KMI Illinois gas line project moves forward

Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI), Houston, has received firm commitment from a lone shipper for the entire 360 MMcfd initial capacity on its proposed Kinder Morgan Illinois Pipeline. It has begun a binding open season ending Mar. 15 to determine support for a capacity increase.

March 3, 2006

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Mar. 3 -- Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI), Houston, has received firm commitment from a lone shipper for the entire 360 MMcfd initial capacity on its proposed Kinder Morgan Illinois Pipeline. It has begun a binding open season ending Mar. 15 to determine support for a capacity increase.

The proposed 28-mile gas pipeline, which would interconnect with major interstate systems, would extend from Beecher, Ill., to the Chicago city limits near Burnham, Ill.

The project will require pipeline construction, a long-term capacity lease from KMI subsidiary Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America, and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approval. KMI has scheduled service to begin Nov. 1, 2007.