Cover for Midstream Business September 2024, a supplement to Oil and Gas Investor.

Midstream Business - September 2024

This first, relaunched issue of Midstream Business features a Q&A with the co-CEOs of Energy Transfer, interviews with the CEOs of Enbridge, Kinetik and many other top players. The magazine features analyses of financing and private equity trends, water infrastructure needs, the future of CCS, the regulatory landscape, pipelines into Mexico, ongoing M&A and much more.

Executive Q&As

More M&A, More Demand, More Gas Pricing Woes
Private midstream CEOs discuss growth, opportunities and the challenges that lie ahead.

Quality Assets in Quality Basins
Canes Midstream CEO Scott Brown believes the Permian Basin still has plenty of runway for growth and development.

Energy Transfer Leads the Midstream Consolidation Flow
ET co-CEOs discuss pipeline pain points, needed M&A, regulatory woes and much more in a Midstream Business exclusive.

Midstream Outlook
Electricity and LNG Drive Midstream Growth as M&A Looms
The midstream sector sees surging global and domestic demand with fewer players left to offer "wellhead to water" services.

Water Management
Finding Solutions in Unconventional Plays
How the industry is addressing the challenges and opportunities surrounding produced water.

M&A
Finding a Private Niche

Smaller, non-publicly owned midstream companies are moving quickly for a position in a consolidation-driven market.

A&D
'Knife Fight' for NGLs

The desire for liquids is driving M&A in the sector.

ONEOK's EnLink/Medallion Deal is Market Wise, Financially Astute
In addition to bolstering its multibasin network, the company pulled off the $5.9 billion transaction while leaving its credit rating intact.

Finance
Awaiting the Merge Surge

Midstream growth prospects limit funding at the moment, but the coming consolidation should shake things up.

Opportunities Abound for Investors in Sectors
Here are the metrics that financiers look for in a mature industry.

Regulations
New EPA Regs Could Hinder Gas Plan Construction

The rules are designed to accelerate the retirement of coal plants, but they raise costs for new natural gas facilities.

Exports
Texas Gas Vital to Mexico's Nearshoring Boom

Continued U.S. piped-gas exports to Mexico bode well for Eagle Ford and Permian producers.

Commentary
Hinds Howard: Midstream's M&A Renaissance

The conditions for dealmaking are the most favorable since the late 1990s and early 2000s.

As Midstream Wobbles on IRA and ESG, a New Trend Opens Up for Sector

Enthusiasm for the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and ESG in the midstream sector is waning. Players are turning to a new trend—asset-backed securitization.

Electricity and LNG Drive Midstream Growth as M&A Looms

The midstream sector sees surging global and domestic demand with fewer players left to offer ‘wellhead to water’ services.

Energy Transfer Leads the Midstream Consolidation Flow

Energy Transfer co-CEOs discuss pipeline pain points, needed M&A, regulatory woes and much more in this Midstream Business exclusive.

Finding Solutions in Unconventional Plays

How the industry is addressing the challenges and opportunities surrounding produced water.

Howard: The Implications of ONEOK's M&A Binge

ONEOK’s M&A binge has propelled it to near the top of the sector. With so much midstream consolidation, what are its implications? 

Midstream Players Awaiting the Merge Surge

Midstream growth prospects limit funding at the moment, but the coming consolidation should shake things up.

ONEOK’s EnLink/Medallion Deal is Market-wise, Financially Astute

In addition to bolstering its multi-basin network, ONEOK pulled off a $5.9 billion transaction while leaving its credit rating intact.