Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 21:16:25 GMT Server: Apache/1.2.4 Last-Modified: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 21:48:42 GMT ETag: "d6b41-16dd-34453a3a" Content-Length: 5853 Accept-Ranges: bytes Connection: close Content-Type: text/html CMS Natural Gas Transmission, Storage and Processing

CMS subsidiaries currently supply natural gas transmission, storage and processing services to customers and partners in 13 countries on four continents and 18 states in the U.S.

CMS Gas Transmission and Storage has assembled a diverse and growing array of major projects. It has equity interests in pipelines, storage and energy processing facilities in North America, South America and Australia. Since 1994, its assets have doubled.

The company owns interests in 15 natural gas facilities consisting of 5,900 miles of pipeline with a daily capacity of approximately 2.3 billion cubic feet (Bcf/d). The company's facilities provide CO2 removal, nitrogen rejection, helium processing, peaking storage and enhanced oil recovery. These facilities process more than 430 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) and provide 3.2 Bcf of gas storage. In Michigan, the company processes more natural gas than any other processor in the state.

Notable among assets acquired domestically in 1996 were 1,700 miles of gas gathering pipelines and the Crescent gas-gathering plant (45 MMcf/d) in Oklahoma, and ownership in Nitrotec, a company specializing in gas separation technologies.

In May 1997, the company announced that it had acquired 100 percent of the 260-mile Parmelia Natural Gas Pipeline near Perth, Australia. The company is currently constructing and will own a 40 percent interest in the 925-kilometer, 200-250 MMcf/d capacity Atacama pipeline from Argentina to Chile.

Argentina
Australia
USA

Transmission Projects

Project % Owned Capacity Location
TriState Pipeline 100 200 MMcf/d Illinois/Indiana/
Michigan/Ontario
Bluewater Pipeline 100 200 MMcf/d Michigan/Canada
Jackson Pipeline 75 200 MMcf/d Michigan
Litchfield Pipeline 44 100 MMcf/d Michigan
Little Bear Pipeline 100 75 MMcf/d Michigan
Saginaw Bay Pipeline 24 170 MMcf/d Michigan
Saginaw Bay Lateral 49 50 MMcf/d Michigan
South Chester Pipeline 100 90 MMcf/d Michigan
Spartan Pipeline 100 125 MMcf/d Michigan
Transportadora de Gas del Norte 25 1,100 MMcf/d Argentina
Parmelia Pipeline 100 120 MMcf/d Australia

Storage & Processing Projects

Petal Gas Storage 100 3,200 MMbcf Mississippi
Antrim Plant
(CO2 removal)
100 350 MMcf/d Michigan
Enhanced Oil Recovery 25 20 MMcf/d Michigan
Cherokee Gas Processing, L.L.C. 82 45 MMcf/d Oklahoma
Nitrotec Helium & Nitrogen Removal 50 Texas, Colorado, Kansas

Project Under Development

Atacama Pipeline 40 200-250 MMcf/d Argentina/Chile

Contact CMS Energy: gastrans@cmsenergy.com