How Kinder Morgan Inc Could Spend Its Cash Hoard

After years of delays, Kinder Morgan (NYSE: KMI)finally gave up on trying to expand the Trans Mountain Pipeline in Canada, instead agreeing to hand over the pipelineand the associated expansion project to the Government of Canada. In exchange, the company, through its Canadian subsidiary Kinder Morgan Canada Limited (TSX: KML), will receive 4.

5 billion Canadian dollars ($3.5 billion). Here's a look at how these companies might spend that cash hoard.