Panenergy will continue to run its pipeline operations from Houston.

The pipeline operations commenced with start of production in the Grane oil field.

Four functional units control 'C4x pipeline operation: fetch, decode, read, and execute.

In 2001 it began decentralizing again spinning off its coal and pipeline operations into Penn Virginia Resources.

To make the company's finances more transparent, financial accounting of Gazprom's gas production operation are to be separated from the accounting for its pipeline operations.

"I don't plan on going anywhere till they run me out," said a 24-year veteran of the pipeline operation.

His 40 plus years of study has enabled the building of pipeline operations and petroleum explorations in areas of frozen ground.

The audit found "many substantial lapses or absences in systems and programs that should support pipeline operations."

The pipeline operation has not been shown to comply with the necessary safety precautions.

Under the contract, South Dakota would have provided Energy Transportation with water necessary for pipeline operations.