Eagle Ford Gathering LLC (EFG), a joint venture of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP and Copano Energy LLC, will construct 85mi of 24in and 30in OD pipeline to move natural gas produced in the Eagle Ford shale by SM Energy Co. from La Salle, Dimmit, and Webb Counties in Texas to the Freer compressor station in Duval County, Texas, for transport on KMEP’s Laredo-to-Katy (LK) pipeline. The LK line will in turn transport gas to Copano’s Houston Central gas processing plant. EFG expects the new line to enter service during summer 2011.