Headroom for Permian Crude is Getting Hard to Find
The Permian still has room to grow crude oil takeaway without another greenfield pipeline, but the candidates for a brownfield…
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Permian Growth Story Broadens Following 2Q26 Earnings
Anadarko, Bakken, Barnett, Crude, Crude Oil Edge, Eagle Ford, Enbridge, Enterprise, Kinder Morgan, Kinetik, Northeast, Permian, Phillips 66, Plains, Plains All American, Powder River, Uinta, WCSB
Permian growth is becoming more broad-based in 2026, with Exxon still leading but Diamondback, Permian Resources, Matador, OXY and ConocoPhillips…
The Easy Expansions are Growing Scarce out of Permian
Anadarko, Bakken, Barnett, Crude, Crude Oil Edge, Eagle Ford, Enbridge, Enterprise, Kinder Morgan, Kinetik, Northeast, Permian, Phillips 66, Plains, Plains All American, Powder River, Uinta, WCSB
Permian crude takeaway still has room to grow, but the pool of viable brownfield expansion projects to the Gulf Coast…
Cactus III Expansion Targets Thorny Corpus Shipping Situation
Plains All American plans to bring a 75 Mb/d expansion of Cactus III Pipeline online by the end of August,…
Cactus III Expansion to Add 75 Mb/d by End-August
Anadarko, Bakken, Barnett, Crude, Crude Oil Edge, Eagle Ford, Enbridge, Kinetik, Northeast, Permian, Plains, Powder River, Uinta, WCSB
Plains All American plans to bring a 75 Mb/d expansion of Cactus III Pipeline online by the end of August,…
Permian Producers Shutter Wells to Manage Negative Waha Prices
Crude, Energy Transfer, Kinder Morgan, Kinetik, Natural Gas, Natural Gas Liquids, Permian, Targa, The Daley Note, Western Midstream Partners
The Permian gas pipeline bottleneck is forcing some producers to curtail or shut-in wells to limit their exposure to negative…
Matador Teases a San Mateo Spinoff
Matador Resources is weighing a spinoff of San Mateo Midstream, management disclosed on its 1Q26 earnings call. The move would…
WES Passes on Kinetik With $1.6B Brazos Midstream Acquisition
ExxonMobil, Kinetik, Natural Gas, Natural Gas Liquids, Permian, The Daley Note, Western Midstream Partners
Western Midstream, rumored to be on the prowl for a Permian deal, will acquire Brazos Midstream’s Delaware assets for $1.6B.…
Kinetik’s Fat Profits on Borrowed Time as New Permian Pipes Loom
The rapid expansion in Permian gas pipeline egress in 2026-27 will help the basin’s producers but may put the kibosh…
Texas Pipes are Near-Term Tailwind, Long-Term Drag for Kinder Morgan
Energy Transfer, Enterprise, Equity, Kinder Morgan, Kinetik, Natural Gas, Permian, Targa, The Daley Note
Kinder Morgan’s Texas Intrastate business is set up for a near-term boost, but East Daley thinks the market underappreciates how…