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Kinder Morgan

Leading distributor of natural gas.

Headquarters:
500 Dallas Street, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77002
Employees: 6,000
CEO: Richard Kinder
Stock Symbols: KMP and KMR

Website: http://www.kindermorgan.com

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Kinder Morgan is one of the largest pipeline transporters and terminal operators in North America. The Kinder Morgan companies own an interest in or operate approximately 37,000 miles of pipelines that transport primarily natural gas, crude oil, petroleum products and CO2, and more than 155 terminals that store, transfer and handle products like gasoline and coal. The Kinder Morgan companies include Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: KMP), Kinder Morgan Management, LLC (NYSE: KMR) and Knight Inc. (formerly known as Kinder Morgan, Inc.), a private company.

Kinder Morgan is one of Fortune magazine's Most Admired Companies. In 2007, Kinder Morgan ranked #1 in the "Pipeline Category." Among all industries in Fortune's list, Kinder Morgan ranked #1 in the "Use of Corporate Assets" and #2 in the "Quality of Management" categories.

Most of Kinder Morgan's assets reside at Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (NYSE: KMP), which is one of the largest publicly traded pipeline limited partnerships in America with an enterprise value of approximately $20 billion. KMP operates predominantly fee-based businesses and is the largest independent transporter of refined petroleum products in the United States, a major transporter and storage operator of natural gas, the largest transporter and marketer of CO2 for enhanced oil recovery projects in North America, the largest independent terminal operator in America and a significant transporter of crude oil and petroleum products from Alberta to British Columbia, Washington state and the midwestern United States.

The general partner of KMP is owned by Knight Inc. Mr. Kinder owns approximately 31 percent of Knight. In total, Knight is owned by a management buyout group led by Mr. Kinder and affiliates of Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, American International Group, Inc., and the Carlyle Group and Riverstone Holdings LLC.

Updated February 8, 2008