Infrastructure

Marathon Petroleum Corp.’s (MPC) midstream master limited partnership, MPLX LP, has agreed to acquire MarkWest Energy Partners LP for roughly $15.8 billion in a deal that could double MarkWest’s growth profile over the next five years.

With a flood of Marcellus natural gas lining up at the exit there’s a good chance Midwest pricing may get trampled as the gas races to previously inaccessible markets. Tallgrass Energy Partners LP’s REX Zone 3 promises to be the new way out with the anticipated Aug. 1 beginning of East-to-West flows on the pipeline, which has major interconnects with Midwest-serving pipelines such as ANR, PEPL, and NGPL.

In a deal that will more than double its utility customers in eight states adding an opportunity to expand its program of providing reserves for ratepayers from its exploration and production (E&P) segment, Rapid City, SD-based Black Hills Corp. has agreed to acquire SourceGas Holding LLC for $1.89 billion.

Minnesota Power plans to idle its Taconite Harbor Energy Center in Schroeder, MN, next year, cease coal operations there in 2020, and add 200-300 MW of natural gas-fired generation to its portfolio within the next decade, all as part of a long-term plan to reduce carbon emissions.

Marathon Petroleum Corp.'s (MPC) midstream master limited partnership, MPLX LP, has agreed to acquire…

With a flood of Marcellus natural gas lining up at the exit there's a good chance Midwest pricing may get trampled as the gas races to previously inaccessible markets…

For decades, multiple Alaska governors have tried to push through a pipeline to commercialize the state’s North Slope natural gas. Gov. Bill Walker’s strategy so far has been to keep a close eye on the project timeline and to emphasize Alaska’s role as a “sovereign” in dealings with partners.

The express pipeline into the United States for Canadian liquids-rich natural gas won approval Thursday for a service overhaul that already shows signs…

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) on Tuesday released reports by separate third-party engineering/metallurgical consulting firms that concluded excavation equipment from a road-building project caused the rupture and resulting fatal fire in the utility's 12-inch diameter natural gas transmission pipeline (Line 118B) near Fresno, CA, last April.