1.   Argentina is planning pipeline projects to Brazil, Uruguay and Chile, which will allow YPF to sell its gas reserves.

2.   Attention may now shift to Unocal, a U.S. corporation that has invested in a huge pipeline project in Burma.

3.   Bolivia is expected to become a major supplier of natural gas to Brazil when a pipeline project is completed next year.

4.   Both projects are in territory where rebel soldiers of the Karen National Union have held sway, and the rebels have threatened to disrupt the pipeline project.

5.   Both rivals vow they will proceed with their pipeline projects even in the face of a potential power glut.

6.   BP, the British-American oil giant managing the pipeline project, has already devoted months of study to the historic and environmental aspects of the proposed pipeline.

7.   But since the Baky-Ceyhan pipeline project has been assessed at billions of dollars, Russia is in no hurry to strike a deal.

8.   By marketing the gas to customers in the growing East Coast region, DirectLink will help support the pipeline project.

9.   City Councilman Richard Alarcon, a leading opponent of the pipeline project, said it appeared that the withdrawal of the oil companies is a setback for the project.

10.   Enron has several interstate pipeline expansion projects in the works, which analysts said are expected to increase future earnings from the segment.