A&O Shearman Advises on Kinder Morgan’s USD1.25 Billion Notes Offering

The net proceeds from the offering are being used for general corporate purposes, including repayment of commercial paper borrowings and refinancing upcoming debt maturities.

Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI) is one of the largest energy infrastructure companies in North America. KMI owns an interest in or operates approximately 82,000 miles of pipelines, 140 terminals, 700 billion Bcf of working natural gas storage capacity and 5.4 Bcf per year of renewable natural gas generation capacity. KMI's pipelines transport natural gas, refined petroleum products, crude oil, condensate, carbon dioxide, renewable fuels and other products, and its terminals store and handle various commodities including gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, chemicals, metals, petroleum coke, and ethanol and other renewable fuels and feedstocks.

The A&O Shearman team included partners Taylor Landry and Bill Nelson (both Houston-Capital Markets); associates Ekaterina Bogdanov (Toronto-Capital Markets), Cristina Palma (New York-Capital Markets) and Daniel Kim (Houston-Capital Markets). Other A&O Shearman lawyers involved in the transaction were partners Larry Crouch (New York-Tax), Jennifer Morton (New York-Financial Institutions Advisory & Financial Regulatory), George (Chip) Cannon (Washington DC-Environmental and Regulatory) and Jason Pratt (New York-Environmental); counsel Porter Wiseman (Washington DC-Environmental and Regulatory); and associates Taylor Pugliese (New York-Financial Institutions Advisory & Financial Regulatory) and Andrew Meiser (New York-Tax).