The group's principal activities are to acquire, produce, transport, explore and develop natural gas (coal bed methane) in a ten county region. The group also owns and operates a gas gathering pipeline network of 600 miles in length within this basin. The group operates in three segments: pipeline transmission, oil and gas production, and oil and gas wells and pipeline development and servicing. As on 07-Nov-2002, the group acquired stp cherokee, inc.