In the wreckage was Oasis pipeline, a unit of the wounded power and natural gas distributor Aquila.

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In the UK, it already owns UK Power Networks, the electricity transmission network in London and the South East, gas distributor Northern Gas Networks and a 50% stake in Seabank Power.

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The cards can apprise, say, a car parts distributor when a salesman uses its card for smokes or girlie magazines rather than gas and meals.

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