Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America (NGPL) is a natural gas pipeline which brings gas from the Texas Permian Basin and Gulf of Mexico into the Chicago area. It has two legs, one which goes to New Mexico and the other of which goes to the Gulf of Mexico. The legs of the pipeline crossover proximate to its geographic center, such that the entire system resembles a capital A. It is owned by Knight Inc., which is the former Kinder Morgan. Its FERC code is 26.
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