El Paso Midstream Group, a subsidiary of El Paso, and Spectra Energy will jointly develop the proposed Marcellus Ethane Pipeline System (MEPS)

摘要

El Paso Midstream and Spectra will each own a 50% interest and jointly operate MEPS, which is designed to transport up to 60,000 barrels per day of ethane from fractionation plants in the ethane-rich Marcellus Shale production region to interconnect points with third-party ethane pipelines and storage facilities in the Gulf Coast area. MEPS will use existing rights-of-way and infrastructure of Spectra's Texas Eastern pipeline system in Pennsylvania and Ohio, as well as portions of El Paso's Tennessee Gas Pipeline system from Ohio to the Gulf Coast.