OGE ENERGY CORP
8-K, 1999-07-13
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                                    FORM 8-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                 CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



                          Date of Report: July 13, 1999




                         Commission file number 1-12579



                                OGE ENERGY CORP.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

               Oklahoma                                73-1481638
     (State or other jurisdiction of                (I.R.S. Employer
      incorporation or organization)                 Identification No.)


                                321 North Harvey
                                  P. O. Box 321
                       Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73101-0321
                    (Address of principal executive offices)
                                   (Zip Code)

                                  405-553-3000
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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Item 2. Acquisition of Assets


     ENOGEX INC. COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF TRANSOK LLC
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     OGE Energy Corp. announced, July 1, 1999, that its subsidiary, Enogex Inc.,
has completed its previously  announced  acquisition of Transok LLC, a gatherer,
processor,  and  transporter  of natural  gas in Oklahoma  and Texas.  Transok's
principal assets include  approximately  4,900 miles of natural gas pipelines in
Oklahoma and Texas with a capacity of  approximately  1.2 billion cubic feet per
day and 18 billion cubic feet of  underground  gas storage.  Transok also owns 9
gas processing plants,  which produced  approximately  25,000 barrels per day of
natural gas liquids in 1998.  Enogex purchased  Transok from Tejas Energy LLC of
Houston,  an affiliate of Shell Oil Company,  for $701 million,  which  includes
assumption  of $173  million of  long-term  debt.  The  purchase  of Transok was
temporarily funded through a new revolving credit agreement with a consortium of
banks with The First  National  Bank of Chicago  serving as agent.  The  Company
expects that this financing will be replaced with  permanent  financing.  Enogex
Inc., a subsidiary  of OGE Energy,  is a  non-regulated  natural gas  gathering,
processing,  transportation,   production,  and  energy  services  company  with
principal pipeline operations in Oklahoma,  Arkansas, and Texas. The transaction
will be treated as a  purchase  for  accounting  purposes.  OGE Energy  does not
expect to recognize any goodwill associated with this transaction.

     Some of the matters discussed in this Form 8-K may contain  forward-looking
statements of OGE Energy that are subject to certain risks,  uncertainties,  and
assumptions. Actual results may vary materially. Factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially  include,  but are not limited to: general economic
conditions, including their impact on capital expenditures;  business conditions
in  the  energy  industry;  competitive  factors;  unusual  weather;  regulatory
decisions  and other risk factors  listed in OGE Energy's Form 10-K for the year
ended  December 31, 1998 and other  factors  described  from time to time in OGE
Energy's reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission.


Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits

     (a) Financial Statements of Business Acquired

     Pursuant to paragraph  (a)(4),  the financial  statements  for the business
acquired will be filed within 60 days of July 15, 1999 the date that this report
was due to be filed.

     (b) Pro Forma Financial Statements

     Pursuant to paragraph (a)(4), the unaudited pro forma financial  statements
of OGE Energy  giving  effect to the  acquisition  of Transok  LLC will be filed
within 60 days of July 15, 1999 the date that this report was due to be filed.

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     (c) Exhibits

     EXHIBIT NUMBER                   DESCRIPTION
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        99.01  Press release dated July 1, 1999 announcing Enogex Inc. completes
               acquisition of Transok LLC, a gatherer, processor and transporter
               of natural gas in Oklahoma and Texas.

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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                                           OGE ENERGY CORP.
                                             (Registrant)


                            By        /s/    Donald R. Rowlett
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                                             Donald R. Rowlett
                                     Controller Corporate Accounting

                            (On behalf of the registrant and in his capacity
                                   as Controller Corporate Accounting)



July 13, 1999

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99.01                 ENOGEX INC. COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF TRANSOK LLC
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 99.01


OGE ENERGY CORP.'S ENOGEX SUBSIDIARY
COMPLETES TRANSOK LLC ACQUISITION ON SCHEDULE

     OKLAHOMA  CITY - OGE Energy  Corp.  (NYSE:  OGE)  announced  today that its
Enogex Inc. subsidiary has completed the acquisition of Transok LLC, a gatherer,
processor and transporter of natural gas in Oklahoma and Texas.
     Enogex announced plans May 17 to purchase Transok from Houston-based  Tejas
Gas LLC, an affiliate of Shell Oil Company, for $701 million.
     "Our goal was to bring  closure  to this  acquisition  within a very  short
timeframe,"  said  Steven E. Moore,  OGE Energy  chairman,  president  and chief
executive officer.  "We moved quickly through  regulatory  review,  arranged the
necessary  financing and made significant  progress toward  integration  without
wavering  from our initial  timeframe.  We believe that the  expediency  of this
acquisition  sets it apart from others in the  industry  due to the fact that we
were able to close in such short order."
     Integration of the Transok system with the Enogex network of pipelines will
bring the total to about  10,000  miles of pipe with the  capacity to  transport
more  than 3 billion  cubic  feet of gas per day to a number  of  end-users  and
pipelines. Combined natural gas storage capacity will be nearly 23 billion cubic
feet. Together, the companies have interests in 15 gas processing plants.
     "We are very excited about the possibilities  this acquisition  creates for
OGE and  Enogex,"  said Roger  Farrell,  Enogex  president  and chief  executive
officer.  "It will  provide our  producers  and  transportation  customers  with
greater  options  and  position  us  to  compete   favorably  in  a  deregulated
marketplace.  Equally important,  we expect this acquisition to deliver positive
earnings during its first full year of operation."
     "These  two  organizations  fit  well   strategically  and  present  myriad
opportunities for growth and cost savings," Farrell said. "More importantly, the
combination  of these two  companies  and the skill  sets  associated  with each
create the strong, versatile platform needed to compete in the converging energy
market."

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     He added that he was very impressed  with  Transok's  employees and assets,
but as is the case with  most  acquisitions,  some jobs will be lost.  "It's the
unfortunate   circumstance  and  perhaps  the  most  difficult  aspect  of  this
acquisition," he said. "We don't take it lightly."
     Enogex Inc., a subsidiary  of OGE Energy,  is a  non-regulated  natural gas
gathering, processing,  transportation,  production, and energy services company
with principal pipeline operations in Oklahoma,  Arkansas, and Texas. OGE Energy
also is the parent of Oklahoma Gas and Electric  Company,  a regulated  electric
utility with nearly 700,000 customers in Oklahoma and western Arkansas.



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