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Filed by Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (1-14569)
Pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933
Subject Company: Pacific Energy Partners, L.P. (1-31345)
Commission File No: 333-135712
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Phillip D. Kramer
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A. Patrick Diamond |
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Executive Vice President and CFO
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Director, Strategic Planning
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713/646-4560 800/564-3036
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713/646-4487 800/564-3036 |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PAA Provides Status Report on Phase I
Construction of St. James Terminal and
Announces Phase II Development
(Houston October 10, 2006) Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (NYSE: PAA) today
provided a status report on Phase I construction activities for its St. James Terminal facility in
Louisiana. PAA also announced today that it is proceeding with the Phase II development of the St.
James Terminal facility. Matrix Service Inc. of Tulsa, Oklahoma, will act as contractor for both
phases of the project.
The initial construction of the St. James Terminal, referred to as the Phase I development,
commenced in mid-2005. The facility is anticipated to become operational during the first quarter
of 2007 at a total cost of approximately $93 million. Phase I consists of seven crude oil storage
tanks with an aggregate shell capacity of approximately 3.5 million barrels along with the manifold
and pumping system.
Under the Phase II project, Plains will construct approximately 2.7 million barrels of
additional tankage at its crude oil storage and terminalling facility in St. James, Louisiana. The
Phase II project will expand the total capacity of the facility to 6.2 million barrels and is
expected to cost approximately $64 million. The Partnership estimates that the Phase II tankage
will become operational during the first quarter of 2008.
Plains All American continues to invest in strategically located storage assets that we
believe are well positioned to benefit from long-term trends in the energy industry, said Greg L.
Armstrong, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Partnership. We believe that foreign
imports will continue to increase as a result of increased U.S. crude oil consumption and domestic
crude oil production declines. Our St. James Terminal is ideally located to support our foreign
crude oil import activities and will strengthen our ability to provide our refinery customers with
foreign crude oil supply alternatives.
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333 Clay Street, Suite 1600
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Houston, Texas 77002
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Armstrong noted that the Partnership preliminarily anticipates spending approximately $20
million to $22 million of the $64 million capital cost during 2006, with the majority of the
remaining expenditures to be spent in 2007.
Upon completion of the Phase II development, Plains All Americans St. James Terminal Facility
will consist of one 210,000 barrel tank, four 480,000 barrel tanks, six 670,000 barrel tanks and a
manifold and pumping system capable of receiving and delivering crude oil at the mainline flow
rates of connecting carriers.
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. is engaged in interstate and intrastate crude oil
transportation and crude oil gathering, marketing, terminalling and storage, as well as the
marketing and storage of liquefied petroleum gas and other petroleum products, in the United States
and Canada. Through its 50% ownership in PAA/Vulcan Gas Storage LLC, the Partnership is also
engaged in the development and operation of natural gas storage facilities. The Partnerships
common units are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol PAA. The Partnership is
headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Investor Notice
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a
registration statement on Form S-4 (as the same may be supplemented or amended, Registration No.
333-135712) containing a joint proxy statement/prospectus of Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. and
Pacific Energy Partners, L.P. and other documents in relation to this transaction. Investors and
security holders are urged to read these documents carefully because they contain important
information regarding Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., Pacific Energy Partners, L.P. and the
merger. The joint proxy statement/prospectus will be sent to security holders of Plains All
American Pipeline, L.P. and Pacific Energy Partners, L.P. seeking their approval of the
transactions contemplated by the merger agreement. Investors and security holders may obtain a free
copy of the joint proxy statement/prospectus and other documents containing information about
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. and Pacific Energy Partners, L.P., without charge, at the SECs
website at www.sec.gov. Copies of the joint proxy statement/prospectus and the SEC filings
incorporated by reference in the joint proxy statement/prospectus may also be obtained free of
charge by directing a request to the respective partnerships as follows: Information regarding
Plains All American Pipeline can be obtained by contacting its investor relations department at
713-646-4100 or by accessing its website at www.paalp.com, and information regarding Pacific Energy
Partners can be obtained by contacting its investor relations department at 562-728-2871 or by
accessing its website at www.PacificEnergy.com.
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. and Pacific Energy Partners, L.P. and the officers and
directors of the respective general partners of Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. and Pacific
Energy Partners, L.P. may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from their
security holders. Information about these persons can be found in Plains All American Pipeline,
L.P.s and Pacific Energy Partners, L.P.s respective Annual Reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-K/A
filed with the SEC, and additional information about such persons may be obtained from the joint
proxy statement/prospectus.
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333 Clay Street, Suite 1600
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Houston, Texas 77002
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713-646-4100 / 800-564-3036 |
This document shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any
securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities
laws of any such jurisdiction. No offering of securities shall be made except by means of a
prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Forward Looking Statements
Certain statements made herein are forward-looking statements under the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. They include statements regarding the expected timing, cost,
capacity and benefits of the St. James Terminal Facility expansion project. These statements are
based on managements current expectations and estimates; actual results may differ materially due
to certain risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things,
unanticipated shortages or cost increases in power supplies, materials and skilled labor, weather
interference with business operations or project construction, disruption of Gulf Coast and foreign
crude oil supplies, and other factors and uncertainties inherent in the marketing, transportation,
terminalling, gathering and storage of crude oil. Other risks and uncertainties that may affect
actual results include refinery downtime, continued creditworthiness of, and performance by, our
counterparties, unusual weather patterns, the effects of competition, the success of our risk
management activities, commodity price fluctuations, regulatory changes, and other factors and
uncertainties inherent in the Partnerships business as discussed in the Partnerships Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 2006 and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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333 Clay Street, Suite 1600
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Houston, Texas 77002
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713-646-4100 / 800-564-3036 |