Energy Transfer to buy Texas gas pipeline owner Vaquero for $2.625B

ONEOK completed its acquisition of Brazos Midstream's Permian Midland Basin natural gas gathering and processing assets for about $4.425 billion in cash. The deal more than doubles ONEOK's Midland processing capacity to roughly 2.3 billion cubic feet per day and adds about 600,000 dedicated acres under long-term fixed-fee contracts.

Emera, ATCO and Canadian Utilities announced a definitive agreement to combine Emera and Canadian Utilities in a merger of equals, creating a Canadian utility and energy infrastructure group spanning Alberta, Atlantic Canada and Florida. Reports describe an all-share structure, with ATCO spinning off its industrial services unit. Reported deal figures vary widely by measure, from roughly $14.3 billion for Canadian Utilities to far larger combined-enterprise numbers.

Energy trader Centalion Group acquired upstream and midstream natural gas assets in Texas and Louisiana producing more than 300 MMcfd from Silver Hill Energy Partners; terms were not disclosed.

A hearing examiner told Dominion Energy to produce an internal memo on an FPL investigation sought by Clean Virginia, which argues it speaks to the governance fitness of the proposed Dominion–NextEra combination.