Expand Energy Announces $500MM Tender Offer for 2026 Notes

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IPAA, API, and Leading Trades Outline Key Energy Policy Priorities for the Incoming Administration

With the incoming Trump administration sure to impact the energy world, the U.S. oil and gas industry is working to put forward policy roadmaps to encourage a robust, competitive American energy sector. New comments and policy plans from the Independent Petroleum Association of America, the American Petroleum Institute, the National Ocean Industries Association, and the

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DT Midstream Buys 2 Interstate Pipelines with M-U Connections

DT Midstream (DTM), headquartered in Detroit, owns major assets in the Marcellus/Utica region and in other regions, such as Haynesville. Yesterday, DTM announced it had cut a deal to buy three FERC-regulated interstate pipelines from Oklahoma-based ONEOK, Inc. for $1.2 billion. Two of the three pipelines flow Marcellus/Utica molecules to Midwestern markets. To view this…

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UGI Sells Marcellus Gas-Fired Power Plant in NE Pa. to Castleton

UGI Corporation, a diversified energy company with midstream (pipeline) operations in the Marcellus and one of Pennsylvania’s largest utility companies, is selling its 169-megawatt natural gas-fired power plant near Wilkes-Barre, PA, to Castleton Commodities International for an undisclosed amount. The plant’s owner/seller is actually a wholly-owned subsidiary of UGI Corp. called UGI Energy Services. To…

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NW Pa. Injection Well Leak Went Undiscovered for 109 Days

MDN is going to eat some crow with this story. In 2016, we called attention to efforts by neighbors (and anti-fossil fuelers) in Warren County, PA, in testing water sources near a wastewater injection well that had been operating since 2013 (see Concerned Citizens Test Water Near NWPA Injection Well, No Leaks). There had been…

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MPLX “Sweet Spot” is Processing M-U Rich Gas and Producing NGLs

Greg Floerke In late 2015, MPLX (i.e., Marathon Petroleum) bought out and merged with the Utica Shale’s premier midstream company, MarkWest Energy, for $15 billion (see MarkWest Energy Investors/Unitholders Approve Merger with Marathon). The “new” MarkWest, aka MPLX, plays on a much larger stage now, including ownership and operation of major assets in the Permian…

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PA DEP Claims Permit Backlog for O&G Now Completely Eliminated

Permitting in Pennsylvania overseen by the Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) has been a hot mess for years. A Chapter 102 Erosion and Sedimentation permit sometimes takes two, three, or even six months for approval — instead of the policy-mandated 14 days. According to a DEP press release from yesterday, that’s all behind us now….

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