Kinder Morgan puts $4.7B into two gas pipelines

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Kinder Morgan Green-Lights $4.7B for Permian Link and Southeast Connector

Kinder Morgan approved $4.7 billion as its share of two gas pipeline joint ventures covering about 904 miles. That is roughly $3.1 billion for Southeast Connector and $1.6 billion for NGPL's Permian Link. Southeast Connector alone is about 470 miles of new line moving up to 2.6 Bcf/d, driven by demand from power plants, data centres and LNG exporters. No EPCs or spreads have been named, so this is pre-award. Pipeline subs have until in-service dates in late 2030 to get prequalified, but the window to register is now.

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📍 Where the Work Is, by region

Public tenders and project starts from the last 7 days. A job listed in two regions counts in both.

• Rest of US

  22 public tenders · 20 project starts

  • Hudbay Greenlights $2.07B Copper World Mine South of Tucson · Oct 24
  • Intel Begins Tool Move-In at Fab 62 as 14A Customer Window and Tax Credit Deadline Converge · Oct 22
  • Tender · Pipeline Construction · Minnesota · Oct 23

• Appalachia & Northeast

  22 public tenders · 12 project starts

  • Expand Ends CEO Search, Hires Bakken Boss with Marcellus Roots · Oct 20
  • DLA Piper advises POSCO International on US$550 million agreement to acquire Chord's Marcellus gas assets · Oct 19
  • Phillips 66 locks out union workers at New Jersey refinery after contract expires · Oct 21

• Rockies & Plains

  24 public tenders · 4 project starts

  • Tender · Civil & Earthwork · Utah · Oct 21
  • Uncle Sam Writes $42M Check to Jump-Start Constitution Pipeline · Oct 20
  • I-270 Reconstruction Opens Bridge, Earthwork Packages Near Denver · Oct 22

• Texas & Gulf Coast

  14 public tenders · 6 project starts

  • Say Hello (Again), Wave Goodbye – Crescent Doubles Down in the Eagle Ford as Devon Heads for the Exit · Oct 22
  • Stack files for second building at Lancaster campus, Texas · Oct 19
  • Williams Cos. to boost Haynesville presence with Momentum Midstream purchase · Oct 20

• West Coast

  16 public tenders

  • Tender · Pipeline Construction · California · Oct 23
  • Tender · Materials Testing & Inspection · Washington · Oct 23
  • Tender · Electrical (Industrial) · Washington · Oct 23

• Western Canada

  4 public tenders · 8 project starts

  • New AER well licence: Westgate Energy Operations Ltd. near Viking (14-16-044-13W4) · Oct 21
  • AER well abandoned: Enercapita Energy Ltd. near Viking (10-21-049-13W4) · Oct 21
  • Workers at Canada's Top Copper Mine Threaten to Strike Saturday · Oct 22

• Eastern Canada

  5 public tenders · 5 project starts

  • Stelco posts strongest quarter since Cleveland-Cliffs takeover amid layoffs · Oct 22
  • Construction of new wharf underway in Glace Bay, N.S. · Oct 21
  • Tender · Quebec · Oct 23

• International

  2 public tenders

  • Tender · Consulting & Engineering · IT-72 · Oct 23
  • Tender · Consulting & Engineering · SR-PM · Oct 19

🟢 Open Windows

Bids, packages, and decisions with a clock on them.

• Prequalify now, before late 2030 in-service

  Kinder Morgan Southeast Connector and Permian Link. Pipeline subs: register on vendor lists for two pre-award gas lines totalling about 904 miles.

• Bridge work starts spring 2027

  I-270 reconstruction, north of Denver. Kiewit's $806M rebuild: earthwork is underway now, bridge reconstruction follows next spring.

• Q4 2026

  Constitution Pipeline pre-construction. Survey, environmental and site-prep scopes on Williams' 125-mile line, backed by $42M in DPA funds.

• Construction could start as early as 2027

  Highway 69 widening, Parry Sound to Sudbury. Ontario's bill targets the remaining 68 km of widening. It has not passed yet.

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