Handling

Although Destin lifted Thursday morning a force majeure that it had declared two days earlier due to issues at an onshore liquids handling facility (see Daily GPI, Sept. 1), that afternoon it reported being unable to provide transportation services from its offshore receipt points due to the approach of a tropical depression (which became Tropical Storm Lee on Friday). Onshore receipt and delivery points were not affected.

With Marcellus Shale production growing exponentially, midstream players are handling that additional supply in different ways, company officials told a Pittsburgh-area audience recently.

With Marcellus Shale production growing exponentially, midstream players in the region are handling that additional supply in different ways, company officials told a Pittsburgh-area audience last week.

Water handling solutions provider Heckmann Corp. has bought pumping and delivery services company Consolidated Petroleum Inc. (CPI), which serves customers conducting hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in the Haynesville and Eagle Ford shales. Heckmann said the acquisition boosts its ability to provide fresh water for fracking.

As the Colorado legislature moves toward adjournment in mid-May a bill affecting the handling of water disputes between drilling companies and ranchers, and another reforming the two-year old Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC), were moving through committees.

As the Colorado legislature moves towards ajournment in mid-May a bill affecting the handling of water disputes between drilling companies and ranchers, and another reforming the two-year old Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) were moving through committees.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants Pennsylvania to immediately test its water supplies for radioactivity.

MarkWest Energy Partners LP and MarkWest Liberty Midstream & Resources LLC have announced an acquisition as well as an infrastructure development deal to serve EQT Corp. and other producers in Appalachia.

Through EQT Corp.’s experience in the “shale revolution” — the 120-year old company expects to have 100 wells in the Marcellus Shale in southwest Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia by the end of the year — it has learned several lessons of value to other companies, according to CEO David Porges.