in doubt pr= ospects of an alternative Trans-Caspian pipeline project, Russian specialis= ts said in comments on Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov's visit to an area w= here the Blue Stream pipeline is being laid in the Black Sea floor. Ga= s pipeline plan scrapped Oct 17 - Evening Mail - Birmingham PLANS to dig u= p part of a revamped part of Bromsgrove town centre to provide a gas pipeli= ne have been scrapped. Rates For more information on rate tariffs v= isit Gas Rate Tariffs [IMAGE] South Carolina Electric & Gas to File fo= r Natural Gas Price Cut By Dave L'Heureux, The State, Columbia, S.C., Oct.= 18 South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. today will file to cut its retail nat= ural gas rates 16 percent, starting next month. Two Michigan Utilities= Scrap Plans for Fixed-Price Natural Gas By Alejandro Bodipo-Memba, Detroi= t Free Press, Oct. 17 Michigan residents can expect to pay more to heat the= ir homes this winter because the state's two largest utilities have scrappe= d their fixed-price plans for natural gas after three years. Consumers= Air Doubts at St. Louis-Based Gas Company's Rate-Increase Hearing By Repp= s Hudson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Oct. 17 A special rate for low-income cu= stomers emerged as a leading issue Wednesday during testimony at a rate-inc= rease hearing for Laclede Gas Co. Georgia Consumer-Protection Agency L= ooks into High Natural-Gas Bills By Walter C. Jones, Savannah Morning News= , Ga., Oct. 17 People wondering why their natural-gas bills are so high hav= e some company: members of the Georgia Public Service Commission. Gas = price hikes spread unevenly: Small businesses face highest prices under new= plan Oct 18 - Charleston Daily Mail It seems a stark inequity: Danser, a = 90-employee manufacturing plant, is facing natural gas price hikes more tha= n double those likely to hit either residential or larger industrial custom= ers of Dominion Hope this winter. Laclede Gas Hearing Raises Issue Of = Rates For The Poor Oct 18 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch A special rate for low= -income customers emerged as a leading issue Wednesday during testimony at = a rate-increase hearing for Laclede Gas Co. LG?cuts gas prices Oct 18= - Courier - Journal Louisville Gas & Electric Co. natural gas customers wi= ll get some relief from high prices with bills that will be about 20 percen= t lower than they were last November. PSC steps into gas bill furor O= ct 17 - Florida Times Union People wondering why their natural gas bills ar= e so high have some company: members of the Georgia Public Service Commissi= on. General Georgia to Provide Nearly $25 Million to Help Those i= n Need with Heating Bills By Matthew C. Quinn, The Atlanta Journal and Con= stitution, Oct. 18 The state government will make available almost $25 mill= ion to help low-income consumers pay natural gas bills this winter. Co= ld temps seen in Northeast, Midwest this winter WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (Reuter= s) - Colder-than-normal temperatures will prevail this winter in the U.S. N= ortheast, Upper Midwest, Great Lakes and Great Plains states, with heavy sn= ow in much of the same areas, federal weather forecasters said on Thursday.= Deals/Contracts El Paso, Iberdrola in Arctic gas deal OSLO, Oct= 18 (Reuters) - Norwegian energy firm Statoil said on Thursday the Snoehvit= consortium had signed deals with U.S. El Paso and Spanish Iberdrola to sup= ply liquified natural gas from the Arctic for 17-20 years. Iberdrola s= igns 1.5 bcm gas supply contract with Statoil Oct 18 - AFX Iberdrola SA sa= id it has signed a contract with Statoil ASA for the supply of 1.5 bcm per = year of liquid gas from 2006. Financial Enron's stock slides as e= quity reduction digested HOUSTON, Oct 18 (Reuters) Enron Corp. stock fell = sharply on Thursday as investors digested news of a $1.2 billion reduction = in the energy giant's shareholder equity that attracted little attention wh= en it was first disclosed earlier this week. Financial - Results = Houston-Based Kinder Morgan Energy Partners Posts 66 Percent Gain in Profit= By Laura Goldberg, Houston Chronicle, Oct. 18 Kinder Morgan Energy Partne= rs, propelled by internal growth and strong performance from recently acqui= red pipelines and terminals, Wednesday reported a 66 percent jump in third-= quarter net income. Alberta Energy profit falls on weak oil prices CA= LGARY, Alberta, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Alberta Energy Co. Ltd., Canada's No. 2 = independent oil and gas producer, said on Thursday its quarterly profit fel= l 12 percent despite a jump in production, due to slumping commodity prices= . Burlington Resources earnings fall with gas prices HOUSTON, Oct 18 = (Reuters) - Natural gas producer Burlington Resources Inc. said Thursday it= s third-quarter earnings plummeted, reflecting a steep decline in gas price= s. International Discount Deals with American Energy Firms to Hel= p Trim Power Costs in Thailand By Yuthana Praiwan, Bangkok Post, Thailand,= Oct. 18 PTT Plc is expected to save about 1.15 billion baht under separate= agreements reached with Unocal and Chevron to amend natural gas purchase c= ontracts. Gazprom Plan to Sell Off Ld Is Not Ultimatum to Lithuania O= ct 18, 2001 - Itar-Tass News Agency The Russian gas giant Gazprom has propo= sed parity privatization of the Lithuanian gas selling and distributing com= pany Lietuvos Dues, Gazprom's press- service said Thursday. Russia to = Begin to Supply Gas to Turkey Next Year Oct 17, 2001 - Itar-Tass News Agen= cy The laying of the pipes of a 400-kilometre gas trunkline on the Black Se= a bed to supply gas from Russia to Turkey will be completed in February-Mar= ch next year. Gazprom increasing gas supplies to Russia's westernmost = region Oct 18 - BBC Monitoring Former Soviet Union Kaliningrad Region will= receive 600m cubic m of natural gas in 2002, which is 100m cubic m more th= an in the current year. If you are an Energy Central News Subscriber= and you have checked any news articles above, selecting the 'Get Articles'= button below will deliver all of the checked articles in one page. This is= a convenient way to get exactly the news you need - quickly! NEE= D INFORMATION ON THE POWER INDUSTRY? ENERGY CENTRAL'S GOT IT! ENERGY CEN= TRAL DAILY ELECTRIC POWER NEWS An e-mail news service that delivers every= major story every day directly to your e-mail address. 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