Subject: el paso unveils wholesale trading desk .
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el paso unveils wholesale trading desk .
06 / 19 / 2001
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el paso energy brasileira gasoduto
bolivia - brasil s . a . gas transboliviano s . a .
united states power company el paso yesterday unveiled a wholesale
trading and risk management platform at its us $ 10 mn headquarters in rio
de janeiro , which will cover all of el paso ' s latin american operations ,
the company said in a statement .
" with the implementation of merchant power stations [ in brazil ] the
company will begin to commercialize electric energy on the wholesale
market for distributors and large clients , " el paso said .
the trading desk has 54 stations , and is similar to that of a
stockbroker trading house , the company explained . it is the same system
used by el paso ' s merchant energy group at the company ' s houston
headquarters , with 300 traders , and in london , where it has 150 traders .
contracts are closed through the wholesale energy market ( mae ) or
through bilateral contracts , el paso explained .
the trading desk is part of el paso ' s strategic shift to concentrate on
developing regional bases with integrated businesses , from exploring ,
extracting and transporting natural gas to thermoelectric power
generation and electricity trading . some us $ 5 bn will be invested in
brazil through 2005 .
as well as a number of exploration and production activities in brazil ,
el paso has generating projects under way or under evaluation which will
total 2 , 625 mw installed capacity :
the projects are 100 % ownership of the 400 mw manaus natural gas plant in
amazonas state that began operations in 1997 ; 100 % of the 870 mw macae
merchant natural gas thermoelectric project in rio de janeiro , scheduled
to begin 200 mw operations in september 2001 and full production in 2002 ;
50 % of the 350 mw porto velho thermoelectric project in roraima ,
scheduled for operations in september 2001 . the plant will initially use
diesel fuel , until a natural gas pipeline can be built to supply the
plant , which will the be converted to use three natural gas turbines and
one steam turbine . brazil ' s cs participacoes the remaining 50 % .
an additional projects is the 480 mw araucaria thermoelectric project in
parana state , scheduled to begin operations in mid - 2002 , with two
natural gas turbines and one steam turbine . el paso owns a 60 % stake
while brazil ' s copel and petrobras subsidiary gaspetro each own 20 % .
projects under evaluation are the 300 mw termocatarinense norte -
guaramirim thermoelectric project in santa catarina , in which el paso
owns 70 % ; and the 225 mw paracambi thermoelectric project in rio de
janeiro that would produce 125 mw from early 2002 followed by a further
100 mw from 2003 . el paso would own 100 % of this project .
el paso also owns a 9 . 67 % stake in tbg , the brazilian management company
of the bolivia - brazil natural gas pipeline , and a 2 % stake in bolivian
management company gtb .
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