jan 18 reuters  kinder morgan inc kmin on wednesday posted a jump in fourthquarter adjusted profit and said company veteran kim dang will become chief executive officer from august the us pipeline operators profit benefited from the company transporting higher volumes of natural gas jet fuel and carbon dioxide demand for oil and gas surged following russias invasion of ukraine as sanctions against moscow left a void in supply leading to record us liquefied natural gas export volumes to europe elevated prices in a tight energy market have also encouraged producers to boost output benefiting pipeline operators such as kinder morgan the houston texasbased pipeline and terminal operator posted adjusted profit of 708 million or 31 cents per share for the three months ended dec 31 up from 609 million or 27 cents per share a year earlier reporting by arshreet singh editing by sriraj kalluvila and devika syamnath