Competitors Rice Energy & Gulfport Form $640M Utica Midstream JV

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joint ventureYesterday Rice Energy announced that the company's subsidiary, Rice Midstream, has signed a joint venture agreement with competitor Gulfport Energy to develop a pipeline gathering and water delivery system for Gulfport's Utica Shale drilling program in Ohio's eastern Belmont County and Monroe County. Rice will be 75% owner and in charge of the jv. Rice and Gulfport plan to invest a combined $640 million into the jv over the next six years. Construction begins immediately and the first gas (and water) will begin to flow through the new system by middle of next year. Here's the details...

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