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.
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.
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.