Kinder Morgan Inc. is one of the largest natural gas transmission and storage companies in North America. After going private in May 2007, it went public again in February 2011 via a $3.3 billion initial public offering. Following a late 2014 consolidation of its former operating entities, Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P., Kinder Morgan Management, and El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P., the newly consolidated company no longer has a master limited partnership structure, under which the former limited partners paid incentive distribution rights (IDRs) to KMI as their general partner. Through its various operating businesses, KMI operates a diverse set of assets, including 82,000 miles of pipelines and 180 terminals. Its pipelines transport natural gas, refined petroleum products, crude oil, carbon dioxide, and other products, and its terminals store products such as petroleum, chemicals, ethanol, coal, coke, and steel. In addition, the company is a leading provider of carbon dioxide, which is used for enhanced oil recovery projects in North America. KMI also owns a 20% equity interest in NGPL Pipe Co. LLC, a major interstate natural gas pipeline and storage system. Kinder Morgan is also a component of the S&P 500 and has approximately 10,900 employees.

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Enterprise Products is a North American provider of midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, NGLs, crude oil, refined products, and petrochemicals. The partnership's assets include over 50,000 miles of natural gas, NGL, refined product, and petrochemical pipelines; 260 million barrels of storage capacity for NGLs, refined products, and crude oil; and 14 billion cubic feet of natural gas storage capacity. The company completed its IPO in July 1998.

Kinder Morgan is one of the largest midstream energy firms in North America, with an interest in or an operator on about 82,000 miles in pipelines and 139 storage terminals. The company is active in the transportation, storage, and processing of natural gas, crude oil, refined products, natural gas liquids, and carbon dioxide. The majority of Kinder Morgan's cash flows stem from fee-based contracts for handling, moving, and storing fossil fuel products.