Denver-based Taproot Energy Partners LLC said its midstream affiliate plans to construct an oil gathering pipeline at its Platte River property in the Denver-Julesburg (DJ) Basin for Confluence Resources LP. 

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Taproot, which plans to have the project in service by July 1, said it now has more than 325,000 dedicated acres from five separate producers. 

Taproot Rockies Midstream LLC would provide services for Confluence as it develops its DJ position, according to Taproot CCO Garrick Brown. “As our system expands, so does producer access to crude gathering pipelines, eliminating the need for trucking and providing the safest, most environmentally friendly transportation from the wellhead.”

The DJ Basin “experienced a strong surge” in drilling permits During April, moving...