The $44bn consolidation of Kinder Morgan, will turn the US pipeline company into North America’s third-largest energy company and create an engine for acquisitions in the booming US oil and gas sector, its chief executive said yesterday.
Rich Kinder said the deal would reduce Kinder Morgan’s cost of capital, allowing it to become “an active acquirer in a . . . very fertile ground for consolidation . . . over the next few years”.
The US shale boom has vastly increased demand for infrastructure to bring new oil and gas supplies to market, benefiting “midstream” companies that own and operate pipelines and other facilities.
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