In the first phase, the joint venture will construct an approximately 35 km, 24 inch natural gas pipeline and will enter into new commercial arrangements with Kinder Morgan and Copano Energy.

The pipeline will originate in LaSalle County and end in Duval County, both in Texas. With an expected completion date in mid-2010, the pipeline will have an initial gas capacity of 350 MMcf/d.

President of Kinder Morgan's Texas Intrastate Pipelines Tom Martin said "This new alliance will provide seamless bundled gathering, processing and transmission services to Eagle Ford Shale producers through the combination of our companies' immediately available pipeline and processing capacities."