休斯顿能源巨头Kinder Morgan批准47亿美元投资两条天然气管道
总部位于德克萨斯州哈里斯县休斯顿的管道运营商 Kinder Morgan 周三宣布，已批准共计 47 亿美元的出资，用于两个大型天然气管道合资项目，以应对电厂、数据中心与液化天然气出口商不断增长的需求。据路透社报道，公司股价在盘后交易中上涨 2.7%。
具体投向为：约 31 亿美元投入南方天然气公司（Southern Natural Gas）的“Southeast Connector”项目，约 16 亿美元投入美国天然气管道公司（NGPL）的“Permian Link”项目。Southeast Connector 将铺设约 470 英里新管道，每日向美国东南部增长中的市场输送最多 26 亿立方英尺天然气；Permian Link 则铺设约 434 英里管道，每日将约 28 亿立方英尺天然气从德州佩科斯县附近的二叠纪盆地输送至 NGPL 的中大陆管网系统，该项目将为一家投资级超大规模数据中心客户的供电方供气。
两项批准将 Kinder Morgan 的项目储备推高至 144 亿美元，其中天然气项目达创纪录的 132 亿美元。Permian Link 预计 2030 年第三季度投运，Southeast Connector 预计 2030 年第四季度起分阶段投运。公司同时公布的第三季度财报显示，调整后每股盈利 35 美分，超过分析师预期的 32 美分。
Houston-based Kinder Morgan approves $4.7 billion for two natural gas pipeline projects
HOUSTON, Texas — Kinder Morgan, the pipeline operator headquartered in Houston, Harris County, Texas, said Wednesday it has approved a total of $4.7 billion as its share of investments in two major natural gas pipeline joint ventures, citing rising demand from power plants, data centers and LNG exporters, Reuters reported. Shares rose 2.7% in extended trading after the company also beat quarterly profit estimates.
The company will invest about $3.1 billion in Southern Natural Gas' Southeast Connector project and $1.6 billion in Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America's (NGPL) Permian Link project. Southeast Connector would move up to 2.6 billion cubic feet per day through about 470 miles of new pipeline to growing markets in the U.S. Southeast. Permian Link is designed to carry roughly 2.8 Bcf/d from the Permian Basin near Pecos County, Texas, to NGPL's Midcontinent system through about 434 miles of new pipeline, and will supply gas to power providers serving an investment-grade hyperscale data-center customer.
The approvals lifted Kinder Morgan's project backlog to a record $14.4 billion, including a record $13.2 billion of natural gas projects. Permian Link is expected to enter service in the third quarter of 2030, with Southeast Connector starting in phases in the fourth quarter of 2030. The company posted adjusted earnings of 35 cents per share for the third quarter, versus analysts' estimates of 32 cents.
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