Kinder Morgan Closes Previously Announced Acquisition of 15 Terminals and Infrastructure from BP Products North America
Terminals are Key Distribution Facilities for Major Refined Products
Consuming Markets
Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI) today closed the previously announced
plan to acquire 15 refined products terminals from BP Products North
America Inc. in a transaction valued at approximately $350 million. The
terminals are key distribution facilities for major refined products
consuming markets and have approximately 9.5 million barrels of storage
and associated infrastructure in the United States. Kinder Morgan and BP
Products North America have also formed a joint venture limited
liability company (JV) terminal business to own 14 of the acquired
assets, which Kinder Morgan will operate and market on the JV’s behalf.
The fifteenth terminal will be owned and operated solely by KMI. In
connection with the transaction, BP has entered into commercial
agreements securing long-term storage and throughput capacity from the
JV, which will market additional capacity to third-party customers.
Kinder Morgan owns a 75 percent interest in the JV, with BP owning the
balance. This investment is included in Kinder Morgan’s 2016 capital
plan as discussed in its Jan. 27 investor conference.
“We are pleased to close the transaction we announced last October and
partner with BP on this exciting joint venture,” said John Schlosser,
president of Kinder Morgan Terminals. “By combining BP’s expertise in
product trading and marketing with Kinder Morgan’s strength in
operations and terminal development, the JV is well suited to take
advantage of growth opportunities in high-demand refined petroleum
products markets.
“The new venture benefits BP, Kinder Morgan and our third-party
customers, principally because the terminals are key distribution
facilities for refined products markets, connected by pipeline to key
refining and processing centers across the United States, and offer
extensive truck, vessel and barge access, and terminal service
capabilities.”
The terminals are located in the Midwest, Northeast, Southeast and on
the West Coast at: Rochelle, O’Hare (100 percent Kinder Morgan), Chicago
and Wood River in Illinois; Dayton and Cincinnati, Ohio; Brooklyn, New
York; Carteret, New Jersey; Curtis Bay, Maryland; Port Everglades,
Florida; Atlanta and Doraville, Georgia; Indianapolis, Indiana; Spring
Valley, Minnesota; and Richmond, California.
The transaction includes approximately 160 former BP employees.
Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI) is the largest energy infrastructure
company in North America. It owns an interest in or operates
approximately 84,000 miles of pipelines and approximately 180 terminals.
The company’s pipelines transport natural gas, gasoline, crude oil, CO2
and other products, and its terminals store petroleum products and
chemicals, and handle bulk materials like coal and petroleum coke. For
more information please visit www.kindermorgan.com.
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