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Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. (the Partnership) is developing the Southern Trail Pipeline to link growth markets of the Southeast with new and existing Gulf Coast supplies in Southwest Louisiana and neighboring Southeast Texas. As currently contemplated, the pipeline would involve the construction of approximately 348 miles of up to 42-inch diameter pipeline commencing at a point in Acadia Parish near Eunice, Louisiana to a point of interconnect with the Florida Gas Transmission pipeline near its Station 12 in Santa Rosa County, Florida. The Partnership anticipates that the project could be placed into service as early as mid 2010. Encouraged by the results of the non-binding open season held from November 15, 2007 to January 15, 2008, the Partnership is continuing negotiations with the open season respondents.
The Southeast is powered in part by over 70,000 megawatts of gas-fired generation, and peaked at nearly 10 Bcf/d of natural gas consumption during August 2007. In recent months, state utility commissions in this region have ruled unfavorably with regard to proposed coal-fired generation, and over the next ten-year planning horizon incremental natural gas demand is conservatively estimated at 1 to 2 Bcf/d as necessary to satisfy near-term growth in electricity demand.
By year-end 2009, nearly 10 Bcf/d of LNG regasification capacity will be placed into service in Southwest Louisiana and neighboring Southeast Texas. As a result of numerous East Texas pipeline expansion projects, prospective shippers will also have potential access to the recently developed shale production. Combining these new incremental supplies with the traditional onshore and offshore supply sources situated in the West Louisiana, East Louisiana and Mobile Bay production areas, the Southern Trail Pipeline offers supply diversity unlike any other greenfield project opportunity.
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