As price of oil incereases, companies will be looking for higher recovery efficiencies. Kinder Morgan specializes in CO2 flooding. An enhanced oil recovery technique that offers upwards of 50% RE. Considerably better than the average of 35%.

Richard Kinder

sector performance star

Energy

ditto

3.3%

Originally owned it as Terrasen which was purchased by Kinder Morgan

Best run Co in America. (CEO earns on proformance)

The dividend and energy seemed liked it was in a good position to survive the in all conditions resonably well

Acquiror: Management (MBO), Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, American International Group, Inc. and The Carlyle Group and Riverstone Holdings LLC.
Spread: 2%
Expected Closing Date: March, 2007
Issues: Under the terms of the agreement, KMI stockholders will receive $107.50 in cash for each share of KMI common stock they hold. A special committee comprised entirely of independent directors, has approved the agreement and will recommend that KMI's stockholders approve the merger.