Kirkland Advises Howard Energy Partners in Acquisition of Operating Interest in Midship Pipeline
Kirkland & Ellis represented Howard Energy Partners (HEP) on its acquisition of equity interests in Midship from a subsidiary of Cheniere Energy, Inc. The 200-mile FERC-regulated natural gas transmission pipeline is located in the heart of the SCOOP and STACK plays in Oklahoma’s Anadarko Basin. HEP is assuming operatorship of the Midship Pipeline, which has a current capacity of 1.1 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d), expandable to 1.4 Bcf/d.
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The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Josh Teahen, Bill Benitez, Chad Smith, Evan Chavez, Bill Bandy and Rizwan Popatia; energy regulatory lawyers Drew Stuyvenberg and Luis Cruz; and tax lawyers Mark Dundon and Michael Farrell.
