FERC Approves Tennessee Gas Pipeline’s 300 Line Project

El Paso Corp.’s subsidiary, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., has received FERC approval for its 300 Line Project.
  “We are very pleased to receive FERC approval for an important project that will make significant new Appalachian supplies available to Tennessee Gas Pipeline customers,” said Bryan Neskora, senior vice president and chief commercial officer of Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company. “This expansion, along with our Northeast Upgrade project, represents $1 billion of projects that will provide much needed infrastructure related to the development of Marcellus Shale and Appalachian natural gas supplies.”
  The 300 Line Project, fully subscribed under a 15-year contract, is scheduled to be in service in November 2011. It involves the looping of 127 miles of 30-inch pipeline in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and the addition of 55,000 horsepower with the installation of two new compressor stations and upgrades at seven existing compressor stations.