Midstream & Transport Monitor - November 13, 2015

Marathon Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: MPC) poured $400 million of sweetener on its deal for MarkWest Energy Partners LP (NYSE: MWE) on Nov. 10. But a former MarkWest executive remained staunchly opposed to a deal that he said pays “pennies on the dollar” for the company. Marathon agreed to raise the cash contribution of the merger between its MLP, MPLX LP (NYSE: MPLX) and MarkWest to $1.075 billion from $675 million. The deal would make MarkWest a wholly owned subsidiary of MPLX. Some critics were not appeased. John Fox, former CEO, chairman and director of MarkWest Energy GP LLC, which manages the MarkWest MLP, wasn’t placated by the new offer.