El Paso Announces Rockies Pipeline Project

摘要

EEl Paso Corporation announced on Dec. 3 that it has filed a federal right of way application with the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management for El Paso's Ruby Pipeline project-a 680-mile, 42-inch natural gas transmission pipeline that begins at the Opal Hub in Wyoming and terminates at the Malin, Oregon interconnect near California's northern border.Ruby will have an initial capacity of 1.2 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) and is expandable to 2 Bcf/d. In addition, El Paso announced that it is planning to partner in the project with Bear Energy LP, a subsidiary of The Bear Stearns Companies Inc.. Partnering discussions include Bear Energy becoming an initial shipper on the pipeline.