PROPONENT: Fayetteville Express Pipeline L.L.C, 3250 Lacey Road, 7th Floor, Downers Grove, Illinois 60515, USA. Tel: +1 630 725 3070

PARTNERS: Fayetteville Express Pipeline LLC is a joint venture between Kinder Morgan Energy Partners and Energy Transfer Partners.

PROJECT SCOPE: The pipeline will originate in Conway County, Arkansas, and continue eastward through White County, Arkansas, and terminate at an interconnect with Trunkline Gas Company in Panola County, Mississippi. The project will parallel existing pipeline or electric transmission right-of-ways where possible to minimise impact to the environment, communities and landowners.

PROJECT UPDATE: An application has been lodged with the Federal Energy Regulation Commission and approval is expected by the end of 2009. Construction contracts are currently being negotiated and it is anticipated that construction will commence in March 2010.

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PIPELINE LENGTH: 298 km

PIPELINE CAPACITY: The pipeline will have an initial capacity of 2 Bcf/d of gas.

EXPECTED COMPLETION DATE: Early 2011

Kasimovskoye UGS – Voskresensk CS Gas Trunkline

PROPONENT: OAO Gazprom, 16 Nametkina Street, Moscow GSP-7, Russian Federation Tel: +7 495 719 3001

JOINT VENTURE PARTNERS: Gazprom Transgaz Moscow, Gazprom UGS

PROJECT SCOPE: The Kasimovskoye UGS – Voskresensk CS pipeline, which began construction in 2005, connects the Kasimovskoye underground gas storage (UGS) to the Voskresensk compressor station (CS). The pipeline includes two compressor stations located at Tuma and Voskresensk and one gas metering station at Kasimov. The project includes a total of 108 rivers, streams, railways and highway crossings during construction and the trunkline will provide highly reliable and uninterrupted gas supply to Moscow and its suburbs.

PROJECT UPDATE: Commissioning occurred on the trunkline in October.

PIPELINE LENGTH: 204 km

PIPELINE CAPACITY: 95 Bcf/a of gas when fully operational.

COMPLETION DATE: The pipeline has been commissioned with a ceremony marking the occasion held in Voskresensk District, Moscow Oblast on 23 October, 2009.

Shandong Natural Gas Pipeline Network

PROPONENT: China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), 9 Dongzhimen North Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100007, P.R. China. Tel: +86 10 6209 4114

JOINT VENTURE PARTNER: Shandong Natural Gas Pipeline Network Company

PROJECT SCOPE: The network will enable CNPC to transport gas from central Shandong to cities including coastal Qingdao and Weihai in the east, and tie in to the Shaan – Jing Gas Pipeline and the Second West – East Gas Pipeline via the Ji – Ning Pipeline and Taian branch of the Shandong Pipeline.

PROJECT UPDATE: Construction has commenced on the Taian – Weihai section of the pipeline network.

PIPELINE LENGTH: 1,067 km of pipeline system, consisting of one trunk line and six branch lines.

PIPELINE CAPACITY: 388 Bcf/a of gas when fully operational.

EXPECTED COMPLETION DATE: Late 2010.

MEDGAZ Pipeline

PROPONENT: MEDGAZ, Muelle de Poniente, Puerto de Almería, 04002 Almería, Spain Tel: +34 950 182 900

JOINT VENTURE PARTNERS: MEDGAZ is a consortium of five international companies: SONATRACH, CEPSA, IBERDROLA, ENDESA and GDF SUEZ.

PROJECT SCOPE: The Medgaz Pipeline is a subsea gas pipeline that runs under the Mediterranean Sea from Beni Saf on the Algerian coast up to landfall on the Spanish coast of Almería. The pipeline is a strategic project for Algeria, Spain, and the rest of Europe, supplying natural gas directly from Algeria, without requiring transit through third countries. Saipem was contracted to construct the subsea infrastructure.

PROJECT UPDATE: Saipem has completed subsea pipelay operations, with the tie-in completed 1.6 km off the Algerian coast. Hydrostatic tests are expected to be completed on the pipeline in March 2010.

PIPELINE LENGTH: 210 km

PIPELINE CAPACITY: 282 Bcf/a of gas when fully operational.

EXPECTED COMPLETION DATE: June 2010