EL PASO CORP: Accrues $45MM at Dec. 31 for Outstanding Lawsuits
El Paso Corporation, as of Dec. 31, 2010, had about US$45 million accrued for all of its outstanding distributed methyl tertiary- butyl ether (MTBE) legal proceedings.
Certain of the Company’s subsidiaries used, produced, sold or distributed MTBE as a gasoline additive.…