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field in Oklahoma. Additionally, we are pursuing on- and off-
system storage opportunities to meet increasing customer
demand brought about by highly volatile commodity prices
and shifts in gas flows. Increased traditional drilling in our
major supply basins, new coal-bed methane drilling in the
Arkoma Basin and strong relationships with our current
customers offer us new and continuing opportunities to
grow our field services operations.
Similarly, we are aggressively looking for ways to grow and
leverage our ServiceStar business, an industry leading
provider of remote monitoring automation and measurement
services. Plans are under way to unbundle our current
product offerings and add new services that include commu-
nication services, automation of existing electronic flow
measurement devices and monitors, and development of a
personal data application for manual monitoring.
Pipeline Services continued to expand in 2004, managing
customer pipeline integrity projects and offering onshore
and offshore pipeline operations and technical services.
Pipeline Services also continued to provide services to
our affiliated pipelines and distribution units. Major
projects we completed included commissioning services
for Longhorn Partners Pipeline, LP; modernizing our Ada
Storage compression facilities; completing our Integrity
Management Plan; and developing a strategic workforce
plan to ensure that we meet our future labor requirements.
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No matter how remote, ServiceStar, in the fenced
area to the right, can provide monitoring service for
well and compression operations.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO STRATEGICALLY TARGETING
NEW GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES