Raton Basin 2005 Expansion Project

Colorado Interstate Gas Company (CIG), a subsidiary of El Paso Corporation, has constructed a pipeline project that will expand the company’s existing pipeline system in the Raton Basin of south-central Colorado and extend to the panhandle of Oklahoma.

The approximately 102-mile pipeline was built in several separate sections, consisting of 16-inch, 20-inch, and 24-inch segments of pipeline. These segments were built adjacent to existing pipelines located in Las Animas County and Baca County in Colorado, Morton County in Kansas, and Texas County in Oklahoma. (See the map on this page for more detail.) In addition, CIG installed a new compressor unit at an existing compressor station in Beaver County, Oklahoma. All facilities were placed in service during late 2005.

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The Raton Basin 2005 Expansion Project added approximately 105 thousand dekatherms of additional pipeline capacity needed to transport natural gas from the Raton Basin to markets in Colorado as well as mid-continent pipeline interconnections. This project helps to meet the growing demand for clean burning natural gas as an important part of our national energy infrastructure.

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