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EXHIBIT 23
INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS' CONSENT
The Board of Directors
El Paso Energy Partners, L.P.:
We consent to the inclusion of our report dated March 17, 2000, with respect to
the combined balance sheet of First Reserve Gas Company and subsidiaries, Petal
Gas Storage Company, and Crystal Properties and Trading Company as of December
31, 1999, and the related combined income statement, combined statement of cash
flows and combined statement of stockholder's equity, for the year ended
December 31, 1999, which report appears in the Form 8-K of El Paso Energy
Partners, L.P. dated September 11, 2000.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Shreveport, Louisiana
September 11, 2000
