Filing pursuant to
                                                        Rule 424(b)(2) 
                                                        relating to Registration
                                                        Statement 333-25997


             Prospectus Supplement to Prospectus dated June 26, 1997



                              160,000 COMMON UNITS
                     Representing Limited Partner Interests

                       KINDER MORGAN ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.


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     Kinder Morgan Energy Partners,  L.P., a Delaware  limited  partnership (the
"Partnership"),  is  directly  offering  160,000  Common  Units to  First  Union
Investors,  Inc. ("FUI") at a purchase price of $62.50 per Common Unit. The sale
of the Common  Units is subject to  approval  for  listing by the New York Stock
Exchange, Inc. The net proceeds to the Company will be approximately $9,990,000.

     FUI  will  be  required  to  agree  that,  except  for  offers,   sales  or
dispositions to affiliates of FUI, for a period of 90 days from August 13, 1997,
it will not,  without the  Partnership's  prior written  consent,  offer,  sell,
contract to sell,  or otherwise  dispose of, any of the Common  Units  purchased
pursuant to this Prospectus Supplement.


























                   Prospectus Supplement dated August 13, 1997