Crossroads Pipeline Company

Original Volume No. 1

Effective Date: 01/09/1997, Docket: RP97-184-000, Status: Effective

Substitute Original Sheet No. 77 Substitute Original Sheet No. 77 : Effective

Superseding: Original Sheet No. 77

CONTRACT NO. ___________

SERVICE AGREEMENT FORM A

(Applicable to Firm Transportation Service Under

Rate Schedule FT-1 and Subject to Change to Reflect

Negotiated Agreement Between the Parties)

THIS AGREEMENT made this ___ day of ___________, ____. BETWEEN

CROSSROADS PIPELINE COMPANY, having its principal office in Merrillville,

Indiana, (hereinafter referred to as "Crossroads") and ______________,

having its principal office, in ________________________________

(hereinafter referred to as "Shipper").

WITNESSETH THAT:

WHEREAS, Crossroads is a natural gas pipeline whose principal business

is the transportation of natural gas between and among various points along

the pipeline route from Griffith, Indiana to Cygnet, Ohio; and

WHEREAS Shipper desires Crossroads to transport volumes of gas for it

according to the terms hereof and according to the terms of Crossroads' Gas

Tariff and General Terms and Conditions of Service on file with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") as such may be in effect from time to

time and Crossroads is willing to do so:

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

1. BASIC OBLIGATIONS AND CONDITIONS

1.1 Crossroads and Shipper shall obtain, in a form acceptable to them,

all permits, certificates and other authorizations necessary for

the construction and operation of the Crossroads Pipeline

Company and connecting facilities, and for the transportation

service to be performed thereby.

1.2 Crossroads agrees to receive, transport and deliver on a firm

basis daily volumes of gas in accordance with Paragraph 2.

1.3 Shipper agrees to pay Crossroads in accordance with Paragraph 5.

2. QUANTITY OF GAS

2.1 The Firm Maximum Daily Quantity at the point(s) of receipt

referred to in Paragraph 3 is set forth in Exhibit A attached

hereto. No adjustment in the Firm Maximum Daily Quantity shall be

made except by mutual agreement. No adjustment in any Firm

Maximum Daily Quantity shall be made effective except by a

superseding Exhibit A.

2.2 The Maximum Daily Quantity for each point of delivery referred to

in Paragraph 4 is as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto. No

adjustment in any Maximum Daily