Conoco Announces Start Up of Texas Cogeneration Facility.Business/Energy Editors HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 28, 2001 Conoco Energy Solutions, a division of Conoco (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :COC See chip on chip. ), today announced the initiation of commercial operations at the SRW SRW Super Robot Wars (video games) SRW Single Rear Wheel (truck) SRW Segmental Retaining Wall SRW Soldier Radio Waveform SRW Strategic Reconnaissance Wing SRW Search and Retrieve via the Web Cogeneration Limited Partnership facility in Orange County, Texas Orange County is a county of the U.S. state of Texas. In 2000, its population was 84,966. The county seat is the city of Orange. Geography The county is bordered on the east by the Sabine River and on the southwest by the Neches River. . The 420-megawatt (MW) natural gas-fired cogeneration plant, owned by SRW Cogeneration Limited Partnership, is located at DuPont's (NYSE:DD) Sabine River Works facility in Orange County, Texas. The limited partnership is comprised of subsidiaries of Conoco and NRG Energy Inc. (NYSE:NRG NRG Energy NRG NRG Energy, Inc. NRG Natural Resources Group NRG New Radiancy Group NRG Network Referral Group NRG Network Resource Grapher NRG Numerics Rapporteur Group NRG Neuroprosthetics Research Group NRG notional requirements generator ), each holding a 50 percent interest in the venture. Conoco was project manager for the construction of the facility, while Bechtel Energy Corp. was the engineering and construction contractor. Conoco will supply natural gas to the cogeneration facility, building upon its long-standing relationship as DuPont's fuels supplier at Sabine River Works. Power marketing services for the facility will be managed by NRG Power Marketing Inc., based in Minneapolis, Minn. A portion of the power and all the steam generated by the new plant will be sold to DuPont for use at Sabine River Works. The balance of electricity will flow onto Entergy's (NYSE:ETR) transmission facility and will be marketed throughout the Southeastern Reliability Council. In addition to the SRW Cogeneration Limited Partnership facility, Conoco has interests in two other cogeneration plants, a 440-MW facility near Corpus Christi, Texas Corpus Christi is a coastal city and the county seat of Nueces CountyGR6 in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the region known as South Texas. , and a 225-MW plant close to the company's Lake Charles, La., refinery. Conoco's total North American power generation capacity exceeds 500 megawatts (MW). Conoco Energy Solutions, with headquarters in Houston, is part of the natural gas and power division of Conoco, a major, integrated energy company active in more than 40 countries. |
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