Tallgrass Energy Partners Announces Pony Express Pipeline In Commercial Service

Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP

announced today that line fill for the Tallgrass Pony Express Pipeline, LLC (“Pony Express”) crude oil pipeline project is complete and the pipeline is in commercial service. Pony Express owns an approximately 690 mile crude oil pipeline commencing in Guernsey, Wyoming and terminating in Cushing, Oklahoma, with delivery points at Ponca City Refinery and Deeprock in Cushing. Upon completion of ongoing construction, Pony Express will also own an approximate 66 mile lateral in Northeast Colorado that will commence in Weld County, Colorado and interconnect with the Pony Express mainline just east of Sterling, Colorado. The lateral in Northeast Colorado is expected to be in service sometime during the first half of 2015. Additional detail regarding the Pony Express crude oil pipeline system is available at http://pipeline.tallgrassenergylp.com.