Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. (Partnership) is engaged in owning and operating crude oil and liquid petroleum transportation and storage assets, and natural gas gathering, treating, processing, transportation and marketing assets in the United States. The Company operates in three business segments: liquids, natural gas and marketing. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the portfolio of the Company’s assets included approximately 5,300 miles of crude oil gathering and transportation lines and 28.9 million barrels of crude oil storage and terminaling capacity; natural gathering and transportation lines totaling approximately 11,700 miles; nine active natural gas treating and 24 active natural gas processing facilities with an aggregate capacity of approximately 2,900 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d); trucks, trailers and railcars for transporting natural gas liquids (NGLs), crude oil and carbon dioxide, and marketing assets that provide natural gas supply.