Condensate

MPLX LP has completed a series of expansion projects to pair more Utica Shale liquids with refineries in the Midwest.

Ohio pure-play Eclipse Resources Corp. said it has finished drilling its third super lateral well, the Outlaw C 11H, in the Utica Shale condensate window, setting another company record by reaching 19,500 feet in 17 days.

Rex Energy Corp. said this week that a four-well pad it recently placed to sales in western Pennsylvania produced the highest condensate rates it’s recorded in the region.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is proposing to add stabilizer activity to its Monthly Crude Oil, Lease Condensate and Natural Gas Production Report and survey, and increase the number of states/areas for which production will be separately collected and reported, the agency said in a notice published recently in the Federal Register.

Nearly a year after MarkWest Energy Partners LP and Marathon Petroleum Corp.’s (MPC) midstream master limited partnership, MPLX LP, completed a $13.7 billion merger, the companies remain focused on creating more demand for Appalachian natural gas liquids (NGL) both inside the basin and across the country.

Blue Racer Midstream LLC, a joint venture of Caiman Energy II LLC and Dominion Resources Inc., plans to begin transporting its natural gas products via barge along the Ohio River later this year.

ExxonMobil Corp. said Friday it has started up production at Point Thomson, the first company-operated project on Alaska’s North Slope, where initial output is expected to be 5,000 b/d of condensate and 100 MMcf/d of natural gas.

ExxonMobil Corp. said Friday it has started up production at Point Thomson, the first company-operated project on Alaska’s North Slope, where initial output is expected to be 5,000 b/d of condensate and 100 MMcf/d of natural gas.

Sunoco Logistic Partners LP is holding a binding open season for a third Mariner East pipeline to deliver Appalachian natural gas liquids (NGL) to its Marcus Hook Industrial Complex on the Delaware River south of Philadelphia.