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Jan 23, 2002

What's New on platts.com?
Platts Enron Report: Read about the implications of Enron's bankruptcy on the
financial and energy communities.
(http://www.platts.com/features/enron/index.shtml)

S&P: US Utilities' Credit Quality Displayed Steep Decline in 2001: The US power
industry began 2001 under the dark cloud of the near-total credit collapse of
California's two largest electric utilities, and ended with the bankruptcy of
Enron Corp, the largest such filing in US history.
(http://www.platts.com/risk_management/sandp/analysis.shtml)



Futures Round-up
NYMEX: Crude to open higher on short covering
NYMEX March crude oil is called to open 26 cts higher at $19.24/bbl Wednesday.
March Brent is called to open 26 cts
higher at $19.00/bbl. February heating oil is called to open 59 pts higher at
52.00 cts/gal, and February unleaded gasoline is called to open 71 pts higher at
55.50 cts/gal.

IPE Brent Focus: IPE Brent crude firms ahead of API stats release
Front-month March stood at $19.08/bbl at 1039 GMT, up 33 cts from Tuesday's
settlement having begun trading at $18.86/bbl, the low of the day so far. April
showed similar gains.

News Round-up
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OIL:
UK's BG makes revised offer for Enron India E+P assets
UK's BG Group Wednesday announced a revised agreement to buy Enron Oil & Gas
India Limited for $350-mil, 10% less than the $388-mil price tag attached to its
first bid for the company in October last year.
(http://www.platts.com/archives.shtml#58026)

NATURAL GAS:
US senator favors federal role in developing Alaska pipe
Unveiling his Democratic alternative to the Bush energy plan, US Senator John
Kerry (Democrat-Massachusetts) Tuesday said the federal government must play a
role to help develop a pipe to bring gas from Alaska to the lower-48 states.
(http://www.platts.com/archives.shtml#58008)

PETROCHEMICALS:
Texas MTBE plant owner EOTT sees share price plunge
Shares of EOTT Energy Partners LP plunged Tuesday after the company, whose
general partner is an Enron subsidiary that owns more than a third of the
company's stock, Monday issued disappointing Q4 2001 results.
(http://www.platts.com/archives.shtml#58013)

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ELECTRIC POWER:
French ministers favor faster power market opening
Senior French government ministers favor a faster opening of the French power
market, Industry Secretary Christian Pierret said Jan 22.
(http://www.platts.com/archives.shtml#58030)

NUCLEAR:
ITC sides with USEC in LEU trade case
The US ITC handed USEC a victory Jan 22, affirming duties on low-enriched
uranium (LEU) exported to the US by USEC Inc's rival enrichers, Eurodif-Cogema
of France and the British-Dutch-German consortium Urenco.
(http://www.platts.com/archives.shtml#58007)


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