ENDEVCO <EI> AGREES TO BUY MISSISSIPPI PIPELINE Endevco Inc said it has agreed to acquire a 17.5-mile, 16-inch pipeline in Marion and Pearl River Counties, Mississippi, for undisclosed terms. The company said the pipeline was recently constructed from the Poplarville gas field in Pearl River County to a proposed interconnect with a pipeline operated by Occidental Petroleum Corp's <OXY> United Gas Pipe Line Co subsidiary in Marion County but has nmot been placed in service. Endevco said it plans to extend its existing Mississippi Fuel Co System in southern Mississippi 18 miles to the new pipeline.