Pacific Energy Partners to build crude line to Salt Lake City

Pipeline & Gas Journal, June, 2006

Rocky Mountain Pipeline System LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary and primary operating entity of Pacific Energy Partners L.P., is proceeding with the expansion of its crude oil pipeline system from the terminus of Frontier Pipeline near Evanston, WY to the Salt Lake City refining complex.

RMPS will construct a new 16-inch pipeline, approximately 91 miles long, which will parallel and use the common rights-of-way of its existing U-Crude pipeline to Salt Lake City for much of that distance. The new pipeline will be able to transport multiple grades of crude in segregated batches, including Canadian heavy and synthetic crude. It is designed to provide the capacity necessary to meet increasing crude oil demand in Salt Lake City.

The pipeline will be built in two phases, with the first phase scheduled to begin immediately and be completed in the fourth quarter. The second phase is expected to be completed in October 2007. Capacity of the completed pipeline will be approximately 95,000 bpd. The total cost for both phases of the project is expected to be approximately $77 million.