总部位于达拉斯的 Energy Transfer 正在通过收购竞争对手 Crestwood Equity Partners 来扩大其管道网络，交易价值约为 71 亿美元。

该交易于 8 月 16 日宣布，将把 Energy Transfer 的业务范围扩大到威利斯顿盆地和二叠纪特拉华盆地，同时提供进入粉河盆地的机会，在所有盆地中拥有约 120 万英亩的专用土地。

该公司继续推进 Energy Transfer 的收购行动，今年早些时候， Energy Transfer 以 14.5 亿美元收购了竞争对手 Lotus Midstream 。

Crestwood 的系统包括位于三个盆地的收集和加工资产，包括约 2.0 Bcf/D 的天然气收集能力和 1.4 Bcf/D 的天然气处理能力。此外，Energy Transfer 在一份声明中表示，该系统的原油收集能力为 34 万桶/天。

该公司补充说，这些资产预计将补充其在德克萨斯州 Mont Belvieu 的下游分馏能力，以及德克萨斯州 Nederland Terminal 和宾夕法尼亚州费城 Marcus Hook Terminal 的碳氢化合物出口能力。此次交易增加了约 1000 万桶的仓储能力以及卡车运输和铁路码头。

Enverus Intelligence Research 副总裁 Ryan Hill 指出，Crestwood 在巴肯盆地的天然气和水基础设施与公共专业公司 Chord Energy 和 Enerplus 保持一致。

“预计水量将继续增加，因为主要由 Chord 和 Grayson Mill 推动的活动从巴肯河核心转移，”他说。“能源转移还将受益于增加对最佳经济和美国石油增长引擎——二叠纪盆地的接触。”

该交易预计将于 2023 年第四季度完成，具体取决于 Crestwood 单位持有人的批准、监管部门的批准以及其他惯例成交条件。

Dallas-based Energy Transfer is growing its pipeline network by acquiring rival Crestwood Equity Partners in a deal valued at about $7.1 billion.

The deal, announced on 16 August, will expand Energy Transfer’s footprint deeper into the Williston Basin and the Permian’s Delaware Basin while providing entry into the Powder River Basin, with about 1.2 million dedicated acres across all basins.

It continues an acquisition push by Energy Transfer, who bought rival Lotus Midstream for $1.45 billion earlier this year.

Crestwood’s system includes gathering and processing assets located in the three basins and includes about 2.0 Bcf/D of gas gathering capacity and 1.4 Bcf/D of gas processing capacity. Additionally, the system has a crude oil gathering capacity of 340,000 B/D, Energy Transfer said in a statement.

The company added that the assets are expected to complement its downstream fractionation capacity at Mont Belvieu, Texas, and its hydrocarbon export capabilities from its Nederland Terminal in Texas and the Marcus Hook Terminal in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The transaction adds about 10 million bbl of storage capacity and trucking and rail terminals.

Ryan Hill, vice president at Enverus Intelligence Research, noted that Crestwood's basinwide gas and water infrastructure in the Bakken is aligned with public pure-play companies Chord Energy and Enerplus.

“We expect water volumes will continue to increase as activity shifts away from the core of the Bakken, driven primarily by Chord and Grayson Mill,” he said. “Energy Transfer will also benefit from adding exposure to the best economics and US oil growth engine—the Permian Basin.”

The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2023, subject to the approval of Crestwood’s unitholders, regulatory approvals, and other customary closing conditions.