1.   Also Wednesday, the commission ordered natural gas pipeline companies, gas supplies and local distribution companies to provide regulators with more data.

2.   Analysts said they assumed the suit must have been the work of a competitor, or perhaps the pipeline company.

3.   An old-line gas pipeline company had been transformed into a brilliant energy trader that could apply its magic around the world.

4.   Around the country, pipeline companies are finding their projects are being stymied by expensive delays.

5.   Boss said the safety board recommendations do not reflect what is practical or feasible for pipeline companies.

6.   -- Natural gas producers lost a battle over whether the federal government must regulate gas-gathering activities by subsidiaries of interstate pipeline companies.

7.   A former spokeswoman for a natural gas pipeline company got the news that she was no longer needed from an official whose company was buying the pipeline.

8.   A man who had performed a magic trick, turning an energy pipeline company of helmeted guys into a trading firm of MBAs with jazzy neckties.

9.   After a series of pricing disputes with Arkla Inc., the pipeline company that originally sold Jones and McCoy undeveloped wells, Arkoma sold back its business to Arkla.

10.   But federal and state deregulation of gas prices spawned a flourishing market for companies able to match producers and pipeline companies with gas consumers.