Later it might carry Canadian gas as well.

This line could carry 3.5 billion cubic feet of American and Canadian gas, a 40 percent jump over Canada's current export level to the United States.

Canadian gas is available, and the necessary pipeline could be built in two years.

That's why 11 gas distributors, led by Brooklyn Union Gas Company, want to import Canadian gas.

The pipeline will carry Canadian gas through New York to Long Island, Connecticut and four other states.

New Jersey Natural Gas is no stranger to Canadian gas.

They also said that more than 80 percent of the pipeline capacity would be limited to Canadian gas under terms approved by the administrative judge.

The line is to carry Canadian gas through New York State to Long Island, Connecticut and four other states.

Oil executives complain bitterly that by providing a major new source of Canadian gas, it will discourage domestic exploration.

But Mr. Goldstein said the introduction of Canadian gas may have displaced domestic producers, "and the domestic industry is hurting greatly."