Appalachia Producers are Done Buying Pipe
Lured by growing local demand, Appalachia gas producers are walking away from long-haul firm transportation. Utica producer Ascent Resources cut…
MPLX LP
Not so Alone: Solitude Joins Packed Field to Open Permian Gas Takeaway
The massive Solitude Pipeline system adds an exclamation point to a new era in the Permian Basin: the end of…
Shell, Phillips 66 Test Market for Explorer Pipeline Stake
Shell and Phillips 66 are testing interest in their combined 60.5% stake in Explorer Pipeline at a valuation near $3.5B,…
Rumored WES-Kinetik Deal Could Juice Permian M&A, Bring More Suitors to Table
ConocoPhillips, Energy Transfer, EOG, Equity, Kinetik, MPLX LP, Natural Gas, Natural Gas Liquids, Oneok, Permian, Targa, The Daley Note, Western Midstream Partners
Western Midstream has approached Kinetik Holdings about a potential merger, the Financial Times reports. A buyout could jumpstart M&A activity…
Delaware Takes Center Stage as Producers Expand Search for Permian Crude
More Permian operators are decamping to the Delaware sub-basin in the hunt for new crude oil resources. The Delaware migration…
Devon, Coterra Target $1B in Cuts in Latest E&P Mega-Merger
Anadarko, Bakken, Eagle Ford, Energy Transfer, Enterprise, Equity, Kinetik, MPLX LP, Northeast, Permian, Phillips 66, Powder River, Targa, The Daley Note, Western Midstream Partners
Devon Energy and Coterra Energy will merge to create a top 10 US producer with a combined enterprise value of…
Reading the 4Q25 Tea Leaves: Bahia, Northwind Set Table for Next Earnings; KMI Opens Strong in Gas
Kinder Morgan opened the 4Q25 earnings season with a bang, reporting record earnings in its natural gas business. Enterprise Products…
Permian M&A: Consolidating the Edge to Fortify the Core
Midstream companies in 2025 accelerated efforts to vertically integrate, driving a rotation of capital out of lower-synergy, non-core assets and…
Top Stories of 2025: Sour Gas is a Sweet Opportunity for Midstream
Top Stories of 2025: Managing sour gas is becoming a challenge for Delaware Basin producers. Development is shifting to the…
Eiger Express Expansion Raises Stakes on Permian Overbuild
The Permian gas overbuild continues to grow. The WhiteWater-led JV behind Eiger Express Pipeline will expand the greenfield project to…