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<LEGEND>
                              This schedule contains summary financial
                              information extracted from the Consolidated
                              Statements of Income, Cash Flows and Partners'
                              Capital for the three years ended December 31,
                              1998 and the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of
                              December 31, 1998 and 1997 and the Notes thereto,
                              for Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. and
                              subsidiaries and is qualified in its entirety by
                              reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME>                        Kinder Morgan Operating L.P. "B"
       
                                            
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