Kinder Morgan Corporate Headquarters, Texas

As of 2014, Kinder Morgan is the largest midstream company in the U.S., handling much of the movement and storage of bulk materials and commodities of the petrochemical and energy industry, especially oil, gas, coal, and coke. The company has around 180 terminal facilities, including some of the largest tank farms, rail to tanker ports, and bulk material yards in the Houston and Gulf Coast area. It owns or operates approximately 80,000 miles of gas and oil pipelines, and is the leader in CO2 supply and distribution, used in gas well stimulation. It is a publicly traded company, and was founded in 1997, when it took over some pipeline assets from Enron, whose former headquarters is a block away in downtown Houston.