El Paso Corporation Continues Binding Open Season For Continental Connector Pipeline Company Project

Houston - El Paso Corporation announced that it is continuing the binding open season for a project under development by the Continental Connector Pipeline Company, a subsidiary of El Paso. The open season, which began May 1, will be extended until June 8. Several prospective shippers requested additional time to allow them to further evaluate and fully respond to the open season.

The Continental Connector project will link the fastest growing supply areas including the Rockies, Mid-Continent, and the Barnett Shale fields of north Texas, with existing infrastructure at the hub near Perryville, Louisiana, to access virtually every gas market in the Eastern and Southeastern United States. Taking full advantage of El Paso's existing pipeline systems, Continental Connector would span more than 700 miles and include about 300 miles of new pipeline along with leased capacity on other pipeline systems to connect El Paso's Colorado Interstate, WIC, and Cheyenne Plains pipelines to points on the company's ANR Pipeline and Tennessee Gas Pipeline.

El Paso Corporation provides natural gas and related energy products in a safe, efficient, and dependable manner. The company owns North America's largest natural gas pipeline system and one of North America's largest independent natural gas producers.

SOURCE: El Paso Corporation