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.
金德摩根(Kinder Morgan)首席执行官里奇•金德(Rich Kinder)昨日表示，440亿美元的整合计划将令这家美国管道公司变成北美第三大能源公司，并将在美国繁荣的油气行业成为并购引擎。
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”.
金德表示，该交易将降低公司的资金成本，令其“在未来几年……在一个非常有利的整合背景下”成为“一个积极的收购者”。

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.
美国页岩热潮大大提高了对于将油气供应带向市场的基础设施的需求，有利于那些拥有并经营管道及其他设施的“中游”企业。
Kinder Morgan said that more than $640bn of investment in energy infrastructure would be needed by 2035.
金德摩根表示，到2035年，能源基础设施领域将需要逾6400亿美元的投资。
The company, which is already the largest midstream player in North America with 80,000 miles of oil and gas pipelines, plans to bring all its publicly traded units under one roof. It will acquire Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, Kinder Morgan Management and El Paso Pipeline Partners in a $71bn deal, comprised of $40bn in Kinder Morgan Inc shares, $4bn in cash and $27bn in assumed debt.
该公司已是北美最大中游企业，拥有8万英里的油气管道。金德摩根计划将其所有公开上市交易公司合并为一家公司。金德摩根将收购金德摩根能源合伙公司(Kinder Morgan Energy Partners)、金德摩根管理公司(Kinder Morgan Management)和埃尔帕索管道合伙公司(El Paso Pipeline Partners)，交易金额为710亿美元，包括400亿美元的金德摩根股票、40亿美元现金以及270亿美元已承担债务。
The transactions will allow it to transform itself into a traditional company with an estimated enterprise value of about $140bn, making it the third- largest US energy company.
交易将令金德摩根转变为一家传统公司，据估计，企业价值约为1400亿美元，成为美国第三大能源公司。
Shares in Kinder Morgan Inc traded up 11 per cent at $40.01 in New York yesterday lunchtime, while Kinder Morgan Energy Partners was up 18 per cent at $94.87, Kinder Morgan Management rose 25 per cent to $96.46 and El Paso Pipeline Partners was up 22 per cent at $41.14.
金德摩根在纽约上市的股票昨日中午时分上涨11%，至40.01美元，金德摩根能源合伙公司股价上涨18%，至94.87美元，金德摩根管理公司股价上涨25%，至96.46美元，埃尔帕索管道合伙公司股价上涨22%，至41.14美元。