==Coal exports==
At a 2011 investor conference, KMP representatives said demand for coal exports will be a driver of future growth for the Terminals segment, and that the company had entered into two significant contracts with customers to handle coal and is actively pursuing additional coal export opportunities.<ref name=isa>[http://www.istockanalyst.com/business/news/5077203/kinder-morgan-energy-partners-increases-quarterly-distribution-to-1-14-per-unit "Kinder Morgan Energy Partners Increases Quarterly Distribution to $1.14 Per Unit"] istockanalyst, April 20, 2011.</ref>
Kinder Morgan handled 30 million tonnes of coal in 2013 and 2014 through its East Coast and Gulf Coast terminals in the US, and projects that it will surpass that by 2 million tonnes in 2015, due to its planned and completed terminal expansions.<ref>Sylvie Cornot-Gandolphe [https://www.oxfordenergy.org/2015/03/us-coal-exports-the-long-road-to-asian-markets-2/ “US Coal Exports: The Long Road to Asian Markets,”] Oxford OIES PAPER: CL 2, March 2015</ref>
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