Goodwill (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Goodwill [Abstract]

Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block]

Changes in the gross amounts of our goodwill and accumulated impairment losses for each of the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, are summarized as follows (in millions):

	Natural Gas Pipelines			CO2		Products Pipelines		Terminals		Kinder Morgan Canada			Total
Historical Goodwill	$	557		$	46	$	263	$	326	$	621		$	1,813
Accumulated impairment losses	—			—		—		—		(377		)	(377		)
Balance as of December 31, 2011	557			46		263		326		244			1,436
Acquisitions(a)	4,061			—		—		—		—			4,061
Disposals(b)	(85		)	—		—		—		—			(85		)
Currency translation adjustments	—			—		—		—		5			5
Balance as of December 31, 2012	4,533			46		263		326		249			5,417
Acquisitions(c)	1,146			—		—		—		—			1,146
Currency translation adjustments	—			—		—		—		(16		)	(16		)
Balance as of December 31, 2013	$	5,679		$	46	$	263	$	326	$	233		$	6,547

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(a) 2012 acquisition amount relates to acquisition of the drop-down asset groups from KMI as discussed in Note 3.

(b) 2012 disposal amount relates to the sale of our FTC Natural Gas Pipelines disposal group as discussed in Note 3. Since our FTC Natural Gas Pipelines disposal group represented a significant portion of our Natural Gas Pipelines business segment, we allocated the goodwill of the segment based on the relative fair value of the portion being disposed of and the portion of the segment remaining.

(c) 2013 acquisition amount consists of $1,141 million relating to our May 1, 2013 Copano acquisition as discussed in Note 3, and $5 million relating to the acquisition of the drop-down asset groups from KMI.