Acquisitions and Discontinued Operations (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information, Nonrecurring Adjustment [Line Items]

Schedule of Purchase Price Allocation [Table Text Block]

The preliminary purchase price allocation related to the Copano acquisition is as follows (in millions). Our evaluation of the assigned fair values is ongoing and subject to adjustment:

Preliminary Purchase Price Allocation:
Current assets (including cash acquired of $29)	$	217
Property, plant and equipment	2,753
Investments	448
Goodwill	1,123
Other intangibles, net	1,350
Other assets	12
Total assets	5,903
Less: Fair value of previously held 50% interest in Eagle Ford Gathering, LLC	(704		)
Total assets acquired	5,199
Current liabilities	(207		)
Other liabilities	(7		)
Long-term debt	(1,252		)
Common unit consideration	$	3,733

Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information [Table Text Block]

The following summarized unaudited pro forma consolidated income statement information for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, assumes that our acquisitions of the drop-down asset groups, Copano and the Goldsmith Landreth Unit had occurred as of January 1, 2012. We prepared the following unaudited pro forma financial results for comparative purposes only. The unaudited pro forma financial results may not be indicative of the results that would have occurred if we had completed our acquisitions of the drop-down asset groups and Copano as of January 1, 2012 or the results that will be attained in the future. Amounts presented below are in millions, except for the per unit amounts:

	Pro Forma
	Three Months Ended June 30, 2013			Three Months Ended June 30, 2012			Six Months Ended June 30, 2013			Six Months Ended June 30, 2012
	(Unaudited)
Revenues	$	3,204		$	2,660		$	6,383		$	5,366
Income from Continuing Operations	$	984		$	288		$	1,766		$	695
Loss from Discontinued Operations	$	—		$	(279	)	$	(2	)	$	(551	)
Net Income	$	984		$	9		$	1,764		$	144
Net Income Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests	$	(10	)	$	(7	)	$	(19	)	$	(8	)
Net Income Attributable to Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.	$	974		$	2		$	1,745		$	136
Limited Partners’ Net Income (Loss) per Unit:
Income from Continuing Operations	$	1.30		$	(0.04	)	$	2.21		$	0.19
Loss from Discontinued Operations	—			(0.70		)	(0.01		)	(1.39		)
Net Loss	$	1.30		$	(0.74	)	$	2.20		$	(1.20	)

Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement Disclosures

Summarized financial information for the FTC Natural Gas Pipelines Disposal Group is as follows (in millions):

	Three Months Ended June 30, 2012			Six Months Ended June 30, 2012
Operating revenues	$	62		$	133
Operating expenses	(34		)	(71		)
Depreciation and amortization	—			(7		)
Earnings from equity investments	20			42
Interest income and Other, net	—			1
Income from operations of FTC Natural Gas Pipelines disposal group	$	48		$	98