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July 22 (Reuters) - U.S. pipeline operator Kinder Morgan beat Wall Street ‌expectations for second-quarter profit ‌on Wednesday, helped by higher volumes of ​natural gas transported through its pipelines.

U.S. pipeline companies are gaining from booming oil and gas output in ‌the Permian Basin ⁠and rising natural gas demand due to record LNG ⁠exports and surging electricity use from AI operations, cryptocurrency mining and ​data centers.

The ​company said ​it transported about ‌47,886 billion British thermal units (Btu) of natural gas per day in the quarter, compared with 44,818 billion Btu per day in the year-ago ‌period.

The Houston, Texas-based firm ​posted an adjusted ​profit of ​37 cents per share ‌for the three months ​ended June ​30, compared with analysts' estimate of 32 cents per share, ​according to ‌data compiled by LSEG.

(Reporting by ​Varun Sahay in Bengaluru; Editing ​by Diti Pujara)