Richard Kinder's Energy KingdoM.

The article discusses the career and assets of Richard Kinder, the chief executive officer of the U.S. energy firm Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, focusing on investments and capacity expansions in pipelines for the transportation of oil and natural gas. Topics include the production of oil and shale drilling in the U.S. as of December, 2012, political obstacles to the construction of pipelines, the temporary renaming of the interests management company Kinder Morgan Inc. as Knight Inc., and master limited partnerships. Kinder's former role at the energy company Enron Corp. is mentioned. Other pipeline entrepreneurs including Kelcy Warren, Dan Duncan, and Charles Koch are mentioned.