Ormet

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Judy Townsend
12/21/2000 11:21 AM
To: Chris Germany/HOU/ECT@ECT
cc:
Subject: Ormet

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Craig Breslau
12/19/2000 01:24 PM
To: Judy Townsend/HOU/ECT@ECT, Victoria Versen/HOU/ECT@ECT
cc: Lucy Ortiz/HOU/ECT@ECT
Subject: Ormet

Could you please send the service agreement into Koch for the Ormet
transaction. This memo that I wrote to Scott details the rates that we have
negotiated with Koch. Koch has to post our deal for five days, so could you
please try to send it out today if at all possible. I am also sending you
the draft letter agreement that Koch sent to us which we will also need to
execute. We will also need to put an IT agreement in place with Koch. They
have offered the same discounted rates on an IT basis for any volumes above
the 15,000/d of FT.

Also, could you please arrange to put in place an IT agreement on Cypress for
delivery to Ormet Aluminum's Burnside,LA

Thanks for your help.

Craig
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Craig Breslau
11/16/2000 04:37 PM
To: Scott Neal/HOU/ECT@ECT
cc:
Subject: Ormet

Scott:

Ormet's Burnside,LA Aluminum refinery is dually connected to Koch and Cypress.
The transport rates that Koch has quoted for FT to Ormet are as follows:

From Bridgeline/Paradis or LRC/ Paradis .03 demand charge

from Venice .05 demand charge

from the Mobile Bay pooling point on Koch .045 demand charge
(if we buy upstream of the pooling point then we would also pay a .0246
gathering fee on Mobile Bay)

In addition we will be charged .0022 ACA from any of these receipt points.

The fuel rate is 1.6%. This will be passed on to Ormet.

Koch has agreed that any volumes in excess of the 15/d of FT will be at the
same discounted rate, but will flow on an IT basis. If this IT is cut, we
still must use best efforts to transport from other receipt points on Koch or
on Cypress. Ormet pays all additional transport costs.
Additionally, we have a price re-opener if Koch changes from monthly
balancing at any point during the contract term.
I am working with Koch to get secondary delivery points on Koch in the event
that the desk wants to take the gas elsewhere (i.e. if Ormet doesn't need the
gas or if you choose to deliver off of Cypress). If you have any preferences
for alternate delivery points, please let me know.

As I mentioned, we have already quoted NYMEX + .055 as the all-in delivered
price to Ormet.

Ormet would like to come to agreement on this transaction today (his wife is
due any day so he will be out of the office starting tomorrow). They are one
hour ahead of us so your comments are greatly appreciated.

Thank you for all of your help on this deal.

Craig