By Lydersen, Kari Carlisle Kelly saved money from his Amtrak job for years to buy one of the last remaining wooded pieces of land in the expansive farm country of central Illinois.

By Dodds, David A Canadian-based oil giant will launch a $120 million upgrade of its North Dakota pipeline in May to bust a bottleneck being caused by increasing petroleum production in the state's Williston Basin.

By Anonymous Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. will proceed with another expansion of the Enbridge North Dakota Pipeline System adding up to 51,000 bpd of capacity, subject to approval by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and state regulatory authorities.

To: ENERGY EDITORS Contact: Sally Fossum of Alliance Pipeline, +1-952-983-1006, Sally.fossum@alliance-pipeline.com; or Rolf Lund of CenterPoint Energy, +1-612-321-4879, rolf.lund@centerpointenergy.com, both for Minnesota Pipeline Community Awareness and Emergency Response MINNEAPOLIS, Dec.

A fire at a Minnesota pipeline should not cause major supply problems. Oil futures eked out a small gain Thursday, rebounding from two days of sharp declines after a fire at a pipeline serving the Midwest raised new supply concerns.