Exhibit 99.1

NORTHERN BORDER PARTNERS, L.P. RETAINS KPMG LLP AS AUDITOR

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2002

OMAHA - Northern Border Partners, L.P. (NYSE:  NBP)
announced that it has retained the services of KPMG LLP as
its independent auditor.  The change is the result of the
resignation of Arthur Andersen LLP effective February 5,
2002.   The Partnership believes that it will meet the
filing deadline for its 2001 Annual Report on Form 10-K with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.

     The Partnership states, and Andersen concurs, that
there have been no disagreements with Andersen on any
matters of accounting principles or practices, financial
statement disclosures, or auditing scope or procedures.
Andersen has advised that it has not withdrawn any of its
opinions expressed in their auditor's report for any periods
for which they conducted audits of the Partnership.
Andersen indicated that its resignation was due to concerns
about its ability, under professional standards regarding
independence, to continue to act as auditor for Northern
Border Partners in light of recent events involving Enron
Corp.  Northern Plains Natural Gas Company and Pan Border
Gas Company, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Enron Corp., are
general partners in the Partnership.  Neither general
partner has been included in Enron Corp.'s bankruptcy
proceedings.

     "It is important to note that Andersen's resignation is
not due to any concerns or disputes over our accounting
practices.  I also want to emphasize that Moody's recent
announcement of its plans to review our credit ratings is
unrelated to Andersen's action," said Bill Cordes, chairman
and chief executive officer of Northern Border Partners.
"Further, our financial strategy remains conservative and is
supportive of our objective to provide distributions to
investors that are secure for the long term."

     A Form 8-K Current Report covering the resignation of
Andersen will be filed by the Partnership with the
Securities and Exchange Commission later today.

Northern Border Partners, L.P. owns a 70 percent general
partner interest in Northern Border Pipeline Company, which
owns a 1,249-mile interstate pipeline system that transports
natural gas from the Montana-Saskatchewan border to markets
in the Midwestern United States.  Additionally, the
Partnership owns the 350-mile long Midwestern Gas
Transmission system, which stretches from Portland,
Tennessee to Joliet, Illinois.  The Partnership also has
gathering systems and processing plants in the Powder River,
Wind River, and Williston Basins in the U. S.; owns and
operates processing plants and gathering pipelines in
Alberta, Canada; and transports coal-water slurry via a
pipeline in the southwestern U. S.  Northern Border Partners
information may be found at http://www.northernborderpartners.com/.

This press release includes forward-looking statements
within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of
1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Although Northern Border Partners, L.P. believes that its
expectations are based on reasonable assumptions, it can
give no assurance that such expectations will be achieved.
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those in the forward-looking statements
include natural gas developments in the Powder River, Wind
River, Williston and Western Sedimentary Basins; regulatory
actions; competitive conditions in the overall natural gas
and electricity markets; developments in the voluntary
petition for bankruptcy by Enron Corp.; prices of natural
gas and natural gas liquids and conditions in the capital
markets.