SD

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

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FORM SD

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SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Delaware	001-35081	80-0682103
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	Commission File Number	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1001 Louisiana Street, Suite 1000, Houston, Texas 77002

(Address of principal executive offices)

David R. DeVeau

(713) 369-9000

(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report.)

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Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies:

x Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2015.

Item 1.01    CONFLICT MINERALS DISCLOSURE AND REPORT

A copy of this Form SD and the attached Conflict Minerals Report in accordance with Rule 12b-12 (17 CFR 240.12b-12) may be found on our website at:

http://www.kindermorgan.com/content/docs/2015_Conflict_Minerals_Report.pdf;

Item 2.01    EXHIBITS

Exhibit 1.01 – 2015 Kinder Morgan Conflict Minerals Report as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	KINDER MORGAN, INC.
	Registrant
Dated: May 26, 2016	By: /s/ Kimberly A. Dang
	Kimberly A. Dang, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EX-1.01

Exhibit 1.01

2015 Kinder Morgan Conflict Minerals Report

Definitions

Unless the context otherwise requires, references to “we,” “us,” “our,” or “KMI” mean Kinder Morgan, Inc. and our consolidated subsidiaries.

Conflict minerals:	Cassiterite, columbite-tantalite (coltan), gold, woflramite or their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin, and tungsten
Conflict minerals rules:	The final conflict minerals reporting rules adopted by the SEC in accordance with Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010
DRC:	The Democratic Republic of Congo and adjoining countries
OECD:	Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
EICC-GeSI:	The Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC) and Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative
SOR:	Smelters or refiners in whose facilities conflict minerals are processed
RCOI:	Reasonable country of origin inquiry to determine whether we have reason to believe that conflict minerals originated from the DRC

Businesses Potentially Subject to the Conflict Minerals Rules

We are a large energy infrastructure company and own an interest in or operate approximately 84,000 miles of pipelines and 180 terminals. Our pipelines transport natural gas, gasoline, crude oil, CO2 and other products, and our terminals store petroleum products and chemicals, and handle bulk materials like coal and petroleum coke. We are also the leading producer and transporter of CO2, for enhanced oil recovery projects in North America.

Approximately 99.9% of our revenue for 2015 was generated by businesses other than manufacturing; however, two of our consolidated subsidiaries manufactured or contracted to manufacture products for sale to customers during the year and therefore could be subject to the conflict minerals rules.

Applying the Conflict Minerals Rules to Us

The SEC’s conflict minerals rules require a three-step compliance approach. The first step is determining applicability of the conflict minerals rules to us by identifying any conflict minerals necessary to the production of our manufactured products; the second step is a RCOI to determine whether we have reason to believe that conflict minerals present in our manufactured products originated from the DRC; and the third step (referred to as “due diligence” in the rules) is to determine the source and origin of any such conflict minerals and the facilities in which they were processed.

As a downstream company in the conflict minerals supply chain, we are several tiers removed from mining operations and SORs and have no visibility into the upstream supply chain beyond our direct suppliers. Based on the results of our due diligence thus far, we believe it is likely that years of engagement and communication of expectations through many tiers of the supply chain will be necessary before information returned to downstream companies, such as ours, may be considered accurate and complete.

The purpose of this report is to explain the steps that we have performed to comply with the conflict minerals rules. Our first step has consisted of making inquiries with our vendors to determine whether conflict minerals are present within the products that they sell to us. Since conflict minerals are likely to be necessary for the functionality of electronic components that we purchase

from our suppliers as subcomponents to our manufactured products, we simultaneously performed the second compliance step, the RCOI, whereby we inquired about the origins of any conflict minerals present in our supply chain.

Those vendors who confirmed the presence of conflict minerals originating from the DRC in the subcomponents that they sell to us have stated that their due diligence to identify the sources within the DRC of those conflict minerals is ongoing, but they have not yet received complete information. We will continue communicating with our vendors to perform the third compliance step, which is due diligence to identify the sources of those conflict minerals and the SORs in which they were processed.

Due Diligence Framework and Resources

We conducted due diligence with respect to our manufacturing operations using the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High Risk Areas as a framework. In addition, we used the EICC-GeSI conflict minerals reporting template, which includes standard supply chain survey and information tracking methods to (i) determine if our manufactured products contain conflict minerals necessary to their functionality or production, (ii) perform a RCOI and (iii) assess whether our supply chain adheres to due diligence measures put forward by the OECD.

Due Diligence Steps Performed

• Identified our businesses that manufactured or contracted to manufacture products in 2015;

• Determined that 14 of our manufactured products could contain conflict minerals;

• Further identified a total of 197 components of our 14 products that could contain conflict minerals, and 33 vendors from whom we purchased these components;

• Notified the above vendors to remind them that we are subject to conflict minerals rules and that we would be conducting due diligence regarding the presence, source, and chain of custody for any conflict mineral present in components we purchased from them, and to provide a copy of our conflict minerals policy;

• Using a standardized conflict minerals reporting template developed by EICC-GeSI, made our initial inquiries with those 33 vendors;

• Compiled, reviewed and analyzed 21 vendor responses;

• Conducted multiple follow-up requests with 12 unresponsive vendors; and

• Conducted follow-up with 2 vendors for further information regarding initial responses that were incomplete or unclear.

• The vendors who responded to our survey reported that (i) conflict minerals were not present in the subcomponents that they supply to us; (ii) their surveys of their own suppliers are in progress, and they are not yet in a position to report to us regarding the presence and origins of any conflict minerals in subcomponents that they supplied to us; or (iii) subcomponents that they supplied to us did contain conflict minerals from the DRC, but their due diligence processes to identify sources and SORs are still in progress and cannot be fully reported to us.

Mitigation

Over the last three years, we have undertaken the following steps to mitigate the risk that our products may contain conflict materials that benefit armed groups within the DRC, including steps to improve our due diligence:

• Developed and adopted a conflict minerals policy applicable to our manufacturing operations, which communicates that we expect our manufacturing vendors to cooperate with our due diligence efforts and work toward increased supply chain transparency and responsible sourcing of conflict minerals;

• Disseminated our conflict minerals policy to those vendors who provide raw materials and components for our manufacturing operations;

• Created a process within our manufacturing operations procurement function to notify new vendors of our conflict minerals policy;

• Revised our manufacturing operations purchase orders to include our conflict minerals policy and notification of our annual conflict minerals survey process;

• Continued to publish a copy of our annual Conflict Minerals Report and Policy on our website at

http://www.kindermorgan.com/content/docs/2015_Conflict_Minerals_Report.pdf; and

http://www.kindermorgan.com/content/docs/KM_Conflict_Minerals_Policy.pdf; and

• Continued to communicate with suppliers regarding our conflict minerals reporting obligations and need for their assistance in conducting supply chain due diligence on source and chain of custody for raw materials and components purchased for our manufacturing operations.