Kinder Morgan, Central Florida Pipeline batch ship ethanol

Tampa Bay Journal
Friday, October 31, 2008 Modified: Monday, November 3, 2008 - 4:00 AM
Tampa Bay Business Journal - by Jane Meinhardt Staff Writer

TAMPA — Kinder Morgan Energy Partners passed a milestone in renewable energy history by shipping batches of ethanol in a pipeline from Tampa to Orlando.

Kinder Morgan, based in Houston, and subsidiary Central Florida Pipeline Co. in Tampa recently completed a series of tests using Kinder Morgan’s gasoline pipeline to determine if transporting batched ethanol between the two markets would be feasible. The company now plans to offer the ethanol pipeline transporting service to customers by the middle of November.

“It is the first time it has been batched shipped from one market to another, and the first time ethanol is being shipped along with other petroleum products on a pipeline in the U.S.,” said Emily Mir Thompson, corporate communications manager for Kinder Morgan.

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