Midstream Business Magazine - March 2012
Editor's Note
Construction Update
Feature
Barnett Rebirth
Production in the Barnett is reborn, as liquids-rich product bolsters the venerable shale and the surrounding region with economic benefits.
Cana Woodford, Old And New
Cana Woodford production finds its way to market via existing infrastructure and a variety of newly built pipelines and processing facilities.
Coating Industry Opportunities
Exterior and interior pipeline coatings have become a boom industry as the unconventional oil and gas plays demand new infrastructure for the U.S. energy industry.
Conway Liquids Backlog
A heavy influx of natural gas liquids into the Midcontinent and the lack of adequate take-away capacity has altered the traditional relationship between prices in Conway and Mont Belvieu.
Corpus Christi Mini-Hub
As the Eagle Ford shale is developed, will the lighter, low-sulfur crude oil and its related regional condensate be economically integrated or manageable by the Corpus Christi refineries and local markets?
Corrosion Control
Unconventional gas fields come with new energy opportunities, but also present new challenges, such as the bacteria and microbiologically induced corrosion, due to complex water production and use systems when the fractionation fluids are reused.
Dominions New Concept
Don Raikes, vice president of Dominion Resources Services Inc., looks at the current trends of the natural gas industry and sees vast potential for the future.
Eyes On The Shales
John C. Mollenkopf, senior vice president and chief operating officer of MarkWest Energy Partners LP, discusses the Marcellus, the Utica and the company’s plans for the future.
Landowners’ Perspective
Landowners are taking a tougher stance on granting land access, and energy companies must be prepared with answers during negotiations.
Marcellus Building Blocks
From exploration through production, gathering, processing and transmission activities, the building blocks of the Marcellus resource promise decades of opportunities.
Meet the IPOs
As investors shun most public IPOs, the energy sector continues to buck the trend, drawing a large influx of new dollars even as other sectors flounder. Growing production, ongoing demand and the need for additional infrastructure continues to lure fresh capital.
Midstream Hot Topics
David Bloom, an attorney in Mayer Brown LLP’s energy practice, discusses the hottest topics that are affecting the energy industry in 2012—and beyond.
MlP Funding
Midstream MLPs have a nearly insatiable appetite for capital. The pressure is on—make money on a steady basis, pay much of it out to unit holders and keep growing.
Northeastern Marcellus
The Marcellus play in northeastern Pennsylvania showed the most significant production growth in 2011.
OmniPort Flexibility
A new company was formed to be the developer of a 1,116-acre plot to serve tankers, barges and railways.
Permian Infrastructure Boom
The Permian is bustling with unconventional activity as upstream developers continue to shift to the oilier portions of their lease portfolio.
Private Equity Renaissance
Private equity in the midstream sector has seen and responded to the sweeping shale revolution. Now, investors want to know how long this golden age will last, and what the fervor is really all about.
Ratcheting Up Storage Anxiety
Storage providers put ratchets in place to protect their operations. Yet, some market watchers believe that ratchets could force a significant amount of gas to flow out of storage and into local markets, causing further weakening of regional gas prices.
Re-Thinking America’s Infrastructure
This consulting firm advocates a new national dialogue on U.S. infrastructure, including for oil and gas, with Congressional action, national legislation and more action.
Rising Costar
Costar Midstream proves that opportunity in the shales is too alluring to ignore, and that a good management team is worth the wait.