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EXHIBIT 23
INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS' CONSENT
The Board of Directors
El Paso Energy Partners, L.P.:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No.
333-85987) on Form S-3 of El Paso Energy Partners, L.P., as amended, 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
July 19, 2000.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Shreveport, Louisiana
July 19, 2000
