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With an estimated 2.3 billion barrels of proved reserves, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation is one of the largest independent oil exploration and production companies in the world. The company also markets approximately 3 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day throughout the United States and Canada. Anadarko s operational focus in North America extends from the Gulf of Mexico up through the Canadian Rockies and onto the north slope of Alaska. Its international operations are focused on major positions in Algeria, Venezuela and Qatar, as well as exploration or production operations in several other countries. James T. Hackett has been the chief executive officer of Anadarko Petroleum for more than two years. He has been with the petroleum and natural gas company for over two years. Hackett earned a BS degree from the University of Illinois, and a MBA from Harvard. Headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation employs approximately 3,400 people in locations throughout the world.

Gateway owns and operates approximately 800 miles of natural gas gathering, transportation and distribution systems and related facilities in Texas, Oklahoma and offshore in federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico. It has the license in the continental United States for a process for the removal of nitrogen from natural gas streams. A nitrogen rejection unit utilizing this process is operating at the Madisonville Treating Facility in Madison County, Texas. Gateway is pursuing several additional projects to employ its nitrogen rejection technology in geographic areas with high nitrogen natural gas reserves. The company gathers natural gas production and liquid hydrocarbons and then aggregates this production for processing and transportation to other pipelines. Gateway also transports natural gas through its mainline systems. Gateway manages its assets through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Gateway Offshore Pipeline Company, Gateway Pipeline Company, Fort Cobb Fuel Authority, Gateway Processing Company and Gateway Energy Marketing Company.