Minnesota Pipe Line Company, LLC (“MPL”) owns a 257-mile pipeline system that transports crude oil to the Twin Cities area.

The Minnesota Pipe Line system has multiple lines running from Clearwater County to Dakota County, delivering crude oil primarily from Canada to the Marathon Petroleum and Flint Hills Resources refineries in St. Paul Park and Rosemount, Minn., respectively.

MPL’s pipelines are operated by Koch Pipeline Company, L.P. (“KPL”), a wholly owned, indirect, independent subsidiary of Koch Industries, Inc. KPL operates approximately 4,000 miles of pipelines that carry approximately 1 million barrels of crude oil, refined products, and natural gas liquids daily. From its Northern Division headquarters in Dakota County, Minn., KPL operates five pipeline systems and employs over 50 people.

MPL has received regulatory approval to construct the MinnCan Project which will supply additional Canadian crude oil to refineries in Minnesota. The more than $300 million expansion and construction project would add a 24-inch pipeline to the company’s existing system, which has reached its maximum capacity. Construction began in select areas in August 2007, and the new MinnCan Project pipeline is expected to be operational in late 2008. For more information about the MinnCan Project, visit www.MinnCanProject.com or call toll-free at 877-796-7846.

MPL and KPL take proactive steps to ensure that health, safety, security and environmental issues are addressed as pipelines are planned, constructed and operated. MPL has an outstanding record of health and safety performance. In March 2007, employees of KPL set a company safety record by working 5 million hours without a lost-time incident. Another safety record was set in 2006 when employees reached 1 million work hours without a U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration recordable incident.

Environmental stewardship is also a top priority. From 1988 to 2006, the MPL system had one reportable release along its pipeline right-of-way while transporting a total volume of approximately 67.2 billion gallons of crude oil. The one reportable release was in the amount of 2.4 barrels. In June 2006, MPL experienced a crude oil leak in the company's system in a rural area near Little Falls, Minn. The site has been cleaned and restored. MPL will continue to improve its Integrity and Reliability Program to help accomplish its goal of zero releases to the environment.