Southern Star Announces Non-Binding Open Season For Sooner Trails

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Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.

Jun 25, 2014, 10:00 ET

OWENSBORO, Ky., June 25, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc., as agent for Southern Star Central Corp. (SSC), announced today that it is developing a new interstate natural gas pipeline project that will connect the South Central Oklahoma Oil Province (SCOOP) production play to the Bennington Pipeline Hub in Bryan County, Oklahoma. SSC Sooner Trails is conducting a Non-binding Open Season to solicit expressions of interest for firm transportation service to attractive Midwest, Southern and Southeastern markets.

SSC invites parties interested in firm transportation capacity on Sooner Trails to submit non-binding bids between 9 a.m. CDST on Wednesday, June 25th, and 4 p.m. CDST on Friday, July 18th.

SSC will evaluate all service requests in response to this Open Season to determine whether market demand economically justifies Sooner Trails. SSC will notify customers as soon as possible of its decision to proceed with the project. If sufficient interest is shown, SSC will conduct a binding Open Season, at which time binding precedent agreements for firm transportation service will be executed. Subject to its ability to secure binding commitments from creditworthy entities that are sufficient, in SSC's sole judgment, to make the project economically viable, SSC/Sooner Trails would file any necessary applications seeking authority from FERC to construct and operate the facilities and provide the requested transportation service.

Additional information regarding the project may be obtained by contacting Philip Rullman at (270) 852-4440, Jim Neukam at (270) 852-4665, or Pat Coomes at (270) 852-4552. Interested parties may access Open Season information at: http://csi.sscgp.com/ under the "Open Season Information" tab in the Informational Postings on CSI.

About Southern Star Central Corp
Southern Star Central Corp., headquartered in Owensboro, Kentucky, owns Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc. an interstate natural gas transmission system spanning approximately 6,000 miles in the Midwest and Mid-continent regions of the United States. Southern Star's pipeline facilities are located throughout Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Missouri, Wyoming, Colorado and Texas. It serves metropolitan areas in Missouri (Kansas City, St. Louis, Springfield, St. Joseph and Joplin), Kansas (Wichita, Kansas City, Topeka and Lawrence) and Oklahoma (Oklahoma City). For additional information about Southern Star, please visit www.sscgp.com.