About the role#
This 11-week summer internship places you directly on a natural gas trading desk. You will gain hands-on exposure to wholesale markets while supporting daily trading and scheduling operations. You will work alongside experienced traders and schedulers to understand how natural gas is priced, transported, and traded. You will also take ownership of analytical projects that address real business needs and present your findings to senior leadership at the end of the summer.
What you'll do#
- Learn natural gas market fundamentals, including storage, transportation, and pricing mechanisms.
- Shadow traders and schedulers to understand daily workflows and information flow.
- Train on industry platforms such as ICE, PointLogic, Velocity Suite, and pipeline EBBs.
- Research supply and demand fundamentals to contribute to daily morning market updates.
- Assist with the nomination, confirmation, and scheduling process, including reconciling scheduled volumes.
- Analyze drivers of natural gas prices, such as weather, supply and demand, and regulatory changes.
- Build or enhance Excel models and dashboards to track market trends and supply data.
- Develop reports to monitor pipeline maintenance, outages, and capacity constraints.
- Support the valuation of storage and transportation services.
What you'll need#
- Currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree or MBA with an expected graduation date between December 2027 and May 2029.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, specifically Excel.
- Strong quantitative, analytical, and modeling skills with the ability to build data analysis tools.
- Ability to work under pressure, manage competing priorities, and meet deadlines.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Willingness to travel overnight occasionally.
- Experience with financial modeling, dashboard development, or quantitative analysis is preferred.
- Familiarity with tools such as Power Query, VBA, SQL, or Python is a plus.
- Interest in energy markets, commodities, finance, economics, engineering, or data analytics.
Location & details#
- Location: Houston, Texas.
- Term: Summer 2027.
- Modality: On-site.
- This is a full-time, paid internship.
About Kinder Morgan, Inc.
Kinder Morgan, Inc. operates as a large energy infrastructure company in North America. Founded in 1997 and based in Houston, Texas, the firm manages a network of pipelines and terminals. It transports and stores natural gas, crude oil, and renewable fuels. The company employs over 9,000 people to support its operations across these sectors.
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