Colorado Interstate Gas

Colorado Interstate Gas (CIG) is a major producer of natural gas, connected to major supply basins in the Rocky Mountains and production areas in the Texas Panhandle, western Oklahoma, western Kansas, and Wyoming.

Originally an independent company, CIG is now a subsidiary of El Paso Corp.

[3] The original pipeline was 20-22 inches in diameter, five hundred miles long, trenched by ditching machines but some portions dug by hand, linked by Dresser coupling rather than welded, and limited to 50 psi.

[12] In 1951, The Canadian River Gas Company merged with CIG, and the Fourway Station came online in 1952.

[16] In 1960, the company opened the Rawlins Compressor Station and introduced an employee Thrift Plan.