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- Analyst Insight
EQT announced an open season on a 0.5-Bcf/d expansion of MVP, boosting a pipeline that flowed near capacity during last winter.
- Analyst Insight
PADD 1 Inventories Drop in Unseasonal Propane Draw
Mid-July propane draw in PADD 1? Not exactly what you'd expect this time of year.
- Analyst Insight
LNG Canada Gas Intake Finally Ramping Higher
LNG Canada's gas intake is averaging about 450 MMcf/d in July as Train 1 slowly ramps toward full capacity in the next month or two.


- Blog
Shake, Rattle and Roll - Produced Water Volumes, Regulation and Innovation in the Permian
There’s a lot going on in the Permian produced water space lately. Crude-oil-focused production in the prolific shale play is generating vast and increasing volumes of produced water that needs to be recycled or injected into disposal wells.
- Analyst Insight
U.S. Crude Exports Finally Break Through 4-Week Average
Crude oil exports finally broke through the four-week average to 3.6 MMB/d last week.
- Analyst Insight
Venture Global Moves its Projects Forward
Venture Global is making moves. CP2 is closer to FID with another new long-term offtaker. Meanwhile, commissioning progresses at Plaquemines LNG. For more, see this week’s LNG Voyager report.
- Analyst Insight
Frac Spread - Chart Toppers
Ethane’s out of the red.
After a dip into negative pricing last month, ethane is back in the black—thanks to the end of tariffs that had been dragging down the frac spread.


- Blog
Two Gunslingers - The Duel Over Moving Bakken Shale NGLs to Downstream Fractionators
Associated gas production in the Bakken Shale continues to increase and, with more NGL pipeline capacity coming online and a new option on the horizon, there’s a gunfight brewing between two of the U.S.’s largest midstreamers.
- Analyst Insight
Summer Heartbreak – WTI Midland Crude Still Looking for Love
WTI Midland crude that comes from the Permian has recently been trading at a price differential that is near its lowest point in more than two years.
- Analyst Insight
Diesel Price Spread Vs. Crude Oil Highest in a Year
The price spread of U.S. Gulf Coast diesel over crude oil (MEH WTI Houston) has surged over the past four weeks.