For producers and midstreamers that have made multi-billion-dollar acquisitions in the era of consolidation now two years in, slashing debt is front and center if a CEO hopes to sleep at night and keep a happy face on their debt-to-capital ratio. ...

Permian natural gas producers and three interstate pipeline operators are starting to wipe the sweat and feel the love with the startup of the Matterhorn Express. The 490-mile, 2.5 BCFD capacity pipeline, is now ready-set-go to transport orphan gas supplies from the Waha Hub to the Katy area outside of Houston, and on to Gulf Coast markets and LNG export plants....

Might Texas-born Bob Simpson be looking to build back the Williston Basin powerhouse he created more than a decade ago? Back in 2010, the company Simpson founded in 1986—XTO Energy—merged with Exxon in a $41 billion all-stock deal pronounced one of the largest transactions in history for an independent oil and gas company. ...