Sunday, September 14, 2025

MLPs are All the Rage in Growing Oil & Gas Industry

Rice Energy (ticker: RICE) announced the intent to form a master limited partnership (MLP) prior to its Q2’14 earnings release on August 11, 2014. The announcement comes less than seven months after Rice closed its initial public offering in January 2014. The MLP offering is expected to consist of the company’s Pennsylvania gas gathering assets and will likely close in

Will North Dakota Tribes Collect Royalty Payments for Flared Gas?

Three Native American tribes whose land hosts up to one third of North Dakota’s 1 million BOPD production have asked oil companies to pay royalties on the natural gas they are burning off, or flaring, from oil wells on Indian lands in Fort Berthold. The reservation’s one million acres are home to the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara tribes. “The Three

Malaysia’s US$27 Billion RAPID Integrated Refinery/LNG/Petrochemical Complex Moves Forward

Pengerang, Malaysia is the designated site for RAPID—Refinery and Petrochemicals Integrated Project—a mega-sized refinery and energy-focused industrial and petrochemical complex. RAPID was launched to boost Malaysia’s future energy needs, economic growth and to establish Petronas’ position as a key player in the Asian chemicals market. The 2,526-hectare site in Pengerang, Johor, is part of the Johor State’s Pengerang Integrated Petroleum