Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (KMP) has announced that Kinder Morgan Canada Terminals has entered into a long-term contract with a major Canadian producer to support the construction of an additional 1.2 million barrels of merchant storage capacity at Trans Mountain pipeline’s Edmonton terminal in Strathcona County, Alberta. Kinder Morgan previously announced in November 2011 that it had signed definitive commercial agreements to support the construction of 2.4 million barrels of storage at the Edmonton facility. The total value of the current expansion now totals USD 284 million with all 3.6 million barrels of storage capacity expected to be in service by late 2013. Bill Henderson, vice president of Kinder Morgan Canada Terminals, said, “This increase in storage capacity demonstrates the importance and flexibility of Trans Mountain’s Edmonton storage hub, and the unparalleled upstream and downstream connectivity inherent in the location of the facility.”