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NorthernStar Natural Gas | February 11, 2009

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Oregonian, Oregon’s largest daily newspaper carried an editorial today
(http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/02/an_economic_stimulus_oregon_co.html)
supporting the construction of the proposed Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas receiving
terminal near Astoria, Oregon. Bradwood Landing would use a former lumber mill site to expand the
Northwest’s supply of clean-burning natural gas.

“Today’s editorial reinforces what we’ve been saying for a long-time: Bradwood Landing will help
meet the region’s energy needs while significantly contributing to the region’s economic recovery,”
said NorthernStar Natural Gas President Paul Soanes. “Our project will create hundreds of
construction jobs for three years and support the creation of between 5,000 and 20,000 jobs long-term
by increasing the region’s supply of natural gas.”

Today’s Oregonian editorial states:

“The Oregon Legislature's $175 million job-creation package is small potatoes compared to a
potential economic booster shot that state officials seem hell-bent on rejecting. That's the
proposed liquefied natural gas terminal at Bradwood Landing and the associated Palomar
pipeline. The two projects would inject more than $1.5 billion of private money into Oregon's
economy, some eight times what lawmakers seek to borrow for their stimulus program… Too
many jobs are at stake here for politically driven foot-dragging.”

A July 15 editorial last year from The Oregonian stated that:

Opponents' claims that LNG is unsafe just don't hold up. The industry has an excellent safety
record, and fears of LNG tankers and terminals as terrorist targets apply equally to any large
industrial undertaking. Claims that there's no market for this gas in the Northwest -- that it's
really just for California -- are off the mark. Much of the gas would indeed go out of state, at
least in the initial years, but Northwest Natural Gas Co. projects that the LNG from Bradwood
Landing would supply up to a quarter of its customers' gas needs and more later as the
region grows.

No new hydroelectric dams or coal-fired generators are going to be built in the Northwest.

Nuclear power may be politically impossible. Conservation and renewable energy sources
will help, but they won't be enough… LNG can be one tool to help America meet its
responsibility to reduce emissions of climate-changing gases. The Bradwood project should
be allowed to move ahead.

Bradwood Landing and its associated 36.3 mile pipeline would provide a new source of natural gas
directly into the Oregon and Washington natural gas market. It would create more than 450 jobs over
three years of construction and 65 permanent jobs and provide $7.8 million in local property taxes.

A regional analysis of the effects of increased natural gas supply from a Columbia River LNG
terminal by University of Oregon economist Dr. Phil Romero, showed that Bradwood could reduce
the wholesale cost of natural gas by 13 percent. Dr. Romero’s analysis showed this decrease in
energy costs would help support the creation of between 5,100 and 20,300 jobs.

Also today, an independent study published by PACE Global Energy Services showed that on a life
cycle basis, existing U.S. coal fired power generation produces two and a half times (161%) more
greenhouse gas emissions than LNG fueled power generation. To see the report, visit:
http://www.lngfacts.org/resources/LCA_Assumptions_LNG_and_Coal_Feb09.pdf

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