Enterprise Products Partners LP (EPE), Duncan Energy Partners LP (DEP) and Enterprise GP Holdings LP (EPGP) realigned the boards of the respective general partners to strengthen corporate governance policies. The majority of each board now is composed of nonmanagement directors. The EPGP board is to be helmed by CEO and President Michael A. Creel, Executive Vice President (EVP) A.J. “Jim” Teague and three nonmanagement directors. The DEP board is now composed of President and CEO W. Randall Fowler and four nonmanagement directors. EPE is now run by President and CEO Ralph S. Cunningham, EVP Richard H. Bachmann and five nonmanagement directors. The changes to the boards do not impact the business units’ structures or their strategic focuses, EPE said.

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP (KMP) has completed its $921 million cash purchase of a half-stake in Petrohawk Energy Corp.‘s natural gas gathering and treating business in the Haynesville Shale (see Daily GPI, April 14). The joint venture, to be named KinderHawk Field Services LLC, ultimately is expected to have about 2 Bcf/d of mainline throughput capacity. Petrohawk is to operate the business during a short period, after which KinderHawk will assume operations.

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