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Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America Announces Binding Open Season for the Chicago Market Expansion Project

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America LLC (NGPL) today announced the start of a 30-day binding open season to solicit interest in the potential expansion of its Gulf Coast mainline system from the Rockies Express Pipeline (REX) interconnection in Moultrie County, Illinois, to points north on NGPL’s pipeline system. This expansion project will increase NGPL’s capacity by up to approximately 450,000 dekatherms per day and provide for incremental firm transportation service to markets in and near Chicago, Illinois, in NGPL’s Market Delivery Zone. The approximately $100 million expansion would consist of the installation of a new compressor station along NGPL’s market area system, with an expected in-service date of Nov. 1, 2016.