EXHIBIT 23.A


                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-4 of El Paso Energy Partners, L.P. (the "Partnership"), of:
(A) our report dated February 28, 2002 (except for Note 18, as to which the date
is June 28, 2002) relating to the consolidated financial statements of the
Partnership and subsidiaries, which appears in the Partnership's Current Report
on Form 8-K/A dated January 2, 2003; (B) our report dated February 28, 2002
relating to the financial statements of Poseidon Oil Pipeline Company, L.L.C.,
which appears in the Partnership's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2001; (C)(i) our report dated April 18, 2002 relating to the
consolidated balance sheet of El Paso Energy Partners Company, (ii) our report
dated April 15, 2002 relating to the balance sheets of El Paso Energy Partners
Finance Corporation, (iii) our report dated April 18, 2002 relating to the
combined financial statements of EPGT Texas Pipeline, L.P., El Paso Gas Storage
Company and El Paso Hub Services Company, and (iv) our report dated April 18,
2002 relating to the combined financial statements of EPGT Texas Pipeline, L.P.,
El Paso Gas Storage Company, El Paso Hub Services Company and the El Paso Field
Services' Gathering and Processing Businesses, each of which appears in the
Partnership's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 22, 2002; and (D) our
report dated August 10, 2002 relating to the combined financial statements of El
Paso Field Services' San Juan Gathering and Processing Businesses, Typhoon Gas
Pipeline, Typhoon Oil Pipeline and Coastal Liquids Partners' NGL Business, which
appears in the Partnership's Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 12, 2002.
We also consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such
Registration Statement.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP


Houston, Texas
February 27, 2003