Subject: hpl meter # 985579 gary : hpl received volumes at the above meter during 1 / 1 / 99 thru 6 / 99 . prior to 1 / 1 / 99 , ena was purchasing some of the volumes from i p petroleum under contract # 016 - 44386 - 102 ; deal # 341832 . this deal expired 12 / 31 / 99 , but the volumes continued to flow and be allocated to i p petroleum by pioneer . since there was no deal to cover these volumes , these volumes were allocated to hpl strangers gas contract . volume mgmt had previously requested a deal to cover these volumes from someone , but never received one . here are the months and volumes that need resolution : prod . mth mmbtus jan . 99 6 , 510 feb . 99 6 , 395 mar . 99 14 , 789 apr . 99 16 , 866 may . 99 8 , 415 jun . 99 13 , 858 total 66 , 833 possible solution : 1 . need a deal to cover the periods in question , or 2 . provide authorization to writeoff the volumes . ( print & return original to clem cernosek ) approval to writeoff the volumes to unaccounted for gas loss ps : my understanding is that neither i p petroleum nor pioneer have addressed any issues concerning these volumes .