Aquila Merchant Services Group Plans New Natural Gas Storage Complex in Texas, in an Advisory by Industrialinfo.com

Business Wire, April 10, 2002

Business/Energy Editors

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 10, 2002

The following is an IIR Industry Alert from Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources Incorporated; Houston, Texas). Aquila Energy Corporation's Merchant Services subsidiary, a division of Aquila Incorporated (NYSE:ILA)(Kansas City, Mo.), is considering constructing 12 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas storage capacity in Texas.

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