September 2012, Vol. 239 No. 9

Projects

MarkWest In Long-Term, Fee-Based Deal With XTO On NGLs

MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. has signed a long-term, fee-based agreement with XTO Energy, Inc. a subsidiary of ExxonMobil Corp., to extend MarkWest’s natural gas liquids (NGL) gathering pipeline in northwest Pennsylvania to XTO’s processing plant in Butler County, PA which is expected to start operations in late 2012.

MarkWest had announced an extension of its Marcellus NGL gathering pipeline north from its Houston, PA NGL fractionation and marketing complex to the Bluestone processing complex in Butler County which MarkWest acquired in June. The new announcement includes the further extension of the NGL gathering pipeline from the Bluestone processing complex to the XTO processing facility.