Pipeline zone change OK’d: Ruling brings natural gas line one step closer to construction Sep 24, 2009
The 42-inch pipeline, a 3 billion project of the El Paso Corporation, is planned to run 680 miles from Wyoming to Oregon, via Utah and Nevada. Eighteen miles traverse southern Cache County farmland, with Avon and Paradise being the communities closest. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Core Lab Reports Q2 2009 Results: Cash Totals Exceed $100 Million; YTD Free Cash Flow Equals $3.49/Share Jul 23, 2009
This study currently has eight participating companies, including Petrohawk, St. Mary Land & Exploration, ConocoPhillips, El Paso Corporation, and Murphy Oil. This project will be very similar to ongoing studies of the Haynesville and Marcellus gas shale formations, which have 36 and 27 companies participating, respectively. (PR Newswire)
Tax down, yet notice says otherwise May 23, 2009
" Meanwhile, the college will levy 8 cents to begin repaying bonds approved by voters for expansion, so the net change will be an increase of 5 cents per $100. If the value of a piece of property is the same or less, primary property taxes supporting Central Arizona College will go down. So how does the "Truth in Taxation" notice figure a tax increase? By ignoring tax revenues generated by new construction. According to ARS 15-1461.01, the college must take next year's proposed tax levy - the... (Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ)
El Paso Corp. settles with victims' families Mar 5, 2009
Two years after one of the deadliest natural gas pipeline explosions in New Mexico's history, Houston-based El Paso Corporation has reached the last in a series of out-of-court settlements with family members of the victims. On August 31, El Paso reached an undisclosed settlement with Martha Chapman and Jerry Rackley, who lost five family members on August 19, 2000 when a natural gas pipeline owned by the company exploded near Carlsbad, New Mexico killing 12 people. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)