PITTSBURGH -- Canada’s demand for imported diluent will exceed 500,000 barrels a day by 2020, said Karen Kabin, director, Business Development, Products Pipelines for Kinder Morgan. That’s a business opportunity that Kinder Morgan has firmly in its sights: The midstream heavyweight is investing more than $700 million for condensate gathering, processing and pipeline infrastructure to meet this growing market. Kabin spoke at Hart Energy’s Marcellus-Utica Midstream conference and exhibition, held in Pittsburgh in late January 2013.

The linchpin of Kinder Morgan’s efforts is the reversal of the 1,900-mile Cochin Pipeline. ...