Kinder Morgan expands

Kinder Morgan expands

Residents in northern part of county brace for the impact
Coy Bryant, carbon dioxide production manager for Kinder Morgan, pictured in 2013.
In 2013, with the increasing demand for CO2, Kinder Morgan expanded its compressing facility, about 25 miles north of Cortez.

Kinder Morgan expands

Coy Bryant, carbon dioxide production manager for Kinder Morgan, pictured in 2013.
In 2013, with the increasing demand for CO2, Kinder Morgan expanded its compressing facility, about 25 miles north of Cortez.
Kinder Morgan, at a glance

Kinder Morgan is the third-largest energy company in North America. It specializes in pipeline fuel transportation and storage through out the United States. It also owns and operates oil fields in Texas and drill for carbon dioxide in southwestern Colorado.
Company facts
Worth $110 billion.
Operates 82,000 miles of pipeline; 3,000 in Colorado.
Employs 11,500 workers; 720 in Colorado.
Largest transporter of natural gas to population centers, totaling 1. 9 million barrels of product per day. Pipes jet fuel to Phoenix, Los Angeles, and Portland, Ore., airports.
Donated $576,930 toward education and the arts in Montezuma, Dolores, and La Plata counties.
Has produced CO2 in southwestern Colorado since 1984.