Does anyone need to tell you this? High concentrations of off-spec gas in the New Mexico Permian are a royal pain in the arse for producers. On the other hand, it’s proving to be a gift that keeps giving for Delaware midstream operators building the specialized infrastructure to clean up this gas to make it safe and marketable....

A few weeks ago, Reese Energy Consulting shared news on a nonbinding open season to gauge interest in the proposed 375-mile Bakken East Pipeline project—an idea coddled for 10 years—which would flow natural gas east to near Fargo, N.D. Since our post, we’ve followed the latest from the Williston Basin, where Kinder Morgan, the deeper middle Three Forks formation, and CO2 enhanced oil recovery are making lots of noise worth a listen. ...

Midstream steals the show again this week with news of a triple-whammy in the pipeline acquisitions department, and the secret negotiations playing out on a massive pipeline LNG project that’s been considered all but frozen to death. ...

Seems there’s no going cold turkey this Thanksgiving week when it comes to making billion-dollar pipeline deals. For ONEOK and EQT, this means making more 4Q gravy to further execute their strategies whether they be expansion opportunities or shedding debt before the holiday season wraps up....