Not sure about Kinder Morgan.
Kinder Morgan is one of the largest US pipeline companies for oil/gas in the US. They have been pretty stable in this market.
I suspect they see this as a way to capture some of the business being forced on the US with regulations and NIMBYs.
Correction, not just one of the largest, they are the largest.
They own an interest in or operate approximately 75,000 miles of pipelines and 180 terminals.
http://www.kindermorgan.com/about_us/about_us_corp_profile.cfm