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Vinson & Elkins has one of the most prominent Midstream Oil & Gas legal practices in the United States. Our lawyers have leading experience in joint venture development, master limited partnerships (MLPs), public and private placements of debt and equity securities, private equity, construction and related contracts, operating and maintenance agreements, midstream commercial agreements, environmental regulation, project development, project finance, tax, civil litigation, mergers and acquisitions, and antitrust.
The V&E Regulatory team has extensive experience representing developers of oil and gas infrastructure in obtaining necessary Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approvals. We represent both developers and customers in negotiating project agreements for service on such facilities and in subsequent litigation at FERC regarding rates and terms of service.
Our project and mergers and acquisitions experience within the past five years includes greenfield and expansion projects for gas gathering systems (including compressors); gas fractionation, processing and treatment plants; NGL, condensate and crude oil gathering and transportation (rail, truck and pipeline) facilities; condensate splitters, NGL, condensate and crude oil terminals and docks; storage facilities; and LNG export and import terminals.
Outside the United States, V&E represents clients on major domestic and cross-border projects involving pipeline and related midstream infrastructure, including upstream oil and gas developments, LNG export and import terminals, and petrochemical and refining facilities. The geographies we work in are diverse, having advised on pipeline developments and related infrastructure in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and Southeast Asia.
Plains All American Pipeline in its CAD$5.15 billion sale of substantially all of its Canadian natural gas liquids business to Keyera Corp.
Grayson Mill Holdings II, LLC and Grayson Mill Holdings III, LLC in the $5 billion sale to Devon Energy
Targa Resources Corp. in connection with its entry into a definitive agreement to acquire Lucid Energy, a company that natural gas gathering, treating and processing services in the Delaware Basin, from Riverstone Holdings and Goldman Sachs Asset Management for $3.55 billion
Global Infrastructure Partners in the execution of a definitive agreement with Canadian-based TC Energy to acquire a 40% interest in its Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC and Columbia Gulf Transmission, LLC systems, in a new joint venture, with total proceeds expected to be US$3.9 billion
Enbridge Inc. in a joint venture with WhiteWater/I Squared Capital and MPLX LP to develop, construct, own, and operate natural gas pipeline and storage assets connecting Permian Basin natural gas supply to growing LNG and U.S. Gulf Coast demand (pending)
Energy Transfer LP in the $1.3 billion sale of its 51% interest in Energy Transfer Canada to a joint venture that includes participation by Pembina Pipeline Corporation and funds managed by KKR
Blackstone Infrastructure Partners in its $1.1 billion purchase of equity in Tallgrass Energy from affiliates of Enagas, S.A.
Western Midstream Partners in its $2.0 billion acquisition of Aris Water Solutions
Tallgrass Energy in its acquisition of Phillips 66’s 25% interest in the Rockies Express Pipeline for an enterprise value of approximately $1.275 billion
Enable Midstream in its $7.2 billion merger with Energy Transfer
ARM Energy Holdings, a premier infrastructure and energy marketing services firm, in its acquisition of Monument Pipeline from NextEra Energy Partners
A BlackRock Diversified Infrastructure fund and a Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners fund in their $1.14 billion joint acquisition of the Portland Natural Gas Transmission System from TC Energy Corporation and its partner Northern New England Investment Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Énergir L.P.
VTX Energy Partners, LLC in its acquisition of Delaware Basin Resources and associated surface and water businesses
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. in its $1 billion public offering of investment grade senior notes
Harvest Midstream in its acquisition from Ares Management of Paradigm Midstream, which owns certain crude oil, water and natural gas gathering, storage and transportation assets located in North Dakota and South Texas
BP Midstream Partners LP in its $765 million initial public offering of common units
Underwriters to Antero Midstream GP LP in its $875 million initial public offering of common units by a selling securityholder
Plains All American Pipeline in the formation of Wink to Webster Pipeline, a joint venture with ExxonMobil and Lotus Midstream for a crude oil pipeline in Texas from Wink to Webster
Plains All American Pipeline in the formation of Red Oak Pipeline, a 50/50 joint venture with Phillips 66 to develop and operate the approximately $2.5 billion Red Oak Pipeline system
Blackstone Infrastructure Partners in its $3.3 billion acquisition of a controlling interest in Tallgrass Energy and subsequent agreement to purchase all outstanding publicly-held shares
SemGroup Corporation in connection with commercial product transportation and construction arrangements for the development, ownership and operation of three new pipelines in the U.S. Gulf Coast region of Louisiana, collectively named the Maurepas Pipelines, with a total capital cost of approximately $500 million
Energy Transfer Partners in the $1.2 billion joint venture with Kinder Morgan to develop a 187-mile interstate natural gas pipeline originating in the Fayetteville shale
Underwriters to Shell Midstream Partners, L.P. in its $1.1 billion initial public offering of common units
Antero Midstream Partners LP in its $1.15 billion initial public offering of common units
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