Northern Borders Partners (NBP) is taking 1.10 worth of gas...now at 41.65 and approaching an 8% yield. Enbridge Energy Partners (EEP) is down 80 cents and Copano (CPNO) is down 60 cents. Those are the losers today...most others are flat to even slightly higher. Still no breaking news to speak of this morning...so far.

Big energy is firm...XOI +15 points.