HOUSTON, TX, Sep 15, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --

El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P. (NYSE: EPB) today announced it has priced a public offering of 11,500,000 common units at $31.95 per common unit. Net proceeds from the offering, including the general partner's proportionate capital contribution, will be used by El Paso Pipeline Partners for general partnership purposes, including potential future acquisitions and growth capital expenditures. Pending the use of the proceeds for other purposes, the partnership may apply some or all of the net proceeds to reduce outstanding borrowings under its revolving credit facility.

The offering is scheduled to close September 20, 2010. El Paso Pipeline Partners also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,725,000 additional common units.

Morgan Stanley, BofA Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs & Co., UBS Investment Bank, and Wells Fargo Securities are acting as joint book-running managers of the offering. Barclays Capital, Deutsche Bank Securities, J.P. Morgan, and RBC Capital Markets are acting as co-managing underwriters of the offering. A copy of the prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from any of the underwriters, including:

Morgan Stanley Attn: Prospectus Department 180 Varick Street, 2nd floor New York, NY 10014 Email: prospectus@morganstanley.com Phone: 866-718-1649

BofA Merrill Lynch Attn: Prospectus Department 4 World Financial Center New York, NY 10080 Email Prospectus: dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC Attn: Prospectus Dept. One Madison Avenue New York, NY 10010 Phone: 800-221-1037

Goldman, Sachs & Co. Prospectus Department 200 West Street New York, NY 10282 Facsimile: 212-902-9316 Email: prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com Phone: 866-471-2526

UBS Investment Bank Prospectus Dept. 299 Park Ave. New York, NY 10171 Phone: 888-827-7275

Wells Fargo Securities Attention: Equity Syndicate Dept. 375 Park Ave. New York, NY 10152 Email: equity.syndicate@wellsfargo.com

Phone: 800-326-5897

You may also obtain these documents for free when they are available by visiting the Securities and Exchange Commission's Web site at www.sec.gov.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. The offering may be made only by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplement meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P. is a Delaware limited partnership formed by El Paso Corporation to own and operate natural gas transportation pipelines and storage assets. El Paso Corporation owns an approximate 57 percent limited partner interest and the 2 percent general partner interest in the partnership. El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P. owns Wyoming Interstate Company, L.L.C., an interstate pipeline system serving the Rocky Mountain region; a 58 percent interest in Colorado Interstate Gas Company, which operates in the Rocky Mountain region; a 51 percent interest in Southern LNG Company, L.L.C., which owns the Elba Island LNG storage and regasification terminal near Savannah, Georgia; a 51 percent interest in El Paso Elba Express Company, L.L.C.; and a 45 percent interest in Southern Natural Gas Company. Both El Paso Elba Express Company, L.L.C. and Southern Natural Gas Company are interstate pipeline systems serving the southeastern region of the United States.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Statements about the offering may be forward-looking statements as defined under federal law. These forward-looking statements rely on a number of assumptions concerning future events and are subject to a number of uncertainties and factors, many of which are outside the control of El Paso Pipeline Partners, and a variety of risks that could cause results to differ materially from those expected by the management of El Paso Pipeline Partners. El Paso Pipeline Partners undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes to future operating results over time.

Contact:
Investor-Media Relations
Bruce Connery
Vice President
(713) 420-5855

Investor-Media Relations
Bill Baerg
Manager
(713) 420-2906

SOURCE: El Paso Pipeline Partners