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Form 10-Q




|    |                                                   | 
|--- | ------------------------------------------------- | 
|[X] | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO  SECTION 13 OR 15(d) | 

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2005


or




|     |                                                    | 
|---- | -------------------------------------------------- | 
|[  ] | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO  SECTION 13 OR 15(d) | 

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


For the transition period
from           to


Commission file number 1-7320





ANR Pipeline Company




|                                                                                                      |  |                                                   
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | --------------------------------------------------
|Delaware(State or Other Jurisdiction
    of Incorporation or Organization)                            |  | 38-1281775(I.R.S. Employer
    Identification No.)
|                                                                                                     
|El Paso Building
    1001 Louisiana Street
    Houston, Texas(Address of Principal Executive Offices) |  | 77002(Zip Code)                                   

(713) 420-2600





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ANR PIPELINE COMPANY MEETS THE
CONDITIONS OF GENERAL INSTRUCTION H(1)(a) AND (b) TO
FORM 10-Q AND IS THEREFORE FILING THIS REPORT WITH A
REDUCED DISCLOSURE FORMAT AS PERMITTED BY SUCH INSTRUCTION.










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|                                                                 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
|---------------------------------------------------------------- |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
|PART I -- FINANCIAL INFORMATION                                 
|CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME                     
|CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS                           
|NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)
|Results of Operations                                           
|PART II -- OTHER INFORMATION                                    
|SIGNATURES                                                      
|Certification of PEO Pursuant to Section 302                    
|Certification of CFO Pursuant to Section 302                    
|Certification of PEO Pursuant to Section 906                    
|Certification of CFO Pursuant to Section 906                    



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|        |  | Caption                                                                                                                            |  | Page |   
|        |  |                                                                                                                                    |  |      |   
|        |  | PART I  Financial Information                                                                                                     |  |      |    | 
|Item 1. |  | Financial Statements                                                                                                               |  |      | 1  | 
|Item 2. |  | Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
    and Results of Operations                                          |  |      | 9  | 
|        |  | Cautionary Statements for Purposes of the Safe
    Harbor Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
    Reform Act of 1995 |  |      | 13 | 
|Item 3. |  | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk                                                                         |  |      | *  | 
|Item 4. |  | Controls and Procedures                                                                                                            |  |      | 13 | 
|        |  | PART II  Other Information                                                                                                        |  |      |    | 
|Item 1. |  | Legal Proceedings                                                                                                                  |  |      | 15 | 
|Item 2. |  | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds                                                                        |  |      | *  | 
|Item 3. |  | Defaults Upon Senior Securities                                                                                                    |  |      | *  | 
|Item 4. |  | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders                                                                                |  |      | *  | 
|Item 5. |  | Other Information                                                                                                                  |  |      | 15 | 
|Item 6. |  | Exhibits                                                                                                                           |  |      | 15 | 
|        |  | Signatures                                                                                                                         |  |      | 16 | 




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|* | We have not included a response to this item in this document
    since no response is required pursuant to the reduced disclosure
    format permitted by General Instruction H to Form 10-Q.



|     |  |                                 |  |  |  | 
|---- |  | ------------------------------- |  |  |  | 
|/d   |  | = per day                       |  |  |  | 
|BBtu |  | = billion British thermal units |  |  |  | 
|Bcf  |  | = Billion cubic feet            |  |  |  | 
|MMcf |  | = million cubic feet            |  |  |  | 





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PART I  FINANCIAL INFORMATION


Item 1. Financial Statements


ANR PIPELINE COMPANY







CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME


(In millions)


(Unaudited)


|                                       |                                          |               |     |             |               |   |     |      |  |   |      |     |  |   |     |     | 
|-------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- | ------------- | --- | ----------- | ------------- | - | --- | ---- |  | - | ---- | --- |  | - | --- | --- | 
|                                       |                                          |               |     | Nine Months |              
|                                       |                                          | Quarter Ended |     |             | Ended         |  
|                                       |                                          | September 30, |     |             | September 30, |  
|                                       |                                          |               |     |             |               |  
|                                       |                                          | 2005          |     |             | 2004          |   |     | 2005 |  |   | 2004 |    
|                                       |                                          |               |     |             |               |   |     |      |  |   |      |    
|Operating revenues                     |                                          | $             | 112 |             |               | $ | 101 |      |  | $ | 415  |     |  | $ | 342 |    
|                                       |                                          |               |     |             |               |   |     |      |  |   |      |    
|Operating expenses                     |                                          |               |     |             |               |   |     |      |  |   |      |     |  |   |     |    
|                                       | Operation and maintenance                |               |     | 64          |               |   |     | 58   |  |   |      | 186 |  |   |     | 173 | 
|                                       | Depreciation, depletion and amortization |               |     | 10          |               |   |     | 10   |  |   |      | 30  |  |   |     | 28  | 
|                                       | Taxes, other than income taxes           |               |     | 5           |               |   |     | 7    |  |   |      | 17  |  |   |     | 20  | 
|                                       |                                          |               |     |             |               |   |     |      |  |   |      |    
|                                       |                                          |               | 79  |             |               |   | 75  |      |  |   | 233  |     |  |   | 221 |    
|                                       |                                          |               |     |             |               |   |     |      |  |   |      |    
|Operating income                       |                                          |               | 33  |             |               |   | 26  |      |  |   | 182  |     |  |   | 121 |    
|Earnings from unconsolidated affiliate |                                          |               | 15  |             |               |   | 14  |      |  |   | 46   |     |  |   | 50  |    
|Other income, net                      |                                          |               |    |             |               |   | 4   |      |  |   | 2    |     |  |   | 4   |    
|Interest and debt expense              |                                          |               | (17 | )           |               |   | (17 | )    |  |   | (52  | )   |  |   | (52 | )  
|Affiliated interest income, net        |                                          |               | 6   |             |               |   | 6   |      |  |   | 14   |     |  |   | 10  |    
|                                       |                                          |               |     |             |               |   |     |      |  |   |      |    
|Income before income taxes             |                                          |               | 37  |             |               |   | 33  |      |  |   | 192  |     |  |   | 133 |    
|Income taxes                           |                                          |               | 14  |             |               |   | 12  |      |  |   | 71   |     |  |   | 49  |    
|                                       |                                          |               |     |             |               |   |     |      |  |   |      |    
|Net income                             |                                          | $             | 23  |             |               | $ | 21  |      |  | $ | 121  |     |  | $ | 84  |    
|                                       |                                          |               |     |             |               |   |     |      |  |   |      |    



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ANR PIPELINE COMPANY







CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS


(In millions, except share amounts)


(Unaudited)


|                                        |                                                                                           |                                                         |                                            |       |              |       |       |       |    |       | 
|--------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ | ----- | ------------ | ----- | ----- | ----- | -- | ----- | 
|                                        |                                                                                           | September 30,                                           |                                            |       | December 31, |      
|                                        |                                                                                           | 2005                                                    |                                            |       | 2004         |      
|                                        |                                                                                           |                                                         |                                            |       |              |      
|ASSETS                                 
|Current assets                          |                                                                                           |                                                         |                                            |       |              |       |       |      
|                                        | Cash and cash equivalents                                                                 |                                                         | $                                          |      |              |       | $     |      |   
|                                        | Accounts and notes receivable                                                             |                                                         |                                            |       |              |       |       |       |   
|                                        |                                                                                           | Customer, net of allowance of $2 in 2005 and $3 in 2004 |                                            |       | 87           |       |       |       | 63 |      
|                                        |                                                                                           | Affiliates                                              |                                            |       | 11           |       |       |       | 3  |      
|                                        |                                                                                           | Other                                                   |                                            |       | 2            |       |       |       | 2  |      
|                                        | Materials and supplies                                                                    |                                                         |                                            | 20    |              |       |       | 21    |   
|                                        | Deferred income taxes                                                                     |                                                         |                                            | 15    |              |       |       | 16    |   
|                                        | Other                                                                                     |                                                         |                                            | 7     |              |       |       | 8     |   
|                                        |                                                                                           |                                                         |                                            |       |              |      
|                                        |                                                                                           |                                                         | Total current assets                       |       |              | 142   |       |       |    | 113   | 
|                                        |                                                                                           |                                                         |                                            |       |              |      
|Property, plant and equipment, at cost  |                                                                                           |                                                         | 3,705                                      |       |              |       | 3,715 |      
|                                        | Less accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization                                 |                                                         |                                            | 2,138 |              |       |       | 2,149 |   
|                                        |                                                                                           |                                                         |                                            |       |              |      
|                                        |                                                                                           |                                                         | Total property, plant and equipment, net   |       |              | 1,567 |       |       |    | 1,566 | 
|                                        |                                                                                           |                                                         |                                            |       |              |      
|Other assets                            |                                                                                           |                                                         |                                            |       |              |       |       |      
|                                        | Note receivable from affiliate                                                            |                                                         |                                            | 538   |              |       |       | 467   |   
|                                        | Investment in unconsolidated affiliate                                                    |                                                         |                                            | 307   |              |       |       | 316   |   
|                                        | Other                                                                                     |                                                         |                                            | 12    |              |       |       | 10    |   
|                                        |                                                                                           |                                                         |                                            |       |              |      
|                                        |                                                                                           |                                                         | 857                                        |       |              |       | 793   |      
|                                        |                                                                                           |                                                         |                                            |       |              |      
|                                        |                                                                                           |                                                         | Total assets                               |       | $            | 2,566 |       |       | $  | 2,472 | 
|                                        |                                                                                           |                                                         |                                            |       |              |      
|LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY   
|Current liabilities                     |                                                                                           |                                                         |                                            |       |              |       |       |      
|                                        | Accounts payable                                                                          |                                                         |                                            |       |              |       |       |       |   
|                                        |                                                                                           | Trade                                                   |                                            | $     | 32           |       |       | $     | 38 |      
|                                        |                                                                                           | Affiliates                                              |                                            |       | 19           |       |       |       | 25 |      
|                                        |                                                                                           | Other                                                   |                                            |       | 16           |       |       |       | 22 |      
|                                        | Current maturities of long-term debt                                                      |                                                         |                                            |      |              |       |       | 75    |   
|                                        | Taxes payable                                                                             |                                                         |                                            | 98    |              |       |       | 52    |   
|                                        | Accrued interest                                                                          |                                                         |                                            | 15    |              |       |       | 17    |   
|                                        | Contractual deposits                                                                      |                                                         |                                            | 13    |              |       |       | 18    |   
|                                        | Other                                                                                     |                                                         |                                            | 42    |              |       |       | 25    |   
|                                        |                                                                                           |                                                         |                                            |       |              |      
|                                        |                                                                                           |                                                         | Total current liabilities                  |       |              | 235   |       |       |    | 272   | 
|                                        |                                                                                           |                                                         |                                            |       |              |      
|Long-term debt, less current maturities |                                                                                           |                                                         | 740                                        |       |              |       | 733   |      
|                                        |                                                                                           |                                                         |                                            |       |              |      
|Other liabilities                       |                                                                                           |                                                         |                                            |       |              |       |       |      
|                                        | Deferred income taxes                                                                     |                                                         |                                            | 368   |              |       |       | 353   |   
|                                        | Payable to affiliates                                                                     |                                                         |                                            | 176   |              |       |       | 180   |   
|                                        | Other                                                                                     |                                                         |                                            | 26    |              |       |       | 34    |   
|                                        |                                                                                           |                                                         |                                            |       |              |      
|                                        |                                                                                           |                                                         | 570                                        |       |              |       | 567   |      
|                                        |                                                                                           |                                                         |                                            |       |              |      
|Commitments and contingencies           |                                                                                           |                                                         |                                            |       |              |       |       |      
|Stockholders equity                    |                                                                                           |                                                         |                                            |       |              |       |       |      
|                                        | Common stock, par value $1 per share; 1,000 shares authorized,
    issued and outstanding |                                                         |                                            |      |              |       |       |      |   
|                                        | Additional paid-in capital                                                                |                                                         |                                            | 597   |              |       |       | 597   |   
|                                        | Retained earnings                                                                         |                                                         |                                            | 424   |              |       |       | 303   |   
|                                        |                                                                                           |                                                         |                                            |       |              |      
|                                        |                                                                                           |                                                         | Total stockholders equity                 |       |              | 1,021 |       |       |    | 900   | 
|                                        |                                                                                           |                                                         |                                            |       |              |      
|                                        |                                                                                           |                                                         | Total liabilities and stockholders equity |       | $            | 2,566 |       |       | $  | 2,472 | 
|                                        |                                                                                           |                                                         |                                            |       |              |      



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ANR PIPELINE COMPANY


CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS


(In millions)


(Unaudited)


|                                        |                                                                               |                                                                             |                                           |     |      |      |    |      |    |      |  
|--------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- | --- | ---- | ---- | -- | ---- | -- | ---- | -
|                                        |                                                                               | Nine Months Ended                                                           |                                          
|                                        |                                                                               | September 30,                                                               |                                          
|                                        |                                                                               |                                                                             |                                          
|                                        |                                                                               | 2005                                                                        |                                           |     | 2004 |     
|                                        |                                                                               |                                                                             |                                           |     |      |     
|Cash flows from operating activities    |                                                                               |                                                                             |                                           |     |      |      |    |     
|                                        | Net income                                                                    |                                                                             | $                                         | 121 |      |      | $  | 84   |   
|                                        | Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating
    activities |                                                                             |                                           |     |      |      |    |      |   
|                                        |                                                                               | Depreciation, depletion and amortization                                    |                                           |     | 30   |      |    |      | 28 |     
|                                        |                                                                               | Deferred income taxes                                                       |                                           |     | 18   |      |    |      | 24 |     
|                                        |                                                                               | Earnings from unconsolidated affiliate, adjusted for cash
    distributions |                                           |     | 9    |      |    |      | 6  |     
|                                        |                                                                               | Other non-cash income items                                                 |                                           |     | 2    |      |    |      | 1  |     
|                                        |                                                                               | Asset and liability changes                                                 |                                           |     | 24   |      |    |      | 36 |     
|                                        |                                                                               |                                                                             |                                           |     |      |     
|                                        |                                                                               |                                                                             | Net cash provided by operating activities |     |      | 204  |    |      |    | 179  |  
|                                        |                                                                               |                                                                             |                                           |     |      |     
|Cash flows from investing activities    |                                                                               |                                                                             |                                           |     |      |      |    |     
|                                        | Additions to property, plant and equipment                                    |                                                                             |                                           | (65 | )    |      |    | (81  | ) 
|                                        | Net change in affiliate advances                                              |                                                                             |                                           | (71 | )    |      |    | (110 | ) 
|                                        | Net proceeds from sale of assets                                              |                                                                             |                                           |    |      |      |    | 42   |   
|                                        | Other                                                                         |                                                                             |                                           |    |      |      |    | (13  | ) 
|                                        |                                                                               |                                                                             |                                           |     |      |     
|                                        |                                                                               |                                                                             | Net cash used in investing activities     |     |      | (136 | )  |      |    | (162 | )
|                                        |                                                                               |                                                                             |                                           |     |      |     
|Cash flows from financing activities    |                                                                               |                                                                             |                                           |     |      |      |    |     
|                                        | Payment to retire long-term debt                                              |                                                                             |                                           | (68 | )    |      |    |     |   
|                                        |                                                                               |                                                                             |                                           |     |      |     
|                                        |                                                                               |                                                                             | Net cash used in financing activities     |     |      | (68  | )  |      |    |     |  
|                                        |                                                                               |                                                                             |                                           |     |      |     
|Net change in cash and cash equivalents |                                                                               |                                                                             |                                          |     |      |      | 17 |     
|Cash and cash equivalents               |                                                                               |                                                                             |                                           |     |      |      |    |     
|                                        | Beginning of period                                                           |                                                                             |                                           |    |      |      |    | 25   |   
|                                        |                                                                               |                                                                             |                                           |     |      |     
|                                        | End of period                                                                 |                                                                             | $                                         |    |      |      | $  | 42   |   
|                                        |                                                                               |                                                                             |                                           |     |      |     



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ANR PIPELINE COMPANY







NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


(Unaudited)


1. Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting
Policies




| |                      
| | ---------------------
| | Basis of Presentation



New Accounting Pronouncements Issued But
Not Yet Adopted




Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations. Accounting for
Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations Accounting for Asset
Retirement Obligations


Accounting for Pipeline Integrity Costs.


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2. Debt and Credit Facilities


Debt






Credit Facilities




3. Commitments and Contingencies




| |                  
| | -----------------
| | Legal Proceedings

Grynberg. In re: Natural Gas Royalties Qui Tam
Litigation


Will Price (formerly Quinque). Will Price, et al. v. Gas
Pipelines and Their Predecessors, et al.




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Environmental Matters






|                                    |  |   |    |  
|----------------------------------- |  | - | -- | -
|Balance at January 1, 2005.         |  | $ | 27 |  
|Payments for remediation activities |  |   | (3 | )
|                                    |  |   |   
|Balance at September 30, 2005       |  | $ | 24 |  
|                                    |  |   |   



CERCLA Matters.




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4. Investment in Unconsolidated Affiliate and
Transactions with Affiliates




| |                                       
| | --------------------------------------
| | Investment in Unconsolidated Affiliate



|                        |                                                          |               |   |             |               |  |   |      |  |  |      |    |  |  |   |    | 
|----------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | ------------- | - | ----------- | ------------- |  | - | ---- |  |  | ---- | -- |  |  | - | -- | 
|                        |                                                          |               |   | Nine Months |              
|                        |                                                          | Quarter Ended |   |             | Ended         | 
|                        |                                                          | September 30, |   |             | September 30, | 
|                        |                                                          |               |   |             |               | 
|                        |                                                          | 2005          |   |             | 2004          |  |   | 2005 |  |  | 2004 |   
|                        |                                                          |               |   |             |               |  |   |      |  |  |      |   
|                        |                                                          | (In millions) |  
|Operating results data: |                                                          |               |   |             |               |  |   |      |  |  |      |    |  |  |   |   
|                        | Operating revenues                                       |               | $ | 32          |               |  | $ | 31   |  |  | $    | 98 |  |  | $ | 99 | 
|                        | Operating expenses                                       |               |   | 15          |               |  |   | 15   |  |  |      | 43 |  |  |   | 41 | 
|                        | Income from continuing operations and net income
    (1) |               |   | 9           |               |  |   | 9    |  |  |      | 30 |  |  |   | 33 | 






|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|--- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|(1) | Our proportionate share of Great Lakes net income includes
    our share of taxes recorded by Great Lakes. Our earnings from
    unconsolidated affiliate recognized in our income statements are
    presented before these taxes.





| |                             
| | ----------------------------
| | Transactions with Affiliates

Cash Management Program.


Taxes.


Other.




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Other Affiliated Balances.


|                     |  |               |   |  |              |   |   | 
|-------------------- |  | ------------- | - |  | ------------ | - | - | 
|                     |  | September 30, |   |  | December 31, |  
|                     |  | 2005          |   |  | 2004         |  
|                     |  |               |   |  |              |  
|                     |  | (In millions) |  
|Contractual deposits |  | $             | 1 |  |              | $ | 3 | 

Affiliate Revenues and Expenses.


|                                                           |  |               |    |             |               |   |    |      |  |   |      |  |  |   |    | 
|---------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------- | -- | ----------- | ------------- | - | -- | ---- |  | - | ---- |  |  | - | -- | 
|                                                           |  |               |    | Nine Months |              
|                                                           |  | Quarter Ended |    |             | Ended         |  
|                                                           |  | September 30, |    |             | September 30, |  
|                                                           |  |               |    |             |               |  
|                                                           |  | 2005          |    |             | 2004          |   |    | 2005 |  |   | 2004 | 
|                                                           |  |               |    |             |               |   |    |      |  |   |      | 
|                                                           |  | (In millions) |   
|Revenues from affiliates                                   |  | $             | 1  |             |               | $ | 2  |      |  | $ | 3    |  |  | $ | 8  | 
|Operations and maintenance expenses from affiliates        |  |               | 30 |             |               |   | 30 |      |  |   | 87   |  |  |   | 85 | 
|Reimbursements of operating expenses charged to affiliates |  |               | 1  |             |               |   | 1  |      |  |   | 3    |  |  |   | 3  | 

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|        |                                                                                          
|------- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Item 2. | Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial
    Condition and Results of Operations






Results of Operations




|                                       |                  |                                      |       |             |               |   |       |      |  |   |       |     |  |   |       |     | 
|-------------------------------------- | ---------------- | ------------------------------------ | ----- | ----------- | ------------- | - | ----- | ---- |  | - | ----- | --- |  | - | ----- | --- | 
|                                       |                  |                                      |       | Nine Months |              
|                                       |                  | Quarter Ended                        |       |             | Ended         |  
|                                       |                  | September 30,                        |       |             | September 30, |  
|                                       |                  |                                      |       |             |               |  
|                                       |                  | 2005                                 |       |             | 2004          |   |       | 2005 |  |   | 2004  |    
|                                       |                  |                                      |       |             |               |   |       |      |  |   |       |    
|                                       |                  | (In millions, except volume amounts) |      
|Operating revenues                     |                  | $                                    | 112   |             |               | $ | 101   |      |  | $ | 415   |     |  | $ | 342   |    
|Operating expenses                     |                  |                                      | (79   | )           |               |   | (75   | )    |  |   | (233  | )   |  |   | (221  | )  
|                                       |                  |                                      |       |             |               |   |       |      |  |   |       |    
|                                       | Operating income |                                      |       | 33          |               |   |       | 26   |  |   |       | 182 |  |   |       | 121 | 
|                                       |                  |                                      |       |             |               |   |       |      |  |   |       |    
|Earnings from unconsolidated affiliate |                  |                                      | 15    |             |               |   | 14    |      |  |   | 46    |     |  |   | 50    |    
|Other income, net                      |                  |                                      |      |             |               |   | 4     |      |  |   | 2     |     |  |   | 4     |    
|                                       |                  |                                      |       |             |               |   |       |      |  |   |       |    
|Other                                  |                  |                                      | 15    |             |               |   | 18    |      |  |   | 48    |     |  |   | 54    |    
|                                       |                  |                                      |       |             |               |   |       |      |  |   |       |    
|                                       | EBIT             |                                      |       | 48          |               |   |       | 44   |  |   |       | 230 |  |   |       | 175 | 
|Interest and debt expense              |                  |                                      | (17   | )           |               |   | (17   | )    |  |   | (52   | )   |  |   | (52   | )  
|Affiliated interest income, net        |                  |                                      | 6     |             |               |   | 6     |      |  |   | 14    |     |  |   | 10    |    
|Income taxes                           |                  |                                      | (14   | )           |               |   | (12   | )    |  |   | (71   | )   |  |   | (49   | )  
|                                       |                  |                                      |       |             |               |   |       |      |  |   |       |    
|                                       | Net income       |                                      | $     | 23          |               |   | $     | 21   |  |   | $     | 121 |  |   | $     | 84  | 
|                                       |                  |                                      |       |             |               |   |       |      |  |   |       |    
|Throughput volumes
    (BBtu/d)(1)     |                  |                                      | 4,814 |             |               |   | 4,656 |      |  |   | 5,265 |     |  |   | 5,220 |    
|                                       |                  |                                      |       |             |               |   |       |      |  |   |       |    






|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|--- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|(1) | Throughput volumes include billable transportation throughput
    volumes for storage withdrawal and volumes associated with our
    proportionate share of our 50 percent equity investment in
    Great Lakes L.P.

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|                                                                         |                      |                         |   |      |                   |   |    |       |      |   |        |    |   |         |    |   |         |   |    |       |  |   |        |     |   |   |    |    |   |   |     |    | 
|------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------- | ----------------------- | - | ---- | ----------------- | - | -- | ----- | ---- | - | ------ | -- | - | ------- | -- | - | ------- | - | -- | ----- |  | - | ------ | --- | - | - | -- | -- | - | - | --- | -- | 
|                                                                         |                      | Quarter Ended           |   |      | Nine Months Ended |  
|                                                                         |                      | September 30,           |   |      | September 30,     |  
|                                                                         |                      |                         |   |      |                   |  
|                                                                         |                      |                         |   | EBIT |                   |   |    |       | EBIT |  
|                                                                         |                      | Revenue                 |   |      | Expense           |   |    | Other |      |   | Impact |    |   | Revenue |    |   | Expense |   |    | Other |  |   | Impact |    
|                                                                         |                      |                         |   |      |                   |   |    |       |      |   |        |    |   |         |    |   |         |   |    |       |  |   |        |    
|                                                                         |                      | Favorable/(Unfavorable) |  
|                                                                         |                      | (In millions)           |  
|Contract restructuring/settlements                                       |                      | $                       |  |      |                   | $ |   |       |      | $ |       |    |   | $       |   |   |         | $ | 43 |       |  | $ |       |     |   | $ | 1  |    |   | $ | 44  |   
|Gas not used in operations and other natural gas sales                   |                      |                         | 8 |      |                   |   |   |       |      |   |       |    |   |         | 8  |   |         |   | 25 |       |  |   | (6     | )   |   |   |   |    |   |   | 19  |   
|Higher benefits and allocation of overhead and shared services
    costs |                      |                         |  |      |                   |   | (1 | )     |      |   |       |    |   |         | (1 | ) |         |   |   |       |  |   | (10    | )   |   |   |   |    |   |   | (10 | ) 
|Earnings from our equity investment in Great Lakes L.P.                  |                      |                         |  |      |                   |   |   |       |      |   |       |    |   |         |   |   |         |   |   |       |  |   |       |     |   |   | (4 | )  |   |   | (4  | ) 
|Other(1)                                                                 |                      |                         | 3 |      |                   |   | (3 | )     |      |   | (3     | )  |   |         | (3 | ) |         |   | 5  |       |  |   | 4      |     |   |   | (3 | )  |   |   | 6   |   
|                                                                         |                      |                         |   |      |                   |   |    |       |      |   |        |    |   |         |    |   |         |   |    |       |  |   |        |    
|                                                                         | Total impact on EBIT |                         | $ | 11   |                   |   | $  | (4    | )    |   | $      | (3 | ) |         | $  | 4 |         |   | $  | 73    |  |   | $      | (12 | ) |   | $  | (6 | ) |   | $   | 55 | 
|                                                                         |                      |                         |   |      |                   |   |    |       |      |   |        |    |   |         |    |   |         |   |    |       |  |   |        |    






|    |                                              
|--- | ---------------------------------------------
|(1) | Consists of individually insignificant items.



Contract Restructuring/Settlements.


Gas Not Used in Operations and Other Natural Gas Sales.




Allocated Costs.


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Expansions.




Accounting for Pipeline Integrity Costs.


Other.


Affiliated Interest Income, Net




| |                                                  
| | -------------------------------------------------
| | Third Quarter 2005 Compared to Third Quarter 2004





| |                                                          
| | ---------------------------------------------------------
| | Nine Months Ended 2005 Compared to Nine Months Ended 2004



Income Taxes


|                   |  |                                |    |             |               |   |    |      |  |   |      |   |  |   |    |  
|------------------ |  | ------------------------------ | -- | ----------- | ------------- | - | -- | ---- |  | - | ---- | - |  | - | -- | -
|                   |  |                                |    | Nine Months |              
|                   |  | Quarter Ended                  |    |             | Ended         |  
|                   |  | September 30,                  |    |             | September 30, |  
|                   |  |                                |    |             |               |  
|                   |  | 2005                           |    |             | 2004          |   |    | 2005 |  |   | 2004 |  
|                   |  |                                |    |             |               |   |    |      |  |   |      |  
|                   |  | (In millions except for rates) |   
|Income taxes       |  | $                              | 14 |             |               | $ | 12 |      |  | $ | 71   |   |  | $ | 49 |  
|Effective tax rate |  |                                | 38 | %           |               |   | 36 | %    |  |   | 37   | % |  |   | 37 | %



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Liquidity




Capital Expenditures






Commitments and Contingencies




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CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS FOR PURPOSES OF THE SAFE
HARBOR PROVISIONS OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION
REFORM ACT OF 1995








|        |                                                           
|------- | ----------------------------------------------------------
|Item 3. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk





|        |                        
|------- | -----------------------
|Item 4. | Controls and Procedures

Material Weakness Previously Disclosed




Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures




Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting






| |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
| | - | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| |  | Implemented automated and manual controls for our primary
    financial system to monitor unauthorized password changes;                                                                                                                                  
|
| |  | Performed an in-depth analysis of our primary financial
    accounting system to examine existing functional access to
    identify any potentially incompatible duties and developed an
    enhanced segregation of duties matrix based on this analysis;
|
| |  | Modified our primary financial accounting system to eliminate or
    modify potentially conflicting functionality;                                                                                                                                        

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| |   |                                                                                                                                                                                           
| | - | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| |  | Implemented a process to evaluate all new user access requests
    against segregation of duties matrices to ensure no new
    conflicts are created for our applications described above;
|
| |  | Separated security administration rights from system update
    capabilities for our applications described above; and                                                                    
|
| |  | Implemented monitoring procedures to monitor activities of
    security administration roles for our applications described
    above.                                                    





| |   |                                                                                         
| | - | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| |  | Conducted training on company-wide accounting policies;                                 
|
| |  | Improved our procedures for managing information systems
    changes; and               
|
| |  | Enhanced the automated controls over the preparation and posting
    of journal entries.



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PART II  OTHER INFORMATION


Item 1. Legal Proceedings




Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and
Use of Proceeds




Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities




Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security
Holders




Item 5. Other Information




Item 6. Exhibits




|        |      |    |             |                                                                                                            
|------- | ---- | -- | ----------- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Exhibit |      |    |            
|Number  |      |    | Description
|        |      |    |            
|        | *31  | .A |             | Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to
    Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|        | *31  | .B |             | Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to
    Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.    
|        | **32 | .A |             | Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to
    Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|        | **32 | .B |             | Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to
    Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.    





| |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
| | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| | We hereby undertake, pursuant to Regulation S-K,
    Item 601(b), paragraph (4)(iii), to furnish to the
    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, all
    constituent instruments defining the rights of holders of our
    long-term debt not filed herewith for the reason that the total
    amount of securities authorized under any of such instruments
    does not exceed 10 percent of our total consolidated assets.

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SIGNATURES






| |                     
| | --------------------
| | ANR PIPELINE COMPANY



| |  |                       
| |  | ----------------------
| |  | /s/ STEPHEN C. BEASLEY

| |                                    
| | -----------------------------------
| |                                    
| | Stephen C. Beasley                 
| | Chairman of the Board and President
| | (Principal Executive Officer)      



| |  |                   
| |  | ------------------
| |  | /s/ GREG G. GRUBER

| |                                             
| | --------------------------------------------
| |                                             
| | Greg G. Gruber                              
| | Senior Vice President,                      
| | Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer       
| | (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

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ANR PIPELINE COMPANY


EXHIBIT INDEX




|        |      |    |             |                                                                                                            
|------- | ---- | -- | ----------- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Exhibit |      |    |            
|Number  |      |    | Description
|        |      |    |            
|        | *31  | .A |             | Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to
    Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|        | *31  | .B |             | Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to
    Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.    
|        | **32 | .A |             | Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to
    Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|        | **32 | .B |             | Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to
    Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.