Yesterday Marathon Petroleum, new owner of MarkWest Energy Partners, held an analyst and investor day at their Findlay, Ohio headquarters. During the meeting Marathon unveiled a $4.2 billion capital investment plan for 2016. Of that $4.2B, $1.2B will go to infrastructure projects for MarkWest, almost entirely in the Marcellus/Utica region. As part of the presentation Marathon/MarkWest detailed a list of nine potential investment opportunities that is pursued will cost between $6-$9 billion. Among those opportunities: building out pipeline infrastructure in the Rogersville Shale, and investing in “ethane cracker infrastructure.” Below is the press release issued by Marathon along with a copy of the investor presentation they used at the meeting (unfortunately we don’t yet have a transcript of the official presentation). We’ve indicated our favorite slides from the (extensive and long) presentation, slides we think you’ll find interesting too…
