OTTAWA, Sept 28 (Reuters) - A decision on a proposed plan by Kinder Morgan Inc (NYSE:KMI) KMI.N to double the capacity of its Trans Mountain crude pipeline will be made on its own merits and is not linked to the government's approval of a major liquefied natural gas project, Energy Minister Jim Carr told reporters on Wednesday.
"There is no linkage between these projects," Carr said, a day after Ottawa announced it would give a permit to the Petronas-led plant in western Canada. It must decide on the Kinder Morgan proposal by the end of the year.