Our Operations

El Paso Corporation (NYSE: EP) conducts meaningful work—day in, day out. We provide natural gas and related energy products in a safe, efficient, and dependable manner. We are organized around two core businesses—pipelines and exploration and production. We own North America’s largest interstate natural gas pipeline system and our E&P operations rank in the top 10 domestic independent producers, operating in high-quality basins across the United States, Brazil, and Egypt.

Pipeline Group

Our 42,000-mile pipeline system connects the nation’s key natural gas supply areas to the largest consuming regions in the United States. Our pipelines span the country; we own or operate nearly 20 percent of the interstate natural gas pipeline mileage in the United States. Our unmatched connectivity to production basins, major markets, and the rest of the pipeline grid makes us a key component of the nation’s energy delivery network. Our inventory of infrastructure projects stands at
close to $8 billion. As we pursue those new opportunities and continue to reliably deliver a significant portion of the United States’ natural gas supply, we remain focused on safe and environmentally friendly operations.

Exploration & Production Company

Our Exploration & Production Company explores for, acquires, develops,
and produces natural gas, oil and related products in key regions in the
United States, Brazil, and Egypt. Our balanced operations include development
drilling and exploration for new resources, production of existing
resources, and acquisition of properties to build our portfolio. That balance
helped us maintain our proved natural gas and oil reserves—an
estimate of the quantity of energy resources we can recover under
current economic and operating conditions—at 2.3 trillion cubic feet
equivalent in 2008. We hold 3.8 million net leasehold acres in the countries
where we operate.