Midstream Business Magazine - March 2014

Cover Story

Going Like A Million

The Bakken has shown how big it really is, and midstream’s challenge remains the same:
How to move all that production out of what’s now a world-class oil field?

Editor's Note

Green Politics, Red Ink

Renewable energy sources are expensive, inefficient and likely to stay that way.

Construction Update

A Panama Pause

Midstream businesses are among those counting on the expansion of the Panama Canal. The construction project came to a halt in February.

Feature

Abundant, Cleaner, Cheaper

Advances in technology position natural gas as the fuel to move us.

Building On Relationships

Defining winning strategies and success with a private equity investor whose specialty is funding midstream projects.

Closing Bell

Cold And Numb; Fruit And Nuts

Do You Know The Way To Monterey?

California’s enigmatic formation may have boom potential, but producers haven’t solved it yet.

Howard To Industry: Follow Me

Howard Energy Partners blazes its own trail, sticks to it and has no plans to slow down.

Q&A: Robert J. Clark

Bear hunting, again.

Revving Up

Increased production from remote, shale-oil fields has brought into focus a shortage of qualified truck drivers that is expected to continue for the foreseeable future.

Whither Rail?

The nagging question of what changes await for crude by rail looms larger in the Bakken than anywhere else.

Alerian Index

MLP M&A Mania

What will M&A activity look like in 2014?

Finance Matters

MLP Momentum

The ascendancy of master limited partnerships (MLPs) in the midstream space shows few signs of faltering.

News Flow

Alaska seeks equity in big LNG project

The long-discussed Alaska gas pipeline and liquefaction project may be closer to reality, but the partners are still jockeying for shares in the multibillion dollar proposal.

Boardwalk slashes distribution rate by 81%

Dominion facility well positioned

KeyBanc's Barnes: crushed by futures

Kinder Morgan: repurposing existing infrastructure

A Kinder Morgan vice president detailed opportunities for repurposing, expanding cheaply and more efficiently.

New rail rules to raise costs

Increased U.S. and Canadian regulation of rail shipments of crude oil is likely, but the details aren’t certain. What is certain, according to Wells Fargo Securities, is the changes will raise costs for shippers.

Northeast primed to become exporter

Supplying new markets brings promise, risk

NGL Frac Spread

Propane Heats Up With Sustained Cold

Frigid temperatures plagued the Northeast and Midwest at the start of 2014, resulting in soaring propane and natural gas prices.

Transaction Update

Be Forearmed: Busy Year Ahead

Three companies with muscular market capitalization move to shed assets not in alignment with their identities.