Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America Nears Completion of its Hinshaw Pipeline

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated; Houston, Texas). Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America (NGPL) (Houston, Texas) will complete construction on the Hinshaw Pipeline in late September at which time they will begin the purging process. Pipelines are purged of air prior to full operation.

Construction on the 86 mile 30" diameter pipeline began in early June of 2002. When completed, the pipeline will supply FLP Energy, LLC's 1,789 megawatt power plant now under construction in Kaufman County near Dallas, Texas, with 320,000 MMBtu/d of natural gas beginning in 2003. The $70 million pipeline originates near NGPL's compressor station #802 near Paris Texas.

Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America is a subsidiary of Kinder Morgan Incorporated (NYSE:KMI) (Houston, Texas) and operates a large interstate system of over 10,000 miles of pipeline with a peak day delivery capacity of 5.7 Bcf and a storage capacity of 210 Bcf. NGPL expects to supply natural gas to an additional 3,000-4,000 megawatts of electric load each year through 2004. Kinder Morgan Incorporated is one of the largest midstream energy companies in America, owning and operating over 35,000 miles of natural gas & products pipelines.