Jan 30 (LNGJ) - Kinder Morgan, the US company of Houston billionaire Richard Kinder, agreed to acquire Copano Energy in a $5bn takeover that will expand its natural gas processing presence in some of the most prolific US shale gas plays. The Kinder company, which has just teamed up with Royal Dutch Shell for an LNG export project in Georgia, will gain gas gathering, processing, fractionation and transportation operations primarily in Texas, Oklahoma and Wyoming.
LNG player Kinder in shale buy
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Wednesday, 30 January 2013
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