Panther Interstate Pipeline Energy, L.L.C.

Original Volume No. 1

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Effective Date: 02/01/2004, Docket: CP03-338-001, Status: Effective

Original Sheet No. 2 Original Sheet No. 2 : Effective

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

Panther Interstate Pipeline Energy, L.L.C. ("Panther Interstate") , a Texas

limited liability company, owns and operates a natural gas pipeline system

under a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission ("Commission" or "FERC"). Such pipeline system

is located in the State of Texas and extends from the High Island Area, State

Blocks 7, 23 and 38 and Federal Blocks 4, 11, 20, 36 and 48, Offshore Texas,

to a point of interconnection with Natural Gas Pipeline Company onshore Texas

in Jefferson County. This jurisdictional pipeline system interconnects with a

pipeline system operated by Panther Interstate which is not subject to the

Commission's jurisdiction at a subsea tap assembly in High Island Area Block

48, offshore Texas. Panther Interstate is engaged in the transportation of

natural gas in interstate commerce. Panther Interstate does not own or

operate any storage facilities.

The locations of Panther Interstate's transmission line and the point at which

it delivers gas are shown on the System Map on the following page.