Southern California Public Power Authority and the Turlock Irrigation District Purchases Additional Natural Gas Reserves; Secures Long-Term Supply of Natural Gas at Stable Prices for Power Generation.PASADENA, Calif. -- Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Public Power Authority (SCPPA SCPPA South Carolina Professional Photographers Association SCPPA South Carolina Pulp and Paper Association ) (representing the cities of Anaheim, Colton, Burbank and Pasadena) and the Turlock Irrigation irrigation, in agriculture, artificial watering of the land. Although used chiefly in regions with annual rainfall of less than 20 in. (51 cm), it is also used in wetter areas to grow certain crops, e.g., rice. District (TID tid 3 times a day ) today announced that it acquired certain oil and gas properties of Collins & Young Holdings, L.P. with an effective date of April 1,2006. The purchased assets are located in one of the most active and largest natural gas fields This list of natural gas fields includes major fields of the past and present. N.B. Some of the items listed are basins or projects that comprise many fields (e.g. Sakhalin has three fields: Chayvo, Odoptu, and Arkutun-Dagi). in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , the Newark East Field targeting the prolific Barnett Shale Formation. The operator of the properties will be Devon Energy Corporation. Devon is by far the largest acreage holder and producer in the Barnett Shale, and currently has over 22 drilling rigs operating in the field. This acquisition represents the successful completion of Phase II of the Gas Initiative. The Gas Initiative is an effort to secure long-term, stabilized supplies of natural gas to fuel power generating plants through the purchase of non-operated real property interests. Phase I, completed in June 2005, was the $300 million purchase of select properties from Anschutz Pinedale Corporation of the company's natural gas reserves in Sublette County, Wyoming Sublette County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wyoming. It is a sparsely populated rural county in western Wyoming, along the Green River. It has an area of 4,883 square miles and a population of 5,920 as of 2000. The county seat is situated in Pinedale. . SCPPA's Executive Director Bill D. Carnahan stated, "For economic, environmental and reliability reasons, SCPPA members have invested heavily in base-load natural gas generation. This acquisition will help ensure the firm delivery of natural gas at stable prices - in a highly volatile natural gas market. This initiative will further enhance the participants' ability to achieve its goal of maintaining stable retail electric rates for their customers." Carnahan also stated the importance of partnering with Devon as operator. "As the largest and most active E&P company in the field, SCPPA's participants will benefit from their extensive experience, technical workforce and service-vendor relationships." The acquisition by SCPPA and TID is expected to yield approximately 67 billion cubic feet of equivalent proven reserves. The SCPPA Southern California cities are expected to use the majority of the natural gas for the new 300 Megawatt SCPPA Magnolia Power Project located in Burbank as well as other local generating plants within their cities. Petrie Parkman & Co., Inc. advised SCPPA and TID on the transaction. The Southern California Public Power Authority is a Joint Powers Authority A Joint Powers Authority (JPA) is an institution permitted under the laws of some states of the USA, whereby two or more public authorities (e.g. local governments, or utility or transport districts) can operate collectively. (formed under the Joint Powers Act of the California Legislature in 1980) and has 12 public power agency members. SCPPA was formed to finance the construction or acquisition of large scale energy projects. For more information, visit www.scppa.org. |
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