Gathering

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.’s Third Creek midstream gathering system in Colorado, which provides service for about 30 natural gas producers, has been taken permanently out of service following an assessment.

Manta Ray Offshore Gathering Co. LLC began providing emergency natural gas transportation services to offshore deepwater producers May 18, the company said in a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Williams Partners LP has reached agreement with Southwestern Energy Co. to expand the producer’s natural gas gathering and processing services in West Virginia.

Blue Ridge Mountain Resources Inc. (BRMR), formerly Magnum Hunter Resources, said late Thursday it is selling its ownership stake in Eureka Midstream LLC, which owns and operates a major natural gas gathering system that straddles Ohio and West Virginia.

As interest in the San Andres formation in the Permian Basin is growing, so too is infrastructure, with Stakeholder Midstream LLC announcing Tuesday it plans to build a natural gas gathering system that would run from West Texas into southeastern New Mexico. It also plans to expand a crude gathering system in the play.

Oklahoma City-based independent White Star Petroleum LLC has sold its midstream gathering system and associated assets in the state’s stacked reservoirs to 4 AM Midstream, a cross-town operator, for an undisclosed amount.

3Bear Energy LLC, a privately held midstream company based in Denver, said it has entered into definitive agreements with an unidentified anchor shipper to develop, own and operate a gathering and processing system serving the northern part of the Permian Basin in New Mexico’s Delaware sub-basin.

Lilis Energy Inc., an independent producer focused on the Permian Basin, said it has entered into a long-term natural gas gathering, processing and purchase agreement with an affiliate of Lucid Energy Group to support a drilling program in the Delaware sub-basin.

ExxonMobil Corp.’s XTO Energy Inc. and Summit Midstream Partners LP are teaming up to develop, own and operate an associated natural gas gathering and processing system to serve Permian Basin operators in New Mexico.