Natural Gas Companies

Natural Gas, Natural Gas Pipelines, Petroleum

With the merging of electricity and natural gas industries into a combined energy market, natural gas companies enter the independent power producer market as non-utility wholesale generators as well as fuel providers. These companies are profiled here.

Alliance Pipeline
- Began service 11/30/2000
- ownership shares as of 12/9/2000
  - Coastal Corp 14.4%
  - Enbridge Inc 21.4%
  - Fort Chicago Energy Partners LP 26%
  - The Williams Companies Inc 14.6%
  - Westcoast Energy Inc 23.6%
Aquila Gas Pipeline Corp
ARAMCO Services
Atmos Energy Corporation
Aurora Natural Gas, LLC
Barrett Resources
- to be acquired by Williams, 5/7/2001
BP Amoco Company
- Statistical Review of World Energy 1999. Including world statistics for oil
  - BP Amoco Statistical Review 1999: School Materials
BC Gas Inc.
- BC Gas International Inc
- Southern Crossing natural gas transmission pipeline
Berkshire Energy Resources
- to be acquired by Energy East
- Berkshire Gas
- Berkshire Propane
- Berkshire Service Solutions
Berry Petroleum
- purchased a number of small power plants in California
Canadian 88 Energy Corp. (exploration)
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd
- Yahoo! Finance - CED
- Yahoo! Finance - CNQ.TO
- Canadian Natural Resources Limited Capsule - Hoover's Online
Cheniere Energy Inc
- oil and gas exploration/production company and developer of LNG terminals
- 6/28/03: Cheniere, Dow sign deal for Texas LNG capacity from proposed LNG facility, to begin 2007
- 30% limited partner in Freeport LNG Development. Cheniere is also developing two LNG import terminals in Corpus Christi, Texas, and Sabine Pass, Louisiana. It expects to file applications with FERC in January to build the terminals. In all, the three proposed terminals are scheduled to make about 6 bcfd of gas available to markets.
ChevronTexaco
- Yahoo!Finance-CVX
- 26.5% owner of Dynegy with option to increase to 36%.
- Global Energy Inc (formerly Caltex Corporation)
  - Lima Energy Inc
    - Platts Power Magazine May2004: to build Wabash power plant, 262 MW IGCC on the shore of Wabash River in Terre Haute IN, E-Gas technology
CMS Energy Corporation
- CMS Gas Transmission & Storage Co.
- CMS Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Company
- CMS Trunkline Gas Company
- Colorado Interstate Gas Co
CNG Transmission Corp.
Colorado Interstate Gas Co
Columbia Energy Group
- to merge with NiSource
- Yahoo! Finance - CG
- Columbia Electric
  - owns and operates non-regulated generation plants
- Columbia Energy Services Corp.
- Columbia Energy Power Marketing Corp.
- Columbia Gas of Ohio
- Columbia Gas Transmission
  - Operations Map
- Columbia Gulf Transmission (shows map)
Conoco
- Yahoo! Finance - COCa, Yahoo! Finance - COCb
- to sell 50% in SRW Cogeneration LP to NRG Energy, 11/27/2000
  - 420 MW NG cogen under construction at DuPont Sabine River Works petrochemical facility near Orange TX
- Conoco Global Power
  - Gas and Power Marketing
  - Power Projects
- Lobo Natural Gas Pipeline
- 440 MW Texas cogen facility, Ingleside, Texas
Consolidated Natural Gas (to merge with Dominion Resources)
CTG Resources, Inc.
- to merge with Energy East
- Connecticut Natural Gas Corp.
- The Energy Network
Delta Natural Gas Company
Duke Energy Corporation
- Algonquin Gas Transmission Co.
El Paso Corp - formerly El Paso Energy
- Yahoo! Finance - EPG
- Hoovers
- map of assets
- Coastal Corp
  - Yahoo! Finance - CGP
  - ANR Pipeline Gas Transportation and Storage Detroit, Michigan
  - Coastal Merchant Energy LLP - Coastal half of now split Engage Energy 10/4/2000
  - Coastal Power
  - Map of Natural Gas Operations
  - Map of Power Plants in operation or construction
  - Gulfstream Natural Gas (see also Williams)
    - System Map
- East Tennessee Natural Gas
- El Paso Energy Partners
  - Yahoo! Finance - EPN
- El Paso Marketing LP
  - formerly El Paso Merchant Energy
  - Hoovers on El Paso Merchant Energy Group
- El Paso Natural Gas Co
- EP Power Finance LLC
- Gulf States Transmission Corp.
- Midwestern Gas Transmission Co.
- Mojave Pipeline Operating Company
- Natural gas pipeline bulletin board
- Southern Natural Gas, SONAT
  - 50% owner of Citrus Corp.
    - 50% owned by Enron
    - Florida Gas Transmission Co
  - Destin Pipeline Company, LLC
  - Pipeline Map
- Stingray Pipeline System
- Tennessee Gas Pipeline Tennessee Gas Pipeline
Enbridge
- Yahoo! Finance - ENB.TO
- 21.4% owner of Alliance Pipeline
- Chicap Pipeline Co
- Enbridge Pipelines
- Enbridge Technology Inc
- Frontier Pipeline Co
- Lakehead Pipeline Partners, LP
- System Map
- Vector Pipeline
EnCana
- Yahoo!Finance ECA.TO
- Formed by merger of PanCanadian Energy and Alberta Energy Co.
Energy Transportation Group
Enron
- site-index, maps, subsidiaries & affiliates
- Yahoo! Finance - ENE
- Yahoo!Finance-ENRNQ.PK
- Azurix - water and waste water related services
- Citrus Corp
  - 50% owned by El Paso Energy, 50% owned by Enron
  - Florida Gas Transmission Co
- Dabhol Power Corp - India
- ECT-Enron
- EnergySense -- commercial/industrial user portal
- Enron Broadband Services
  - Entertainment on Demand
- Enron Capital LLC - wholly owned subsidiary of Enron Corp
- Enron Capital Resources LP - Delaware limited partnership in which Enron Corp is sole general partner
- Enron Capital Trust I - Delaware statutory business trust
- Enron Capital Trust II - Delaware statutory business trust
- Enron Energy Services
- Enron Engineering & Construction Company
  - search
  - pipeline projects
  - power plant projects
- Enron Power Operations Ltd
- Enron Wind Corp
- EnronCredit
- EnronOnline
- EOG Resources - formerly Enron Oil and Gas Resources
- Houston Pipeline Company
- Louisiana Resources Pipeline Company
- National Energy Production Corporation
  - recently acquired
- Northern Natural Gas Co
- Northern Border Pipeline Company (map)
  - Northern Border Partners, L.P.
- Transwestern Pipeline
Entergy-Koch LP (JV of Entergy and Koch)
- Gulf South Pipeline Company LP
Fort Chicago Energy Partners LP
- Yahoo! Finance - fceun.to
Go-Tech
- Regional Review
Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc.
Great Lakes Gas Transmission Co
Guardian Pipeline
- will connect Wisconsin to Joliet IL
- a project of CMS Energy, Viking Gas Transmission Co. and WICOR
Indiana Energy, Inc. (to become Vectren Corp in merger with SigCorp)
International Centre for Gas Technology Information -- Gas Technology Information
Iroquois Gas
- facilities map
- interconnects map
KeySpan Energy
- Yahoo! Finance - KSE
- to acquire Eastern Enterprises and Energy North to become nations 5th largest natural gas company.
- KeySpan Energy Canada
Kinder Morgan
- Kinder Morgan, Inc.
  - Yahoo! Finance - KMI
- KN Energy - Kinder Morgan Energy Partners
  - Yahoo!Finance - KMP
- Kinder Morgan
- Kinder Morgan Power Company
- Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America
Koch Industries - now see Axia Energy - merger of Koch Industries and Entergy on page for Multi-Regional Energy Companies
Leviathan Gas Pipeline Partners, L.P.
Louis Dreyfus
- Louis Dreyfus Natural Gas
  - Yahoo! Finance - LD
Maritimes & Northeast
Midcoast Energy Resources
Mitchell Energy & Development Corp.
MCN Energy Group - see DTE Energy Co on USA State and Geographic Regions
Motiva Enterprises LLC, Equilon Enterprises LLC, Equiva Trading Co, Equiva Services Inc
- AramcoServices on Motiva
- Hoovers on Motiva
- map
- Shell, Texaco and Saudi Aramco working together
- Delaware City Plant #CT1&2 (electric generation)
- Equiva Services Inc
- Martinez Refining Company
- Port Arthur Refinery
- Puget Sound Refining Company
National Fuel Gas, National Fuel Gas
- maps
New Jersey Resources
- New Jersey Natural Energy
- New Jersey Natural Gas
- NJR Energy Services Company (pipeline)
Nicor
- Nicor Hub Services
Northeast Gas Association
Northern Border Partners LP
Northern Border Pipeline Co
Nova Chemicals
- Joffre Cogeneration Facility
  - Pictures
- Nova Corp and TransCanada Pipelines merge
NuWay Energy Inc - formerly Latin American Casinos Inc
- Yahoo!Finance LACI
Occidental Petroleum Corp (Los Angeles CA)
- Yahoo!Finance NYSE:OXY
- Occidental Energy Marketing Inc
- Occidental Energy Ventures Corp (Houston TX)
  - see also Tenaska Oxy Power Services LP on Multi-Regional page
OneOK
- Yahoo! Finance - OKE
Peoples Energy (Illinois)
PetroCore
Piedmont Natural Gas Co.
Plains Resources
- All American Pipeline
PG&E Corp
- see more extensive list under MULTI-REGIONAL-UTILITIES, MULTI-NATIONALS, INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS, WHOLESALE GENERATORSl
Pipeline Industry Guild -- Pipemag - Magazine of the Pipeline Industry
Progas -- natural gas storage
Questar
- System Map
- Overthrust Pipeline
- Questar Pipeline
- Questar Southern Trails Pipeline
- TransColorado Pipeline
Reliant Energy
San Juan Basin Royalty Trust, SJBRT
- San Juan Basin Royalty Trust Capsule - Hoover's Online
SCANA Corporation
- South Carolina Pipeline Corp
Shell Oil
- Shell Energy
- Shell US
- Yahoo! UK and Ireland Finance - Quote Search
- Pemex and Shell open cross-border natgas pipeline, 10/23/2000
- Coral Energy, LP (natural gas marketer)
- InterGen (joint venture with Bechtel)
Southern California Gas Company
Southwestern Energy Company
Tejas Offshore Pipelines
TEPPCO Partners LP
- publicly traded master limited partnership, which conducts business through various subsidiary operating companies. TEPPCO owns and operates one of the largest common carrier pipelines of refined petroleum products and liquefied petroleum gases in the United States; owns and operates natural gas liquid pipelines; is engaged in crude oil transportation, storage, gathering and marketing; and owns a 50-percent interest in Seaway Crude Pipeline Company and an undivided ownership interest in the Rancho and Basin Pipelines. Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Company, LLC, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Duke Energy Field Services, LLC, is the general partner of TEPPCO Partners, L.P.
- Received FERC approval for market-based rates, April 27, 2001
Texaco
Texas Eastern Transmission Corp - an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Duke Energy Field Services LLC
Touchstone Texas
TransCanada
- search - QuickFacts
- Yahoo! Finance - TRP.TO
- Yahoo! Finance - TRP
- Affiliated Business System Map
- North American Pipeline Investments map
- North Baja Pipeline
- Operations Map
- TransCanada Power LLP
  - Cancarb Limited
    - Cancarb Power Plant
  - Ocean State Power
  - Operations Table
  - TransCanada Power LP
    - six power plants in ON, BC, NY with a seventh plant nearing the completion. total generating capacity is 328 MW, 6/22/2000
    - Power Plants
- TransCanada Energy Ltd
  - plans to build 80 MW natural gas cogeneration power plant near Carseland, AB, and a 40 MW natural gas-fired cogeneration power plant near Redwater, AB, 6/22/2000
- TransCanada Power LP
- TransCanada Transmission
  - 100% owner of ANG Pipeline
    - System Map
  - 100% owner of Alberta System
  - 100% owner of Canadian Mainline
  - 50% owner of Express Pipeline
  - varying majority owner share by segment of Foothills Pipe Lines Ltd.
  - 50% owner of Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited Partnership
  - 35% owner of Iroquois Gas Transmission System (see separate listing of Iroquois)
  - 21% owner of Millennium Pipeline
  - 30% owner of Northern Border Pipeline Company
  - 21.4% owner of Portland Natural Gas Transmission System
  - 33.4% owner of TC PipeLines, LP
  - 39.8% owner of TransCanada Power LP
  - 50% owner of Trans Quebec & Maritimes Pipeline
  - 50% owner of Tuscarora Gas Transmission Company
- 50% owner of TransCanada Turbines (aeroderivative gas turbine service)
- Transportation Tariffs
TransGas - Saskatchewan Canada
TransEnergy
- Tyler Construction Company, Inc
TXU Electric & Gas
Ultramar Diamond Shamrock
- Colorado Springs Pipeline
Unocal
- Geothermal Operations
Vastar Resources, Inc.
- Southern Company Energy Marketing is jointly owned by Southern Energy and Vastar Resources, Inc.
Vector Pipeline
- Pipeline Map
Washington Gas Energy Services, WGES
- Southern Energy Marketing will support WGES entry in the opening of the Maryland electricity market July 1.
Westcoast Energy Inc.
- Yahoo! Finance - WE
- Yahoo! Finance - W.TO
- Operating Units
  - Gas Transmission
    - 100% owner of British Columbia Pipeline & Field Services Divisions
      - Facilities
    - 100% owner of Westcoast Gas Services Inc.
    - 100% owner of St. Clair Pipelines (1996) Ltd.
    - 50% owner of Empire State Pipeline (50% Coastal)
      - System Map
    - 50% owner of Foothills Pipe Lines Ltd.
    - 37.5% owner of Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline
      - First gas received 1/4/2000
      - Map
    - 30% owner of Vector Pipeline Project
      - Pipeline Map
    - 23.6% owner of Alliance Pipeline
      - site map
      - System map
    - 21% owner of Millenium Pipeline Project
      - under development
      - system map
    - 100% owner of Millenium West Pipeline Project
      - under development
  - Gas Distribution
    - 100% owner of Union Gas
    - 100% owner of Centra Gas British Columbia Inc.
    - 41% owner, 100% voting shares of Pacific Northern Gas
    - 100% owner of Trillium Energy Canada and Trillium USA
  - Power Generation
    - Westcoast Power
      - Island Cogeneration Project (new)
      - Bayside Power Project (new)
      - Frederickson Power Project
        
        partially constructed 250 MW plant purchased from BPA, expected mid 2002
      - other existing projects
  - 50% owner of NGX Canada Inc. (natural gas exchange)
    - AECO
    - NGX Empress
  - 100% owner of Engage Energy (natural gas and electricity marketer)
    - follows 50-50 split of former Engage Energy organization with half going to Coastal.
    - Engage Energy Canada
    - Engage Energy America Corp (Engage America)
      - HQ in Springfield, MI
      - mid-West, northeast US and Great Lakes
    - Engage gas and power business based in US Pacific Northwest
  - International
    - 20% owner of Cantarell Nitrogen Project (Mexico)
      - expected in operation 2000
- Union Gas Limited
Western Gas Resources - Natural Gas
- Business.com: Western Gas Resources
- Forbes.com: WGR
- Hoovers: Western Gas Resources
- Yahoo!WGR
Williams Company
- Yahoo! Finance - WMB
- Gulfstream Natural Gas System
  - Purchased by Williams from El Paso
  - Project description
- Williams Communications
- Williams Distributed Power
- Williams Gas Pipeline-South Central
Wisconsin Fuel & Light Company (natural gas)
Xcel Energy
- Viking Gas Transmission Co

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