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. ...

Just ahead of an Arctic winter blast set to plunge most of the Lower 48 into a brutal cold that could last two weeks, the nation’s producers and midstream operators are all-hands-on-deck to ensure natural gas keeps flowing. In the final hours of 2024, preparations have already been underway to counter whatever Mother Nature dishes out in early 2025—although we can never predict her fickle tendencies....