Midstream Business Magazine - November/December 2012
Editor's Note
Construction Update
Feature
Addressing Aging Pipeline Infrastructure
System operators point to fitness, not age, as the most important criteria for pipeline safety, while regulatory agencies increase oversight.
Anatomy Of A $38-Billion Deal
Kinder Morgan reflects on a game-changing deal that helped it become North America's largest midstream company.
Exciting Times Ahead For Midstream
Moving into the new year, the midstream consensus is that continued strong drilling in North American shale plays will keep gathering, processing, transmission and storage demands strong in 2013 and beyond.
MLP Offering Surge Continues
Master limited partnerships have made up a majority of new public offerings in 2012 to date and remain on pace to set a record. But things may change in the new year with lots of uncertainty about the tax code.
Niobrara Development Moving Out from The Wattenberg
Midstream operators have multiple projects under way to handle growing Niobrara liquids production coming from northeastern Colorado.
The Rockies: Far From The Summit
The Niobrara shale adds new excitement to the sprawling and diverse Rocky Mountain region—for years one of North America's most prospective oil and gas areas. Midstream operators in the Rockies say with the current drilling pace along big resource plays, they don't foresee their businesses peaking for years to come.
Top NGL Processors And Producers
The annual ranking of top gas processors and top natural gas liquids producers finds Enterprise, DCP at the top of the industry.