Kinder Morgan approved $4.7 billion as its share of two pipeline projects designed to provide a combined 5.4 billion cubic feet per day of gas transportation capacity, with service targeted for 2030. The investments support growing power demand and create multiyear opportunities for infrastructure suppliers, subject to permitting and construction milestones.
Kinder Morgan is advancing a $10.1 billion project backlog to expand U.S. natural gas transportation, processing and storage capacity. Major opportunities are emerging across Texas, the Haynesville and the Gulf Coast as LNG, power generation and data centers drive higher gas demand.
Geopolitical disruptions, including damage to Qatar’s LNG facilities and risks around the Strait of Hormuz, are driving global buyers to favor the United States as a more reliable LNG supplier. At the same time, rapidly increasing demand—fueled by LNG exports and power generation growth—is accelerating the need for U.S. natural gas and supporting long-term infrastructure expansion.
Kinder Morgan (KMI) said Friday it received approval from the U.S. Department of Energy to increase exports from the Elba Island LNG export plant in Georgia to as much as an additional 28.25 Bcf/year to non-free trade agreement countries.
Kinder Morgan made it clear that U.S. drilling activity is no longer the primary driver of midstream growth, with volumes increasingly shaped by LNG feed gas demand, power generation, and infrastructure utilization rather than rising rig counts. Across major plays — including the Permian, Haynesville, Eagle Ford, Bakken, and Northeast — the company views supply as durable and responsive to demand pull, allowing earnings growth even if drilling activity remains flat.
Trident Intrastate Pipeline is a 216-mile-long pipeline that will originate near Katy, Texas, and stretch across several counties, including Grimes, San Jacinto, Liberty, Hardin, and Jefferson. The pipeline will feature both 48-inch and 42-inch mainline sections and is designed to transport up to 2.8 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day (Bcf/d) to key delivery points across Texas.
In a significant step toward expanding its renewable natural gas (RNG) footprint, Kinder Morgan has secured approval from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for the ownership transfer of the Hartland Landfill RNG project. This acquisition aligns with Kinder Morgan’s strategic commitment to energy transition and emissions reduction by utilizing RNG as a sustainable alternative to traditional natural gas.
The favorable economics and low nitrogen content of natural gas produced in the Eagle Ford Shale will drive strong production growth in the basin out to 2030 to meet rising demand from LNG terminals, Sital Mody, Kinder Morgan’s natural gas president, told investors Jan. 24.
Natural gas takeaway capacity from the US Gulf Coast region’s prolific Permian Basin increased by 550 MMcf/d with the in-service of an expansion of Kinder Morgan’s Permian Highway Pipeline.
Kinder Morgan Inc. has signed a definitive deal to purchase NextEra Energy Partners LP’s natural gas pipeline system in South Texas for $1.82 billion.
