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....

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. ...