Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMP) reported its third quarter results of 40 cents per limited partner unit versus the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 38 cents and year-earlier earnings of 54 cents. All the business segments experienced year over year growth except for the CO2 business, which was negatively impacted by significantly lower crude oil prices. Importantly, the partnership increased its quarterly distribution by 3% to $1.05 per unit ($4.20 annualized) from $1.02 per unit ($4.08 annualized) in the year-ago quarter. The new distribution is payable on Nov 13 to unitholders of record on Oct 30, 2009. Kinder Morgan’s distributable cash flow for the quarter before one-time items was $320 million, up 14% year over year. Distributable cash flow per unit was $1.12, up nearly 3% year over year. The Product Pipeline segment registered earnings before depreciation, ...