Subject: valero 8018 and 1394 gary , what is the status of this ? hc - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - forwarded by howard b camp / hou / ect on 12 / 29 / 99 10 : 06 am - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - kenneth seaman 12 / 21 / 99 01 : 02 pm to : gary w lamphier / hou / ect @ ect , howard b camp / hou / ect @ ect , joanie h ngo / hou / ect @ ect , robert e lloyd / hou / ect @ ect cc : daren j farmer / hou / ect @ ect subject : valero 8018 and 1394 it is my understanding the outages valero incurred at the above locations are force majure situations during december and should not trigger the buyback feature of the contract . gary , i have not seen any documentation of this from valero . please follow up with your counterpart to secure the letter of notice or we will need to process the deal as if the buyback is active . thanks ken