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El Paso Pipeline Partners Agrees to Acquire Cheyenne Plains Pipeline and Additional Interest in Colorado Interstate Gas Company
El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P. (NYSE: EPB) announced today that it has agreed to acquire the remaining 14-percent interest in Colorado Interstate Gas Company, L.L.C. (CIG) and all of Cheyenne Plains Investment Company, L.L.C., which owns Cheyenne Plains Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C. from El Paso Corporation (NYSE: EP) for $635 million and the assumption of approximately $242 million of proportional debt.

El Paso to Sell Exploration and Production Company
El Paso Corporation (NYSE: EP) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its exploration and production business, EP Energy Corporation (EP Energy), for approximately $7.15 billion to affiliates of Apollo Global Management, LLC and Riverstone Holdings, LLC, who are joined by Access Industries, Inc. and other parties. El Paso’s entering into a definitive agreement for the sale of its exploration and production business was contemplated in Kinder Morgan, Inc.’s (NYSE: KMI) previously announced agreement to acquire El Paso Corporation. The sale of EP Energy is dependent upon completion of the Kinder Morgan-El Paso transaction, which is expected to close in the second quarter of 2012, subject to customary regulatory approvals. The sale of EP Energy is also expected to close about the same time as that transaction.

Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal, Co-Owned By GE EFS begins Supplies on Gulf Coast under Long-Term Contracts
GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE (NYSE: GE), announced today that its co-owned Gulf LNG regasification and liquefied natural gas storage facility on the Gulf of Mexico has successfully begun operations. GE made the announcement at a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the facility in Pascagoula, Mississippi, joined by Gov. Haley Barbour and executives of El Paso Corporation.

Kinder Morgan to Purchase El Paso for Approximately $38 Billion
Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI) and El Paso Corporation (NYSE: EP) today announced a definitive agreement whereby KMI will acquire all of the outstanding shares of EP in a transaction that will create the largest midstream and the fourth largest energy company in North America with an enterprise value of approximately $94 billion and 80,000 miles of pipelines. The total purchase price, including the assumption of debt outstanding at El Paso Corporation and including the debt outstanding at El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P. (NYSE: EPB) is approximately $38 billion.

El Paso And Halliburton Pioneer The First Natural Gas Completion Using All Current Cleansuite™ ‘Green Technologies’ For Hydrauli
Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) and El Paso Corporation (NYSE: EP) today announced that an El Paso-operated well in North Louisiana is the first natural gas producing well to be completed using all three Halliburton proprietary CleanSuite™ production enhancement technologies for both hydraulic fracturing and water treatment.

El Paso Corporation and KKR Announce Midstream Joint Venture
El Paso Midstream Group, Inc., a subsidiary of El Paso Corporation (NYSE: EP), and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (together with its affiliates, "KKR") today announced that El Paso and KKR have executed agreements to create a new midstream joint venture. El Paso Midstream will operate the new venture, and they will each own a 50 percent interest. The joint venture is consistent with El Paso's commitment to develop midstream opportunities in a balance sheet-friendly manner. The transaction is expected to close by December 31, 2010.