text_combined: el paso unveils wholesale trading desk fyi original message djcustomclips djinteractive com enron mailto imceanotes djcustomclips 40 djinteractive 2 ecom 40 enron enron com sent wednesday june 20 2001 7 05 168842 mailman enron com subject rahil jafry el paso unveils wholesale trading desk el paso unveils wholesale trading desk 06 19 2001 business news americas copyright 1996 2001 business news americas bnamericas com el paso energy brasileira gasoduto bolivia brasil gas transboliviano united states power company el paso yesterday unveiled wholesale trading risk management platform us 10 mn headquarters rio de janeiro cover el paso latin american operations company said statement implementation merchant power stations brazil company begin commercialize electric energy wholesale market distributors large clients el paso said trading desk 54 stations similar stockbroker trading house company explained system used el paso merchant energy group company houston headquarters 300 traders london 150 traders contracts closed wholesale energy market mae bilateral contracts el paso explained trading desk part el paso strategic shift concentrate developing regional bases integrated businesses exploring extracting transporting natural gas thermoelectric power generation electricity trading us 5 bn invested brazil 2005 well number exploration production activities brazil el paso generating projects way evaluation total 2 625 mw installed capacity projects 100 ownership 400 mw manaus natural gas plant amazonas state began operations 1997 100 870 mw macae merchant natural gas thermoelectric project rio de janeiro scheduled begin 200 mw operations september 2001 full production 2002 50 350 mw porto velho thermoelectric project roraima scheduled operations september 2001 plant initially use diesel fuel natural gas pipeline built supply plant converted use three natural gas turbines one steam turbine brazil cs participacoes remaining 50 additional projects 480 mw araucaria thermoelectric project parana state scheduled begin operations mid 2002 two natural gas turbines one steam turbine el paso owns 60 stake brazil copel petrobras subsidiary gaspetro 20 projects evaluation 300 mw termocatarinense norte guaramirim thermoelectric project santa catarina el paso owns 70 225 mw paracambi thermoelectric project rio de janeiro would produce 125 mw early 2002 followed 100 mw 2003 el paso would 100 project el paso also owns 9 67 stake tbg brazilian management company bolivia brazil natural gas pipeline 2 stake bolivian management company gtb http www bnamericas com copyright 1996 2001 business news americas bnamericas com folder name rahil jafry relevance score scale 100 82 review revise folder visit http www djinteractive com contact dow jones customer service e mail custom news bis dowjones com phone 800 369 7466 outside u canada call 609 452 1511 contact local sales representative copyright c 2001 dow jones company inc rights reserved