PROJECTS ¬

Updated Jan 2011

Rockies Storage projects

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. more information . . .

El Paso 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

Magnum Gas Storage, LLC Western Energy Hub Project: working gas capacity of 5.6 Bcf, injection rate of 0.30 Bcfd and withdrawl rate of 0.50 Bcfd. Projected 609 inventory turns annually. http://www.westernenergyhub.com/home

NGS Windy Hill Gas Storage, LLC: 32 Bcf working gas, in service planned for mid-2011. http://www.ngsenergy.com/windyhill/

El Paso Colorado Interstate Gas Totem Natural Gas Storage Project: 10.7 Bcf capacity, 7 Bcf working gas and 3.7 Bcf cushion gas. In service June 2009. http://www.elpaso.com/totemstorage/default.shtm

Blue Sky Gas Storage, LLC: 4.4 Bcf working gas, 100 MMcfd deliverability and 100 MMcfd injection. http://blueskygasstorage.com/

Merchant Energy Partners LLC, East Cheyenne Gas Storage: 19 Bcf working gas capacity, 700 MMcfd deliverability. http://www.eastcheyenne.com/Default.aspx

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

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

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

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/

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

BP and ConocoPhillips “Denali – the Alaska Gas Pipeline”: 2,000 mile, 4 Bcfd natural gas capacity pipeline from Prudhoe Bay Alaska to Alberta, British Columbia, Canada. http://www.denali-thealaskagaspipeline.com/

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