Florida Ethanol Pipeline: KINDER MORGAN BEGINS FIRST COMMERCIAL ETHANOL PIPELINE TRANSPORTATION

摘要

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (KM) announced Dec. 2 it is commercially transporting ethanol in a pipeline between Tampa and Orlando, PL. The 16-inch, 105-mile Central Florida Pipeline (CFPL) is the first ethanol/gasoline pipeline in the United States to transport ethanol in batches with gasoline, according to Jim Lelio, director of business development for KM, Houston, TK (713-369-8733). The pipeline is expected to replace up to 40 truck-tankers that each transport 7,800 gallons of ethanol perday between Orlando and Tampa.