Columbia Gulf Transmission Company is noted for its strength in connecting premium sources of supply, including those found in deepwater areas of the Gulf of Mexico, with premium markets. Interconnected to virtually every major producer in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as to most major intrastate and interstate pipelines, the company directly serves customers along its 4,200-mile pipeline system in Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky. Through Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation, an affiliated company, Columbia Gulf also serves markets in the Midwest, East, Northeast, and Mid-Atlantic areas of the United States. Columbia Gulf Transmission Company first began operations in 1954