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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Plains All American Pipeline Promotes Robert M. Sanford to Vice President--Lease Supply
(Houston – May 23, 2006) Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (NYSE: PAA) announced today that Robert M. Sanford has been appointed to the position of Vice President–Lease Supply effective June 1, 2006.
Robert Sanford has over 30 years of experience in the crude oil industry. Robert joined PAA as Director of South Texas and Mid-Continent Business Units in April 2004 in connection with the Partnership's acquisition of Link Energy's North American crude oil and pipeline operations. In July 2005, he was promoted to the position of Managing Director–Marketing, in which he was responsible for coordinating the Partnership's marketing function and overseeing the realignment of its trucking operations. Prior to joining PAA, Robert spent almost ten years with Link Energy and its predecessor in various roles of increasing responsibility. Before joining Link in 1994, Mr. Sanford served in a variety of roles for Lantern Petroleum, Minemet, Inc., Louis Dreyfuss Energy, P&O Falco, Inc. and Moore Terminal and Barge Company, where he was involved in managing assets and business units, transacting NYMEX-related business and overseeing other transportation logistics. Mr. Sanford holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Louisiana Tech University.
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 engaged in the development and operation of natural gas storage facilities. The Partnership's common units are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "PAA." The Partnership is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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