The Marcellus Shale and Permian Basin remain growth areas for MPLX LP, but the operator plans to put more of an emphasis on “strict” capital and cost discipline going forward as uncertainty regarding the Covid-19 pandemic lingers. CEO Michael Hennigan said the midstream giant is targeting only $800 million in growth capital spending in 2021,…
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Howard Energy to Add Corpus Christi Refinery Services Facility in Deal with MPLX Subsidiary
San Antonio-based Howard Energy Partners (HEP) has agreed to acquire a refinery services facility in Corpus Christi, TX, from a subsidiary of MPLX LP, management announced Tuesday. HEP has executed an agreement to acquire the Javelina Facility, a treating and fractionation plant capable of extracting natural gas liquids, as well as olefins and hydrogen, from…

MPLX Expecting Slower Growth, but Permian, Marcellus Volumes Fueling Optimism
In an ongoing effort to optimize capital spending amid the weak oil price environment, MPLX LP brought online the first segment of the Wink-to-Webster pipeline to ultimately transport more than 1 million b/d of Permian Basin crude to the Houston area. The main segment of the 650-mile pipeline was commissioned in October, and service is…

MPLX Testing Crude Transportation Capacity to Utah from Wyoming
MPLX LP is gauging shipper interest in 11,000 b/d of incremental firm priority crude transport capacity from Wyoming to Utah. The open season, which runs through noon on Oct. 23, is for an expansion of the SLC Core Pipeline system and would move Denver-Julesburg Basin crude from Fort Laramie Station, WY, to Wahsatch Station, UT.…
4Q2019 Earnings: MPLX Remains Focused on Permian, Trims Capex Another $500M
MPLX LP is targeting high-return projects in the Permian Basin-to-Gulf Coast corridor as it continues to streamline 2020 growth capital expenditures (capex) to $1.5 billion, down by another $500 million from the most recent estimate.
4Q2019 Earnings: MPLX Remains Focused on Permian, Trims Capex Another $500M
MPLX LP is targeting high-return projects in the Permian Basin-to-Gulf Coast corridor as it continues to streamline 2020 growth capital expenditures (capex) to $1.5 billion, down by another $500 million from the most recent estimate.

New MPLX CEO Says ‘Permian-to-Gulf’ Strategy on Track
With new leadership at the top, MPLX LP on Thursday outlined plans to continue pursuing its integrated crude oil and natural gas conduit from the Permian Basin to the Gulf Coast, bankrolled with a proposed $2 billion capital expenditure (capex) program next year.
Marathon Petroleum CEO Stepping Aside as Activist Investors Win Concessions
Marathon Petroleum Corp. Chairman and CEO Gary Heminger, 66, plans to step down in 2020 after more than eight years at the helm to assuage the concerns of activist investors.
Marathon Petroleum to Combine MPLX, Andeavor in $9B Tie Up
Marathon Petroleum Corp.’s two master limited partnerships (MLP) MPLX LP and Andeavor Logistics LP agreed Wednesday to combine in a transaction with an estimated equity value of $9 billion to enhance midstream prospects across the Lower 48.

MPLX Developing Permian ‘Super System,’ Gulf Coast Export Projects
MPLX LP plans to expand its operations in the Southwest to match growing activity in the Permian Basin and along the Gulf Coast as 2019 gets into high gear.