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In fact, the number of transactions in what the industry calls the midcontinent, a region that includes the Permian Basin, more than doubled in the fourth quarter of 2009 versus the same period the year before, with the value of the deals increasing more than twenty-fivefold, said Jon McCarter, transactions leader for Ernst & Young's oil and gas center in Houston.

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A change in ownership at Seaway could also lead to an eventual increase in oil prices in the U.S. midcontinent.

Conoco Marketing Its Half of Seaway Oil Pipeline Ben Lefebvre 2011

"The midcontinent refineries are running as hard as they can, with some marginal movement of WTI crude to the U.S. Gulf via rail or barge," said Mr. Jennings, whose company operates five refineries in the midcontinent region.

Central U.S. Oil Glut Shrinks; WTI Discount To Brent Likely To Follow Dan Strumpf 2011

The petroleum refiner and marketer's bottom line had been benefiting from increased activity at its refineries and its access to discounted crude oil in the midcontinent region and West Coast in recent quarters.

Tesoro Projects Fourth-Quarter Loss Tess Stynes 2012

The midcontinent oil glut has been shrinking, as Midwest refiners run at near-maximum capacity and refiners elsewhere scramble to get hold of the region's crude.

Central U.S. Oil Glut Shrinks; WTI Discount To Brent Likely To Follow Dan Strumpf 2011

Devon will operate the fields, which are located in Ohio, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Michigan and the midcontinent.

Sinopec Enters U.S. Shale Angel Gonzalez 2012

Given the companies' proximity to each other, access to midcontinent oil and similar refining capabilities, the merger seemed like a natural move, Frontier Chairman and Chief Executive Mike Jennings said in an interview.

Holly, Frontier Oil Agree to Merge Ben Lefebvre 2011

"The 'midcontinent supply glut' can now be officially called the 'imaginary midcontinent supply glut,'" said Tim Evans , an energy analyst with Citi Futures Perspective in New York.

Central U.S. Oil Glut Shrinks; WTI Discount To Brent Likely To Follow Dan Strumpf 2011

The New York-based manager, with $750 million of assets under management, invested last year in Houston-based Black Elk Energy LLC, which buys from growth energy companies physical oil and gas wells in the midcontinent and southern Gulf Coast states that are near their end of production, or five to seven years' lifespan left, to be exact.

Platinum Partners Strikes Black Gold in Unloved Wells Amy Or 2011

Most market participants say TransCanada Corp.'s Keystone XL pipeline extension holds the most promise for getting large volumes of crude from the midcontinent to the Gulf Coast.

Central U.S. Oil Glut Shrinks; WTI Discount To Brent Likely To Follow Dan Strumpf 2011