HOUSTON, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ANR Pipeline Company, a subsidiary of El Paso Corporation (NYSE: EP), announced today a non-binding open season to determine customer interest in contracting for additional transportation capacity along ANR Pipeline's existing natural gas pipeline system to current and new delivery points in western Ohio.

The Western Ohio Project is primarily intended to serve growth markets in western Ohio by providing incremental access to multiple supply areas, including Canada and the Rocky Mountains, which historically have been limited or unavailable to these markets. Natural gas supplies can be sourced from ANR's multiple receipt points within the Joliet Hub near Chicago, the Mid- continent region, the Gulf Coast, or ANR's storage fields in Michigan. The proposed project will provide shippers with new delivery points, pipeline extensions, and potential increased capacity on the current ANR pipeline system in this region.

"As natural gas supplies from the Rocky Mountains and western Canada assume a greater role in the overall North American natural gas supply mix, access to these proven reserves will become increasingly important for these markets," said James J. Cleary, president of ANR Pipeline Company. "ANR's Western Ohio Project will benefit shippers by providing direct access to the widest variety of supply sources available to customers in western Ohio." Cleary also noted that the Western Ohio Project would build upon ANR's history of serving Ohio markets by developing new laterals and interconnections as necessary to serve growth markets in Ohio.

The open season will be held from Nov. 18, 2002 through Dec. 13, 2002. For additional information or to obtain an open season package, interested parties may contact John Hampton of ANR Pipeline at (832) 676-4892 or via e- mail at john.hampton@elpaso.com .

El Paso's ANR Pipeline Company operates a 10,500-mile interstate natural gas pipeline providing transportation, storage and capacity-related services to customers in the United States and Canada.

El Paso Corporation is North America's leading provider of natural gas services. The company has core businesses in natural gas production, gathering and processing, and transmission, as well as liquefied natural gas transport and receiving, petroleum logistics, power generation, and merchant energy services. El Paso Corporation, rich in assets and fully integrated across the natural gas value chain, is committed to developing new supplies and technologies to deliver energy to communities around the world. For more information, visit www.elpaso.com .

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SOURCE El Paso Corporation

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