PROJECTS ¬

Updated April 9 2008

Wyoming-centric Proposed, Planning, Constructing, or Expanding

MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company’s Kern River Gas Transmission Company expansion: An incremental 145,000 dekatherms of natural gas can be added via addition of compression and an increase to the MAOP of the existing pipeline from Opal, Wyoming to southwestern California by 2010. Open season for capacity interest closed March 6, 2008. http://www.kernrivergas.com/InternetPortal/BackDesktop.aspx?TabID=90&TabParentID=75

Spectra Energy’s Bronco Pipeline: a proposed 650 mile natural gas pipeline from southwest Wyoming to Malin, OR. An initial capacity of 1 BCFd; estimated cost in excess of US$3 billion. In service anticipated for 2011. Open season scheduled from Jan 10 to February 8, 2008. http://www.spectraenergy.com/businesses/projects/bronco/

Williams and TransCanada Corporation’s Sunstone Pipeline: 618 mile, 42 inch diameter pipeline with capacity to deliver 1.2 Bcfd of natural gas from Opal, WY, to Stanfield, OR. Proposed in-service date is 2011. Open season from March 17 th to April 30 th, 2008. http://www.wyopipeline.com/homepage/new/Sunstone%20Pipeline--FINAL%20RELEASE%20of%20Mar%20%2013%202008.pdf

Alliance Pipeline Inc. and Questar Overthrust Pipeline Company’s Rockies Alliance Pipeline: 800 mile, 42 inch diameter natural gas pipeline from Wamsutter, WY, to Emerson, Manitoba. Open season scheduled for May 1, 2008. Proposed in-service 2011. http://www.questarpipeline.com/html/shared/qpc/2FrameSHQPCRAP.html

Kinder Morgan’s REX/Chicago Pipeline: 735 mile, natural gas pipeline from Arlington compressor station, WY, to NGPL interconnect compressor station #109 (essentially Opal, WY, to Chicago, IL). Proposed in-service October 2011. http://www.kindermorgan.com/business/gas_pipelines/rockies_express/RE_Status_Notice_WPA_01152008.pdf

TransCanada/ONEOK’s Northern Border Pipeline Company’s Bison Pipeline: 289 miles of 24 inch diameter natural gas pipeline from Dead Horse, WY, to Morton County, North Dakota. Initial capacity is 400 MMcfd with a maximum capacity of 660 MMcfd. Projected in-service date is November 15, 2010. Open season from April 4 to May 16, 2008. http://www.tcpipelineslp.com/news/2008/20080404.html

TransCanada Corporation’s Pathfinder Pipeline – 2 segments: 500 mile, 42 inch diameter natural gas pipeline from Wamsutter, WY, to Morton County, North Dakota, intertie at Northern Border Pipeline Company System. Initial capacity of 1.2 Bcfd. Segment 2: an additional 275 miles from the Northern Border intertie to Noyes, Minnesota and Emerson, Manitoba. Expansion capabilities of up to 2 Bcfd. Open season from April 7 to May 22, 2008. http://www.transcanada.com/news/2008_news/20080407.html

ONEOK Partners L.P.’s Overland Pass Pipeline Company LLC: 760 mile natural gas liquids pipeline from Opal, WY, to Conway, KS. Designed to move 110,000 barrels per day with the potential to expand to 150,000 barrels per day. Anticipated in-service date Summer 2008. http://www.oneok.com/oneok/Our_Business/NaturalGasLiquids/oks_overlandpass/oks_overlandpass_home.jsp

El Paso Corporation:

• Ruby Pipeline: new proposed pipeline from Opal, Wyoming to Malin, OR. 680 mile, 42 inch diameter pipeline would deliver 1.2 Bcfd with the potential to expand up to 2 Bcfd. Binding open season from February 15 to April 18, 2008. http://www.rubypipeline.com/
• Kanda Lateral and Mainline Expansion: 125 miles of 20” or 24” pipe from Natural Buttes Field, Uintah County, UT to Kanda, WY and two compression units at Wamsutter, WY. http://www.elpaso.com/kanda/default.shtm
• High Plains Expansion Project: 164 miles of new pipe (79 miles of 30” and 85 miles of 24”), adding 899 MMcfd from Cheyenne to High Plains Storage project area. In service by Fall 2008. http://www.elpaso.com/highplains/default.shtm
• High Plains Storage Project: 10.7 Bcf gas in place, 7 Bcf working gas, 3.7 Bcf cushion gas, 200 MMcfd maximum withdrawal rate, 100 MMcfd maximum injection rate. In service Spring 2009. http://www.elpaso.com/totemstorage/default.shtm

Source Gas LLC Oil Springs Storage Field Expansion Project: proposed expansion by 10.4 MMDth of annual capacity via compression and new injection/withdrawal wells (10X current utilization). Interconnect to REX, WIC, and CIG. Additionally, a new 21 mile pipeline will be built to deliver gas to the site. http://sourcegas.com/Oil_Springs_Storage.aspx

Lower Valley Energy’s ‘ Hoback Canyon Project’: 52 miles of 6” LNG from Bondurant to Jackson. In service Fall 2008. http://www.lvenergy.com/index.php

Devon Gas Services CO2 pipeline: 47 mile, 8 inch diameter pipeline from Baroil to Beaver Creek Field, WY. Initial capacity of 35 MMcfd, in service June 2008. http://www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/info/NEPA/lfodocs/DevonCO2.print.html

Rancher Energy CO2 Pipeline: currently conducting a front-end engineering and design study to construct a CO2 pipeline to Glenrock, WY. http://www.rancherenergy.com/ and http://www.trigon-epc.com/

Pipelines not originating in Wyoming but potentially influencing Rocky Mountain region transmission

Williams, ONEOK NGL Lateral: 150 mile, 14 inch natural gas liquids line originating from an existing processing facility and a proposed “Willow Creek Processing Facility” to be located in Rio Blanco County within the Piceance Basin to interconnect at Echo Springs, WY, on the Overland Pass NGL Pipeline project that begins in Opal, WY. At $120 CAPEX, the lateral line has the potential to transport 100,000 barrels per day. In service Spring 2009. http://ir.oneok.com/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=235594&ReleaseType=OKS%20Pipeline%20Projects (notice map .pdf link on the bottom of the press release)

Kinder Morgan Canada; Chinook Pipeline: a proposed 3,300 Km pipeline delivering Canadian oil sands heavy crude from Alberta, Canada to the Gulf Coast of Texas. Estimated capacity currently designed for 300,000 barrels per day beginning 2012. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/v5/content/subscribe?user_URL=http://www.theglobeandmail.com%2Fservlet%2Fstory%2FLAC.20071213.RPIPELINES13%2FTPStory%2FBusiness&ord=18139486&brand=theglobeandmail&force_login=true

Williams Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline: 1 Bcfd pipeline originating from the proposed Jordan Cove LNG import terminal to be located in Coos Bay, OR. The proposed pipeline includes 230 miles of 36 inch diameter pipeline feeding various delivery points in southern Oregon, connecting Northwest Pipeline, and other notable locations. http://www.williams.com/newsmedia/2007/20070308_896.htm Also see, http://www.jordancoveenergy.com/

SemGroup Front Range Pipeline: crude oil pipeline originating north of Denver, CO, transporting to Cushing, OK. This 12-inch, 550 mile pipeline may have the capacity to deliver 80,000 BOPD. In service by January 2009. http://www.semgrouplp.com/newsandmedia/pressreleases/pressreleasedetail.aspx?id={71357B2A-5AC5-4243-97B1-0E254895D7CE}

Holly Corporation/Sinclair Oil “UNEV” Pipeline: 400 mile, 12 inch products pipeline originating near refineries in Salt Lake City, UT, destined for Las Vegas, NV. In-service December 2008. http://projects.ch2m.com/unev/public/default.htm

Select major proposed pipeline projects influencing continental transmission