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Thomas A. Bannigan is President of Products Pipelines, for Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: KMP), a position he has held since October 1999. He is responsible for the nation's largest independently owned refined petroleum products pipeline system, which transports more than 2 million barrels of gasoline, jet fuel, diesel fuel and natural gas liquids per day through a network of more than 10,000 miles of pipe.
Prior to joining the company, Mr. Bannigan was a lawyer with Exxon Corporation. In 1985, he joined Plantation Pipe Line Company as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, and went on to become President and CEO of Plantation Pipe Line Company, positions he still holds. Plantation is operated by KMP. It is owned 51% by KMP and 49% percent by ExxonMobil.
Mr. Bannigan holds a bachelor's degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo, and a J.D. degree from Loyola University.
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: KMP) is one of the largest publicly traded pipeline limited partnerships in America and owns or operates more than 27,000 miles of pipelines and approximately 145 terminals. Its pipelines transport more than 2 million barrels/day of gasoline and other petroleum products and up to 9 billion cubic feet/day of natural gas; and, its terminals handle over 80 million tons of coal and other bulk materials annually and have a liquids storage capacity of about 70 million barrels for petroleum products and chemicals. KMP is also the leading provider of CO2 for enhanced oil recovery projects in the United States.
The general partner of KMP is owned by Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI), one of the largest energy transportation, storage and distribution companies in North America. Combined, the two companies have an enterprise value of more than $35 billion.
Kinder Morgan Management, LLC (NYSE: KMR) is a limited liability company, and its only significant assets are the partnership units it owns in KMP. KMR shareholders receive distributions in the form of additional shares equivalent in value to the cash distributions received by KMP common unitholders. | 