Cheyenne Plains seeks FERC approval for Rockies-Kansas gas line

El Paso Corp. subsidiary Cheyenne Plains Gas Pipeline Co., Houston, has applied for Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approval to construct and operate a 380 mile interstate natural gas pipeline from the Cheyenne Hub south of Cheyenne, Wyo., to Greensburg, Kan. The $332 million Cheyenne Plains pipeline system will interconnect with interstate and intrastate pipelines serving mid-continent markets.

May 28, 2003

By OGJ editors

HOUSTON, May 28 -- El Paso Corp. subsidiary Cheyenne Plains Gas Pipeline Co., Houston, has applied for Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approval to construct and operate a 380 mile interstate natural gas pipeline from the Cheyenne Hub south of Cheyenne, Wyo., to Greensburg, Kan.

The $332 million Cheyenne Plains pipeline system will interconnect with interstate and intrastate pipelines serving mid-continent markets.

The 30-in. in diameter pipeline would have an initial capacity of 560 MMcfd of natural gas, expandable by about 500 MMcfd, as markets require. Long-term firm contracts are already in place for 100% of the system's initial capacity, El Paso said.

Construction will begin following FERC approvals, and pipeline operation is scheduled to begin by mid-2005.