Midstream Business Magazine - September 2014
Cover Story
The Dawn Of Eagle Ford Exports
Export is the next destination and for some in the midstream, the Eagle Ford’s abundant condensate is the chariot of choice.
Editor's Note
Bringing It Home
A visit to Italy makes Europe's energy predicament apparent.
Construction Update
Heating Up The Northeast
Gas pipeline projects in the Northeast may reduce high regional prices.
Feature
Canada’s LNG Question
Obstacles to export growth include access to labor, lack of infrastructure and sufficient gas supply.
Closing Bell
The Glacial Pace Of LNG Exports
Closing The Gas Gap
Gas-in-storage levels will approach normal as a new heating season starts—a surprise given record drawdowns last winter.
Coming Of Age
In less than 10 years, Yorkville Capital Management has distinguished itself with industry-recognized performance and a best-of-breed set of MLP assets.
Expanding Its Reach
Tenaska’s flexibility ensures the firm remains ahead of the curve.
Finding The Remainder
Three recent cases may reshape eminent domain law in Texas.
RIO’s Magic
Lessons learned in the Bakken allow Rangeland Energy to think big as it completes its new Delaware Basin terminal.
The Interview: A Midstream Family
Ruben Martin III took some time out of a Denver vacation recently where, with grandchildren happily frolicking in the background, he reflected with Midstream Business on his evolving company and the industry that sustains it.
‘The Greatest Education’
Millennium Midstream co-founder John O’Shea helps students achieve success in the classroom and beyond.
Alerian Index
Is Taxing MLPs Like Foregoing Lattes?
Projected MLP tax expenditures show that reform wouldn’t make a dent in the deficit.
Finance Matters
Familiarity Breeds Content
Private investors look for familiar faces when deciding where to invest.
News Flow
Condensate exports rated a ‘game changer’
The federal government’s approval of minimally processed condensate exports, first sought by Enterprise Products Partners LP and Pioneer Natural Resources Co., is “a potential game changer” that could have a significant impact on world crude and product trading.
Cryogenic fracturing could boost recovery, save water
Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing have boosted oil and gas production to new heights in the U.S., but cryogenic fracturing could lift sagging recovery rates, prolong the life of fields and reduce use of what is becoming a more precious commodity.
KPMG: G’Days ahead for Australia
The hand-wringing over ballooning costs of Australia’s LNG projects is not shared Down Under, says KPMG’s Perth-based partner.
Mexico’s demand for U.S. gas to increase
Based largely on new power generation capacity, Mexico’s demand for gas is expected to increase by 3.2 Bcf/d, according to analysis provided during a recent Platts-Bentek Energy Summer Webinar Series.
Mexico’s Senate approves energy bill
Local content requirements for E&P companies doing business in Mexico could gradually rise from 25% next year to 35% by 2025 if changes approved in a bill by the Mexican Senate receive blessings from the country’s lower house and president.
Report: Rapid U.S. crude growth
Domestic crude oil and condensate production will continue to grow rapidly through the end of this decade, according to a recently released study by Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.
Rotterdam Gate LNG project moves forward
Texas-based Fluor Corp. announced that it won a contract from Gate Terminal BV—a joint venture of Royal Vopak and Gasunie—to design and build an LNG break-bulk terminal in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
VTTI goes global with IPO
VTTI Energy Partners LP raised almost $400 million with its recent IPO, becoming the first foreign entity MLP with land-based fixed assets to do so.
NGL Frac Spread
NGL’s Dog Days
NGL prices struggled through mid-August.
Transaction Update
It’s Good To Be Kinder
There’s big, there’s world-class and then there’s Kinder-class deals.