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|                               Exhibit      12                             |   |
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| EL      PASO PIPELINE PARTNERS, L.P.                                                               |   |
| COMPUTATION      OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES                                             |   |
| (IN      MILLIONS, EXCEPT FOR RATIO)                                                               |   |
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|                                                                                               |   | For      The Nine Months      Ended September      30, |   |
|                                                                                               |   | 2009 |   |   |   | 2008 |   |
| Earnings                                                                                           |   |   |   |   |
|     Net      Income                                                            |   | $ | 193.6 |   |   |   | $ | 162.6 |   |
|     Income      from equity investees                                          |   |   | (37.0 | )  |   |   |   | (20.0 | )  |
|        Net income      before income from equity investees |   |   | 156.6 |   |   |   |   | 142.6 |   |
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|     Fixed      charges                                                         |   |   | 56.3 |   |   |   |   | 44.3 |   |
|     Distributed      income of equity investees                                |   |   | 33.1 |   |   |   |   | 15.9 |   |
|     Allowance for      funds used during construction                          |   |   | (1.4 | )  |   |   |   | (2.0 | )  |
|        Total earnings      available for fixed charges          |   | $ | 244.6 |   |   |   | $ | 200.8 |   |
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| Fixed      charges                                                                                 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|     Interest and      debt expense                                             |   | $  | 55.9 |   |   |   | $ | 44.2 |   |
|     Interest      component of rent                                            |   |   |  0.4 |   |   |   |   |  0.1 |   |
|        Total fixed      charges                                 |   | $  |  56.3 |   |   |   | $  |  44.3 |   |
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| Ratio      of earnings to fixed charges                                                            |   |   | 4.3 |   |   |   |   | 4.5 |   |
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| For purposes      of computing these ratios, earnings means net income    before: |
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