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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 months ended March 31,
                               1998 and 1999 and the Consolidated Balance Sheets
                               as of March 31, 1999 and December 31, 1998 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 Energy Partners, L.P.
       
                                               
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