LNG

March 4 (LNGJ) - Kinder Morgan Energy Partners increased its stake to 100 percent in El Paso Natural Gas Pipeline and midstream assets. The assets include the Camino Real gathering system in the LNG feed-gas area of the Eagle Ford shale in South Texas. The Kinder transaction cost $1.65 billion. EPNG is a 10,200-mile pipeline system serving Western states, Texas and the southwest and northern Mexico.