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ENRON ANNOUNCES SALE OF BUSHTON NATURAL GAS PROCESSING FACILITY AND HUGOTON BASIN GATHERING ASSETS IN KANSAS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, January 28, 1997
HOUSTON -- ENRON announced today that it has entered into a letter of intent and filed for Hart-Scott-Rodino approval to sell its Bushton natural gas processing facility and its Hugoton Basin gathering assets in Kansas to KN Energy, Inc. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
The Bushton Complex, one of the largest natural gas processing facilities in North America, processes approximately 825 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) of natural gas and produces about 1.2 million gallons per day of liquids and approximately 1.7 MMcf/d of crude helium. The complex includes a hydrocarbon extraction plant, separate natural gas liquids (NGL) fractionation unit, ethane extraction plant, crude helium extraction unit, butane isomerization unit and large underground NGL storage facilities.
The Hugoton Basin assets gather approximately 475 MMcf/d of natural gas through approximately 2,200 miles of pipeline extending through several Kansas counties and one county in Oklahoma. The gathered gas flows to the Northern Natural Gas pipeline system, where it is directed to the Bushton Complex for processing. Natural gas liquids are extracted at the complex and residue gas is subsequently transported to market.
"The divestiture of the Bushton Complex and the Hugoton Basin gathering assets is a critical part of our plan to reduce Enronís non-strategic long term financial obligations and focus on core businesses," said Stanley C. Horton, chairman and chief executive officer, Enron Liquid Services Corp.
Closing of the transaction is subject to entering into an acceptable definitive agreement and receipt of the appropriate consents, including the expiration of the waiting period required by the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act.
Enron announced in 1996 that it would sell four liquid asset packages identified as non-strategic. The sale of Enronís interests in Enron Liquids Pipeline, L.P. and the stock of Enron Louisiana Energy Company were announced earlier in January. The sale of the Bushton natural gas processing facility and its Hugoton Basin gathering assets complete the asset package sale. The company expects to close all of the transactions during the first half of 1997.
Enron, one of the world's largest integrated natural gas and electricity companies with approximately $15 billion in assets, operates one of the largest natural gas transmission systems in the world; is the largest purchaser and marketer of natural gas and the largest non-regulated marketer of electricity in North America; produces and markets natural gas liquids worldwide; owns a majority interest in Enron Oil & Gas Company, one of the largest independent (non-integrated) exploration and production companies in the United States; owns a majority interest in Enron Global Power & Pipelines L.L.C., which is owner and manager of operating power plants and natural gas pipelines in emerging markets; and is one of the largest independent developers and producers of electricity in the world. Enron is traded under the ticker symbol, "ENE."
For additional information please contact:
Elaine Thomas
(713) 853-6814
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