TotalFinaElf Pipelines Limited

NOTICE OF PROPOSAL TO GRANT AN EXTENSION TO A PUBLIC GAS TRANSPORTERS LICENCE

The Director General of Gas Supply, pursuant to section 7(5) of the Gas Act 1986, hereby gives notice that he proposes to grant an extension to a licence under that section held by TotalFinaElf Pipelines Limited, whose registered office is situated at Ocean Park House, East Tyndall Street, Cardiff CF1 5GT. The extension, if awarded, will authorise the above-named to convey gas through pipes to any premises in the areas briefly described below and shown on maps previously submitted to the Director General. Areas: California Drive, Easton, Middlesbrough Rawlings Crescent, Purvis Way, Highwoods, Colchester, Essex Extension to Carr Lane, 17 Carr Lane, Pilley, Barnsley Carey’s Land, Heatherton Village, Littleover, Derbyshire Wyberton West Road, Boston, Lincolnshire Lubbesthorpe Way Phase 3, Braunstone, Leicester Former Crown Brewery, Cowbridge Road, Pontyclun, Rhondda Cynon Taff British Sugar Site, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire Lower Kirklington Road, Southwell, Nottinghamshire Copies of these maps are available for inspection at the Office of Gas Supply at the address shown below. The Director General is of the opinion that the above-named applicant intends to carry on the activities which may be authorised by its licence under section 7 of the Act in the areas named, and that the granting of the extension will be calculated: (a) to secure that a reasonable demands for gas in Great Britain are met, and (b) to secure effective competition in the supply of gas conveyed through pipes. Any representations or objections with respect to the proposed extensions may be made in writing and delivered to Miss Natasha Vernon, Office of Gas Supply, 5th Floor, 16 Palace Street, London SW1E 5JD, no later than 8th November 2000.