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NiSource Inc T.NI


Primary Symbol: NI

NiSource Inc. is an energy holding company. The Company operates through two segments: Gas Distribution Operations and Electric Operations. The Gas Distribution operations segment, through its wholly owned subsidiary NiSource Gas Distribution Group, Inc., provides natural gas to approximately 2.4 million residential, commercial and industrial customers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, and Maryland. It operates approximately 55,000 miles of distribution main pipeline plus the associated individual customer service lines and 1,000 miles of transmission main pipeline located in its service areas. The Electric Operations segment generates, transmits and distributes electricity through its subsidiary NIPSCO to approximately 0.5 million customers in 20 counties in the northern part of Indiana and is also engaged in wholesale electricity and transmission transactions. It has four owned projects: Rosewater, Indiana Crossroads Wind, Indiana Crossroads Solar, and Dunns Bridge I.


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Comment by riverrockon Jan 16, 2010 3:49pm
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Post# 16687225

RE: RE: RE: RE: Presently, its about Frac sand

RE: RE: RE: RE: Presently, its about Frac sand 
Thanks for the valuable insights SpeedDemon and Nbr Cruncher. I hope that Victory comes up with some positive news soon.

I wonder what it would cost to remove enough overburden to provide 1.5 years of Frac Sand production and then while simultaneously  mining the Frac, they would continue removing enough overburden for the following year of production, that is, until the Nickel project is funded.

I'd say roughly 27 acres at the frac sand surface in the initial pit would be necessary for mining as envisioned above. Problem is we don't know the shape of the frac deposits surface or its depth from surface, so we can't estimate the surface area after assuming side slopes to surface to calculate the approximate amount of overburden removed for the above idea. 

I wish that Victory would do a study to determine the overburden removal cost for the above or a similar mining possibility to get the project started.
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