 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Mumwe wevakapfuura Enron akanga ari InterNorth, iyo yakaumbwa muna 1930, muOmaha, Nebraska, mwedzi mishomanana chete pashure peChitatu Chishanu. Mutengo wakaderera wegasi rechisikigo uye kugoverwa kwakachipa kwevashandi mukati meKuderera Kukuru Kwemari kwakabatsira kukurudzira kutanga kwekutanga kwekambani, ichipetwa kaviri muhukuru na1932. Mumakore 50 akatevera, Northern yakawedzera zvikuru sezvo yakawana makambani akawanda emagetsi. Yakagadziriswazve muna 1979 sechikamu chikuru chekambani inobata, InterNorth, simba rakasiyana-siyana uye zvigadzirwa zvine chokuita nesimba. Kunyange zvazvo zvizhinji zvokutenga zvakaitwa zvakabudirira, zvimwe zvakaguma zvisina kunaka. InterNorth yakakwikwidzana neCooper Industries pasina kubudirira pamusoro pekutora kusingafadzi kweCrouse-Hinds Company, mugadziri wemagetsi. Cooper neInterNorth vakarwisana mumatare akawanda munguva yekutora iyo pakupedzisira yakagadziriswa mushure mokunge kutengeserana kwapera. Northern Natural Gas yaishanda nekambani hombe yepayipi muNorth America. Pakazosvika ma1980, InterNorth yakava simba guru rekugadzira gasi rechisikigo, kutumira, uye kutengesa pamwe chete nemvura yegasi rechisikigo, uye yaive inovandudza muindasitiri yepurasitiki. Muna 1983, InterNorth yakabatana neBelco Petroleum Company, kambani yeFortune 500 yekuongorora mafuta nekusimudzira yakavambwa naArthur Belfer. 