BRIEF-Kinder Morgan conducts open season for proposed crude pipeline from Permian Basin

April 2 (Reuters) - *Kinder Morgan Energy Partners announces open season for proposed Freedom crude oil pipeline to serve California refining centers *Kinder Morgan says open season to determine industry interest in the development of an oil pipeline to transport crude oil from the Permian Basin of west Texas to serve the refining complexes of northern and southern California *Kinder Morgan says as currently conceived, the project would have an initial capacity of approximately 277,