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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000769993-06-000886.txt : 20061019
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20061019181623
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000769993-06-000886
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20061017
FILED AS OF DATE:		20061019
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20061019

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			KINDER MORGAN INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000054502
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION & DISTRIBUTION [4923]
		IRS NUMBER:				480290000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			KS
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		500 DALLAS
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1000
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77002
		BUSINESS PHONE:		713-369-9000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		500 DALLAS
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1000
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77002

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	K N ENERGY INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	KN ENERGY INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920430

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	KANSAS NEBRASKA NATURAL GAS CO INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19830403

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GS Infrstructure Advisors 2006 L.L.C.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001374301

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-06446
		FILM NUMBER:		061154123

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		85 BROAD STREET
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10004
		BUSINESS PHONE:		212-902-1000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		85 BROAD STREET
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10004

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GS GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERS I L P
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001373057

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-06446
		FILM NUMBER:		061154124

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		85 BROAD ST
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10004
		BUSINESS PHONE:		212-902-1000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		85 BROAD ST
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10004
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<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM 4
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2006-10-17</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000054502</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>KINDER MORGAN INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>KMI</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001373057</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>GS GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERS I L P</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>85 BROAD ST</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10004</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>See footnotes 1, 2, 3 and 4</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001374301</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>GS Infrstructure Advisors 2006 L.L.C.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>85 BROAD STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10004</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>See footnotes 1, 2, 3 and 4</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2006-10-17</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>105.781</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>11365</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See footnotes</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F5"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2006-10-17</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>105.732</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>10365</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F6"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See footnotes</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F5"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">This statement is being filed by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (&quot;GS Group&quot;), Goldman, Sachs &amp; Co. (&quot;Goldman Sachs&quot;), GSCP V
 Advisors, L.L.C. (&quot;GSCP Advisors&quot;), GSCP V Offshore Advisors, L.L.C. (&quot;GSCP Offshore Advisors&quot;), GS Advisors V, L.L.C. (&quot;GS
 Advisors&quot;), Goldman, Sachs Management GP GmbH (&quot;GS GmbH&quot;), GS Global Infrastructure Advisors 2006, L.L.C. (&quot;GS Global
 Advisors&quot;), GS Capital Partners V Fund, L.P. (&quot;GS Capital&quot;), GS Capital Partners V Offshore Fund, L.P. (&quot;GS Offshore&quot;), GS
 Capital Partners V GmbH &amp; Co. KG (&quot;GS Germany&quot;), GS Capital Partners V Institutional, L.P. (&quot;GS Institutional&quot;) and GS
 Global Infrastructure Partners I, L.P. (&quot;GS Global Partners&quot; and, together with GS Capital, GS Offshore and GS Germany and
 GS Institutional, the &quot;Funds&quot;) (continued in next footnote).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">(GS Group, Goldman Sachs, GSCP Advisors, GSCP Offshore Advisors, GS Advisors, GS GmbH, GS Global Advisors and the Funds,
 collectively, the &quot;Reporting Persons&quot;).  Due to the electronic system's limitation of 10 Reporting Persons per joint filing,
 this statement is being filed in duplicate.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">On May 28, 2006, Richard D. Kinder, the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Kinder Morgan, Inc.
 (the &quot;Company&quot;), together with GS Capital Partners and other investors (collectively, the &quot;Investors&quot;), delivered a letter
 to the Board of Directors of the Company in which it was proposed that Mr. Kinder and funds managed by the other investors
 would offer to acquire by merger all of the outstanding shares of the Company's common stock, par value $5 per share
 (&quot;Common Stock&quot;), other than any shares held by any of the Investors and shares held by members of the Company's senior
 management team that are to be invested in the transaction (the &quot;Proposal&quot;).  Affiliates of Goldman Sachs and GS Group are
 the general partner, managing general partner, managing partner, managing limited partner, or investment manager of the
 Funds.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">As a result of the Proposal, the Reporting Persons, together with the other investors and certain of their affiliates, may be
 deemed to constitute a &quot;group&quot;, within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
 that beneficially owns more than 10% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company.  This Form 4 shall not be
 deemed an admission that any Reporting Person is a beneficial owner of any shares of Common Stock for any purpose, other
 than the securities reported in Tables I of this Form 4.  Each of the Reporting Persons disclaims beneficial ownership of
 the securities reported in Table I except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein, if any.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">GS Group may be deemed to beneficially own indirectly 10,365 shares of Common Stock by reason of the direct ownership of such
 securities by Goldman Sachs or another direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of GS Group.   Goldman Sachs is a direct
 and indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of GS Group.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Reflects changes due to exempt transactions.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Roger S. Begelman, Attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-10-19</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Roger S. Begelman, Attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-10-19</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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