Table 4. Parent Company Financial Position in Lines of Business (Percentage)
Company % of
Total Revenue
% of Total
Operating Income
% of Total
Capital Expenditures
% of
Total Assets
Coastal
   Natural Gas Transmissiona 21 61 23 47
   Refining & Marketing 70 11 17 34
   Oil & Gas - Production 6 23 58 14
   Other 3 5 2 5
Columbia Energy Group
   Natural Gas Transmission 10 51 42 41
   Natural Gas Distribution 45 43 28 41
   Energy Marketing/Services 44 -1 3 9
   Other 1 7 27 9
Consolidated Natural Gas
   Natural Gas Transmission 6 32 8 22
   Natural Gas Distribution 35 47 25 43
   Oil & Gas - Production 6 25 49 20
   Energy Marketing/Services 51 -3 2 11
   Other 2 -1 16 4
Duke Energy Corp
   Electric Service 27 60 37 54
   Natural Gas Transmission 9 31 12 21
   Energy Marketing/Services 45 2 1 8
   Other 19 7 50 17
El Paso Energy Corp/DE
   Natural Gas Transmission 23 107 67 74
   Energy Marketing/Services 76 7 24 18
   Other 1 -14 9 8
Enron Corp
   Natural Gas Transmission 7 -- 24 33
   Oil & Gas - Production 4 -- 44 11
   Energy Marketing/Services 86 -- 24 49
   Other 3 -- 8 7
KN Energy Inc
   Natural Gas Transmission 1 25 41 23
   Gathering Processing & Marketing Services 87 52 51 54
   Retail Natural Gas Services 12 23 8 23
   Other 0 0 0 0
MDU Resources Group Inc
   Natural Gas Transmission 33 35 20 33
   Electric 27 30 17 30
   Oil & Gas - Production 11 22 27 15
   Construction Materials & Mining 29 13 36 22
Northern States Power/MN
   Natural Gas 19 10 19 12
   Electric Operations 81 90 81 88
   Other 0 0 0 0
PG&E Corp
   Natural Gas Transmission 12 18 18 18
   Electric Operations 50 86 64 62
   Other 38 -4 18 20
Questar Corp
   Natural Gas Transmission 4 30 15 21
   Natural Gas Distribution 48 34 31 31
   Market Resources 48 34 43 33
   Other 0 2 11 15
Reliant Energy, Inc
   Natural Gas Transmission 2 3 3 10
   Natural Gas Distribution 13 5 10 10
   Electric Operations 61 93 41 33
   Energy Marketing/Services 23 2 2 4
   International Operations 1 2 40 3
   Other 0 -5 4 40
Sonat Inc
   Natural Gas Transmission 8 60 21 38
   Oil & Gas Production 12 35 77 44
   Energy Marketing/Services 79 4 2 17
   Other 1 1 0 1
Williams Cos Inc
   Natural Gas Transmission 37 66 36 56
   Oil and Gas Production 0 3 5 2
   Field Services 15 18 14 15
   Petroleum Services 11 10 4 7
   Energy Marketing Services 4 8 3 5
   Other 33 -5 38 15
Percentage of Total Capital Expenditures
   Natural Gas Transmission     23  
   Natural Gas Distribution     4  
   Oil and Gas Production     20  
   Electric Operations     21  
   Energy Marketing/Services     11  
   Other     21  
       Total     100  
aNatural gas transmission line of business may include storage operations.
b The category other include operations such as, communication, corporate and other, power generation and unregulated operations.
Notes: -- denotes not meaningful. All company individual totals equal 100 percent.
Source: Compustat PC Plus, a service of Standard & Poor's, Inc.

Last Updated on 9/8/99
By Financial Analysis Team, Office of Energy Markets and End Use, Energy Information Administration
Email: susanne.johnson@eia.doe.gov