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The new facilities complement existing infrastructure and are positioned to expand as development continues. Initially, 15 MMcf/d of capacity will be added and is easily expandable. The new gas volumes will be delivered to DCP Midstream's Okarche plant for processing and extraction of natural gas liquids.

"Completion of these facilities is the beginning of a series of developments we're taking to expand our central Oklahoma gathering and processing system and provide reliable service for the growing production from producers in Anadarko-Woodford Shale," said William Waldheim, group vice president of commercial for DCP Midstream, LLC. "These facilities will enhance the existing gathering system and allow us to better handle the high-volume shale development."

AGA Recognizes Outstanding Member Companies

The American Gas Association (AGA) has recognized 17 of its member companies for achieving outstanding records of employee safety in 2008. The Safety Achievement Award, presented at AGA’s 2009 Operations Conference and Biennial Exhibition, was given to companies that achieved the lowest “DART” incident rate - a mathematical calculation that describes the number of recordable injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time employees that resulted in days away from work or restricted work activity.

Additionally, several AGA member companies earned the Vehicle Safety Achievement Award by experiencing the lowest motor vehicle accident rate for companies of their type.

Safety Achievement Award winners include, by category:

Local Distribution Utilities
Mega - Enbridge Gas Distribution (North York, Ontario)
Very Large - Dominion East Ohio Gas Co. (Cleveland, OH)
Large - Citizens Energy Group (Indianapolis, IN) and Comgas (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Medium-Large - Dominion Hope (Clarksburg, WV)
Medium-Small - Equitable Gas Company (Pittsburgh, PA)
Small - Columbia Gas of Maryland (Cumberland, MD)
Combination Utilities: Large: PECO Energy (Philadelphia, PA); Medium: Central Hudson Gas & Electric (Poughkeepsie, NY); Montana-Dakota Utilities (Bismarck, ND).
Transmission Companies: Large: Tennessee Gas Pipeline (Houston, TX); Medium: - Eastern Shore Natural Gas (Dover, DE).
Vehicle Safety Achievement Award winners include, by category: Local Distribution Utilities: UGI Central Penn Gas (Reading, PA);
Combination Utilities: Consumers Energy (Jackson, MI). Transmission Utilities: CenterPoint Energy Pipelines (Houston, TX). Small Member Companies: Crossroads Pipeline (Bremen, IN); Northern Indiana Fuel & Light (Auburn, IN).

NGS Energy Plans Gas Storage Asset Acquisition

NGS Energy LP and El Paso Corp. have signed a Memorandum of Acquisition and Understanding with regard to El Paso's Pinal County, AZ natural gas storage asset. Under the agreement, NGS Energy has an exclusive due diligence period and right to buy all acreage, wells, geological and technical data and rights currently held by El Paso. The project in the Picacho Basin would include a nine-mile header system that could connect to Transwestern Pipeline, El Paso Natural Gas Pipeline, as well as numerous new and proposed gas-fired plants.

ROSEN USA Completes Projects