Demand is surging for natural gas pipeline and storage capacity in North America, and as a purveyor of both, that’s good news for Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI), CEO Kim Dang said Thursday.

Dang, a KMI veteran who took over the top job this year, said there are “a lot of fantastic tailwinds” for the company during a fireside chat at the Wells Fargo Midstream & Utilities Symposium.

KMI’s roughly 70,000 mile pipeline network moves some 40% of U.S. natural gas production, and the company has interest in 700 Bcf, or about 15%, of U.S. natural gas storage capacity. Its pipelines are contracted to move about 4 Bcf/d of U.S. natural gas to the Mexico border. Based on projections from Wood Mackenzie, KMI expects net U.S. pipeline exports to Mexico to grow 50% by 2030 versus...