Kent Moors: The announcement Saturday by Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP (NYSE:KMP) that it would acquire El Paso Corp. (NYSE:EP) is shaking up the pipeline picture. Read more…

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Kinder Morgan’s (NYSE:KMP) $33-billion takeover of El Paso Corp. (NYSE:EP) is just one of a flurry of recent mergers and acquisitions in the energy sector. Statoil (NYSE: STO) also took over Brigham Exploration (Nasdaq: BEXP) on Monday, and Sinopec (NYSE: SHI) acquired Daylight Energy Read more…

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Justice Litle: The biggest ever pipeline deal highlights a clear truth: America’s energy future is bound up in natural gas. Standard Oil made John D. Rockefeller the richest man in history (adjusted for inflation). Read more…

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