10-Q/A

                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                          AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM 10-Q


               QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                For the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 1997


                         Commission File Number 1-11234
                       KINDER MORGAN ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



                 Delaware                           76-0380342
      -----------------------------      -------------------------------
       (State or other jurisdiction             (I.R.S. Employer
        of incorporation or                  Identification Number)
        organization)



       1301 McKinney Street
           Suite 3450
         Houston, Texas                               77010
- -----------------------------------      -------------------------------
      (Address of principal                         (Zip Code)
        executive offices)



                                 (713) 844-9500
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)




     Indicate  by check mark  whether the  registrant  (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by section 13 or 15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934  during  the  preceding  12 months  (or for such  shorter  period  that the
registrant was required to file such reports),  and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days.

                                Yes [ x ] No [ ]


 The Registrant had 14,111,200 Common Units outstanding at November 14, 1997.







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<ARTICLE>                     5
<LEGEND>                      This schedule contains summary financial  
                              information  extracted from the  Consolidated 
                              Statements of Income for the nine  months ended 
                              September 30, 1997 and the  Consolidated  Balance
                              Sheet as of September 30, 1997 for Kinder Morgan
                              Energy Partners, L.P. and subsidiares and 
                              is qualified in its entirety by reference to such
                              financial statements.
     
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