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Selected Financial Data
(dollars in millions)

1997 1996 1995
 

Revenues

     
Central $184.4 $178.4 $174.3
Kern River Gas Transmission 167.1 160.6

Northwest Pipeline 273.1 269.7 255.2
Texas Gas Transmission 293 306.1 276.3
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 766.3 760.4 725.3
Total revenues $1,683.9 $1,675.2 $1,431.1
Operating profit      
Central $57.0 $44.8 $45.0
Kern River Gas Transmission 120.3 113

Northwest Pipeline 124 124.9 115.7
Texas Gas Transmission 87.6 85.1 64
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 225.3 194.6 165
Total operating profit $614.2 $562.4 $389.7
Identifiable assets(1)      
Central $854.9 $704.8 $709.2
Kern River Gas Transmission 1,083.0 1,081.6

Northwest Pipeline 1,161.3 1,153.9 1,147.5
Texas Gas Transmission 1,162.1 1,132.2 1,151.8
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 3,413.9 3,305.4 3,159.5
Total identifiable assets $7,675.2 $7,377.9 $6168.0
Capital expenditures      
Central $60.4 $50.9 $43.5
Kern River Gas Transmission 15.3 4.7

Northwest Pipeline 44.4 62.8 130.5
Texas Gas Transmission 74.5 50.1 32.1
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 224.8 272.1 238.7
Total capital expenditures $419.4 $440.6 $444.8
Depreciation      
Central $28.0 $27.5 $27.3
Kern River Gas Transmission 17.8 15.5

Northwest Pipeline 55.2 43.2 34.9
Texas Gas Transmission 42.5 41.5 38.9
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 129.5 113.7 109.1
Total depreciation $273.0 $241.4 $210.2

Operating Statistics

     
Throughput (TBtu)      
Central 337 341 334
Kern River Gas Transmission 285 270

Northwest Pipeline 714 834 826
Texas Gas Transmission 774 795 653
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 1,566 1,587 1,411
Employees (December 31)      
Central 549 609 650
Kern River Gas Transmission 84 88

Northwest Pipeline 499 573 577
Texas Gas Transmission 942 975 990
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 1,512 1,502 1,471

Note: Kern River Gas Transmission amounts include operations and statistics
since January 16, 1996. Texas Gas Transmission and Transcontinental Gas Pipe

Line amounts include operations and statistics since January 18, 1995.
(1)Defined in Note 17 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, pa
ge 67