Partnerships

Permian Basin operators are stepping up efforts to expand educational, health care and housing opportunities across a sparsely populated region where activity today is akin to the California Gold Rush of the late 1840s.

Just weeks after Enterprise Products Partners LP said that it is considering building a crude oil terminal offshore Texas, management on Wednesday said they’re also mulling another propane dehydrogenation (PDH) facility and adding more natural gas liquids (NGL) fractionation capacity to the company’s extensive midstream portfolio along the U.S. Gulf Coast.

The American Petroleum Institute (API) and 26 natural gas and oil producers on Tuesday announced a partnership to accelerate improvements to environmental performance in their U.S. onshore operations, focusing initially on reducing methane and volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions.

An internal memo between officials at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing a clearer picture of how the agency plans to handle a $2.6 billion cut in funding, which the Trump administration proposed last month.

Baker Hughes Inc., still smarting after its mega-merger with Halliburton Co. was scuttled earlier this year, is in talks with General Electric (GE) regarding joint ventures, officials confirmed Friday.

American Midstream Partners LP is continuing to expand its domestic infrastructure portfolio, despite market conditions, agreeing Monday to pay $225 million for a batch of pipeline systems that primarily transport natural gas-rich production from the eastern Gulf of Mexico (GOM).

American Midstream Partners LP is continuing to expand its domestic infrastructure portfolio, despite market conditions, agreeing Monday to pay $225 million for a batch of pipeline systems that primarily transport natural gas-rich production from the eastern Gulf of Mexico (GOM).

Energy Transfer Equity LP (ETE) on Monday sought to quell investor fears over a CFO swap announced last Friday that prompted analysts to question the feasibility of its planned merger with The Williams Companies (WMB).

BP plc and state-owned China National Petroleum Corp. on Wednesday agreed to expand their global partnership, which covers potential shale gas exploration in the Sichuan Basin, as well as global liquefied natural gas (LNG) trading opportunities.