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Huntington Ingalls, Kinder Morgan Jointly Exploring Opportunities For Avondale

By John Robinson

Friday, April 11th, 2014

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Shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] on Friday said it has teamed with the energy company Kinder Morgan Energy Partners [KMP] to explore redevelopment opportunities for HII’s Avondale shipyard in Louisiana, which is on a path to eventually be closed down once work is completed on a Navy ship program. HII’s effort with Kinder Morgan is another attempt by the shipbuilder to find suitable alternatives to keeping Avondale open in some capacity ever since it announced in July 2010 that…

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