Midstream Business Magazine - January 2012

Editor's Note

Location, Location, Location

Where is the light at the end of the tunnel? It’s in Texas, naturally. A number of Texas cities recently made the top of the list of the Milken Institute’s best-performing cities list.

Construction Update

Piping Hot Projects

Feature

Closing Bell

Gas Storage Grows West

Western gas storage facilities are quietly growing to meet regional needs—even in a marginal economic investment environment.

Good Shale Hunting

“Our midstream assets are what have allowed us to go drill new wells in West Virginia and Ohio. We can’t allow someone else to control that region.”

Keystone’s XL Journey

The Keystone XL pipeline project’s journey has been fraught with regulatory holdups, environmental outcry and political difficulty. Here’s an update.

Mississippi Moves: The Operators’ Perspective

The Mississippi Lime was an oft-overlooked play, when considering new entrants like the Marcellus shale or the Eagle Ford shale. Now, operators are revealing renewed enthusiasm for the oil giant, with hints of midstream build-out promise.

Rocky Mountain Peak Performance

Despite the popularity of shale plays in the Northeast and Texas, the Rocky Mountains region continues to garner the attention of producers, contractors and capital providers with its own profitable production areas.

Rocky Mountain Roundup

The final buildout of the Rocky Mountains’ dry natural gas infrastructure is nearly complete. Now, new infrastructure plans are focusing on gas-liquids plays.

Alerian Index

MLPs Raise Record-Setting Equity

Finance Matters

News Flow

DUG East: Coal, Oil And Gas Producers Must Stand Together

DUG East: More Than $17 Billion In Marcellus Investment Needed By 2020

NGL Frac Spread

Transaction Update

More Midstream MLP Spinoffs Seen As 2011 Ends