CenterPoint Energy Field Services Proposes New Gathering System in Mississippi Lime Area

CenterPoint Energy Field Services, LLC, an indirect, wholly-owned natural gas gathering and treating subsidiary of CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

, announced today that it has begun initial routing activities for a proposed gas gathering and processing system in the heart of the Mississippi Lime area of north central Oklahoma and south central Kansas. The proposed White Eagle Gathering System would include up to 300 miles of high-pressure gas gathering lines and up to 200 million cubic feet per day of processing capacity with amine treating and nitrogen removal, depending on customer requirements. The proposed system would interconnect to intrastate and interstate markets with natural gas liquids deliveries to the Medford Hub in Grant Co., Okla. Additional ancillary gathering and transportation services, such as low pressure service at producer interconnects, a crude oil pipeline with interim trucking options or electric service for submersible pumps, could also be provided.