Kinder Morgan ( KMP ) agrees to acquire Copano Energy ( CPNO ) for $3.22B in stock, or $5B including debt, with Kinder's offer of $40.91 a share representing a 23.5% premium to Copano's close yesterday. The deal will provide Kinder with natural-gas assets in Texas, Oklahoma and Wyoming, adding ... Copano Energy ( CPNO ): Q3 EPS of $0.23 beats by $0.17 . Revenue of $366.4M (+3.6% Y/Y) beats by $9M . ( PR ) Post your comment! Good day, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for standing by. Welcome to Copano Energy's Fourth Quarter Earnings Call. During today s presentation, all parties will be in a listen-only mode. Following the presentation, the conference will be open for question. This conference is being recorded today, ... Morningstar is initiating credit coverage of Copano Energy CPNO with an issuer rating of BB-. This rating reflects the company's stable cash flows despite its moderately weak credit metrics. Copano is a midstream natural gas company engaged in gathering, transporting, and processing natural gas ... Copano Energy CPNO announced Sunday that chairman and CEO John R. Eckel Jr. had passed away at age 58 after having been on a medical leave of absence since Nov. 4. Eckel had been CEO since founding Copano in 1992 and chairman of the board since 2003. Under his leadership, Copano evolved from a ... Copano Energy CPNO announced Tuesday that it will form a 50/50 joint venture with Energy Transfer Partners ETP to build the Liberty Pipeline, an 83-mile, 75,000 barrel per day mixed natural gas liquids pipeline in the Eagle Ford, anticipated to be complete by the summer. Total anticipated capital ... On the eve of its analyst day, Kinder Morgan Energy Partners KMP announced the acquisition of Copano Energy CPNO for $5 billion, including debt. Kinder and Copano have been joint venture partners in the Eagle Ford Shale since 2010, and we think the deal makes strategic sense for both master limited ... Copano Energy CPNO reported solid fourth-quarter earnings that began to bear the fruits of its relatively massive Eagle Ford investment program over the past year. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization increased 8% year over year and 11% sequentially to $58 ... Copano Energy's CPNO first quarter improved modestly from the prior-year quarter but was held back by operational issues at the Houston Central complex, as management had warned on the previous earnings call. The issues pushed distribution coverage back below 1.0 times to 0.79 times for the ... On Thursday, Copano Energy CPNO announced that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rejected the firm's attempt to purchase the McMullen Lateral, a pipeline that feeds into Williams' WMB Transco system in South Texas. Copano had planned to expend $95 million to buy the McMullen Lateral and ...