Targa Resources

Targa Resources Corp. is a Houston-based American midstream energy infrastructure company focused on the movement and treatment of natural gas and natural gas liquids. Founded in 2005, the company operates infrastructure that connects producers with downstream markets rather than primarily selling fuels directly to end consumers. Its activities include gathering natural gas from production areas, processing it to remove impurities and separate valuable components, transporting gas and liquids through pipeline and related systems, and providing storage and logistics services. The company has a particularly strong presence along the U.S. Gulf Coast, especially in Texas and Louisiana, while also operating in other important producing regions. The Permian Basin has been a significant area of investment because of its large volumes of associated natural gas and natural gas liquids produced alongside crude oil. Targa's infrastructure in this region includes gas-processing capacity and related systems designed to connect growing upstream production with fractionation, transportation, storage, and market outlets. Targa expanded through acquisitions as well as organic construction. In 2015, it acquired Oklahoma-based Atlas Pipeline Partners LP and Atlas Energy LP, broadening its midstream footprint and asset base. In 2017, it acquired three Delaware and Midland Basin operating businesses associated with Outrigger, adding further exposure to West Texas production. In 2022, Targa acquired Southcross Energy Operating LLC for $200 million, extending its ownership and operating interests in natural-gas infrastructure. The company has also continued to add processing capacity. In 2022, it announced plans for a 275-million-cubic-feet-per-day gas-processing plant in the Midland Basin portion of the Permian Basin, targeted for completion in the fourth quarter of 2023. This project was announced alongside several other plants under construction in the region and reflected the company's efforts to accommodate growing associated-gas production. Targa is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker TRGP. Its business model centers on fee-based and infrastructure-related midstream services, although the specific commercial risk of individual activities may vary. Matthew J. Meloy has served as chief executive officer since 2020. Targa has been described as a Fortune 500 company and as one of the larger U.S. suppliers of natural gas and natural gas liquids infrastructure. Its current identity is therefore that of a large domestic energy infrastructure operator whose strategic focus includes network scale, processing capacity, liquids logistics, and access to major producing and consuming markets.

Targa Resources was founded on October 27, 2005, in Houston, Texas. From its beginning, the company was organized around the midstream segment of the energy industry: the infrastructure and services positioned between upstream production and downstream markets. This focus placed natural gas, natural gas liquids, and related logistics at the center of its business rather than retail fuel sales or conventional exploration and production. Targa's operating model developed around gathering and processing systems. Gathering infrastructure collects hydrocarbons from producing fields, while processing plants treat natural gas and separate marketable liquids and other components. These systems can then be linked to pipelines, fractionation facilities, storage assets, terminals, and other logistics infrastructure. The company's operations became concentrated largely, although not exclusively, along the U.S. Gulf Coast, particularly in Texas and Louisiana. This geography provides access to major production areas and downstream energy markets. A major stage in Targa's expansion came in 2015, when it acquired Oklahoma-based Atlas Pipeline Partners LP and Atlas Energy LP. The transactions broadened Targa's asset base and increased its participation in natural-gas gathering and processing activities. In 2017, the company acquired Outrigger Delaware Operating, LLC, Outrigger Southern Delaware Operating, LLC, and Outrigger Midland Operating, LLC. These transactions increased Targa's exposure to the Delaware and Midland Basin areas, both associated with the wider Permian Basin production system. The Permian Basin subsequently became an important area for organic infrastructure development. Rising oil production in the region also generated substantial associated natural gas and natural gas liquids. To serve that production, Targa announced in 2022 that it planned to add a 275-million-cubic-feet-per-day gas-processing plant in the Midland Basin portion of the Permian Basin. The company stated that the plant was intended to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2023 and that it was being developed in addition to four other plants already under construction in the region. The announcement illustrated Targa's strategy of expanding processing capacity in areas where production growth could create demand for new midstream infrastructure. Targa continued its acquisition-led growth in 2022 with the purchase of Southcross Energy Operating LLC for $200 million. The transaction added operating assets and extended the company's natural-gas infrastructure platform. Together, the Atlas, Outrigger, and Southcross transactions show how Targa used acquisitions to supplement construction and development projects. Leadership under Matthew J. Meloy has formed part of the company's recent history. Meloy became chief executive officer in 2020. During the period covered by the available reference material, Targa was described as a Fortune 500 company and as one of the largest U.S. infrastructure companies delivering natural gas and natural gas liquids. It remained listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker TRGP. Targa's present identity is that of a large U.S. midstream operator with interconnected capabilities across gathering, processing, transportation, fractionation, storage, and logistics. Its infrastructure links producing regions, especially the Gulf Coast and Permian Basin, with broader domestic markets. The available sources do not establish a separate international operating footprint, and the company is best characterized as primarily U.S.-focused.

• 2022

  Southcross Energy Operating acquired

  [1]Targa Resourcesen.wikipedia.org

  Targa acquired Southcross Energy Operating LLC for $200 million.

• 2022

  Permian Basin processing expansion announced

  [1]Targa Resourcesen.wikipedia.org

  Targa announced a planned 275-million-cubic-feet-per-day gas-processing plant in the Midland Basin, alongside four other plants under construction in the region.

• 2020

  Matthew J. Meloy became chief executive officer

  [1]Targa Resourcesen.wikipedia.org

  Matthew J. Meloy began serving as Targa Resources' chief executive officer.

• 2017

  Outrigger operating businesses acquired

  [1]Targa Resourcesen.wikipedia.org

  Targa acquired Outrigger Delaware Operating, Outrigger Southern Delaware Operating, and Outrigger Midland Operating.

• 2015

  Atlas Pipeline and Atlas Energy acquisitions

  [1]Targa Resourcesen.wikipedia.org

  Targa acquired Oklahoma-based Atlas Pipeline Partners LP and Atlas Energy LP, expanding its midstream asset base.

• 2005

  Targa Resources was founded

  [1]Targa Resourcesen.wikipedia.org

  Targa Resources was founded on October 27, 2005, in Houston, Texas, as a midstream energy infrastructure company.

U.S. midstream energy infrastructure provider serving natural-gas and natural-gas-liquids producers, transport networks, and downstream markets.

• Midstream infrastructure

  Natural gas gathering and processing

  Targa gathers natural gas from producing fields and processes it for movement into downstream pipeline and market systems. Processing infrastructure treats raw gas and separates usable components, including natural gas liquids. This service is central to the company's role between upstream producers and downstream users. Its gathering and processing activities are concentrated in major U.S. producing regions, including areas of Texas and the Permian Basin.

• Energy logistics

  Natural gas liquids logistics

  Targa handles natural gas liquids through transportation, fractionation, storage, and related logistics infrastructure. Fractionation separates mixed natural gas liquids into individual marketable products, while transportation and storage connect producing regions with downstream customers and terminals. These capabilities support the movement of liquids from U.S. production areas to domestic and export-oriented market channels.

• Midstream transportation

  Pipeline transportation

  Targa's pipeline and related transportation systems move natural gas, natural gas liquids, and other hydrocarbons between gathering areas, processing facilities, storage locations, fractionation assets, and market outlets. Transportation infrastructure allows the company to integrate separate parts of its midstream network and provide producers and customers with access to broader U.S. energy markets.

• Hydrocarbon logistics

  Crude oil and refined-products logistics

  In addition to its natural-gas and natural-gas-liquids platform, Targa provides logistics activities associated with crude oil and refined products. These activities complement its broader midstream infrastructure role and can include transportation, handling, storage, and connections to market infrastructure. The available reference material does not specify a complete list of assets or services within this category.

• Gas processing infrastructure · 2022

  Permian Basin gas-processing capacity

  Targa has developed and planned gas-processing capacity in the Permian Basin to handle increasing associated-gas production. In 2022, the company announced a 275-million-cubic-feet-per-day plant for the Midland Basin, in addition to four other plants then under construction in the region. The project represents infrastructure capacity rather than a consumer-facing product.

• 2022

  Acquisition of Southcross Energy OperatingM&A

  Background

  Targa continued using acquisitions to expand its natural-gas midstream platform.

  Action taken

  Targa acquired Southcross Energy Operating LLC for $200 million.

  Aftermath

  The acquisition added Southcross operating assets to Targa's U.S. natural-gas infrastructure portfolio.

  Acquisition price. $200 million transaction value (2022 acquisition)

  Source

• 2022

  Expansion of Midland Basin gas-processing capacityStrategy

  Background

  Growing associated-gas production in the Permian Basin created demand for additional processing infrastructure.

  Action taken

  Targa announced plans for a 275-million-cubic-feet-per-day gas-processing plant in the Midland Basin, in addition to four other plants under construction in the region.

  Aftermath

  The plant was targeted for completion in the fourth quarter of 2023. The available source does not provide a later operating-status update.

  Source

• 2017

  Acquisition of Outrigger operating businessesM&A

  Background

  The transaction increased Targa's exposure to producing areas in the Delaware and Midland Basin portions of the wider Permian system.

  Action taken

  Targa acquired Outrigger Delaware Operating LLC, Outrigger Southern Delaware Operating LLC, and Outrigger Midland Operating LLC.

  Aftermath

  The acquisition added operating interests in important West Texas and Delaware Basin production areas.

  Source

• 2015

  Acquisition of Atlas Pipeline Partners and Atlas EnergyM&A

  Background

  Targa sought to broaden its midstream infrastructure and operating footprint through the acquisition of Oklahoma-based Atlas Pipeline Partners LP and Atlas Energy LP.

  Action taken

  Targa acquired both Atlas Pipeline Partners LP and Atlas Energy LP.

  Aftermath

  The transactions expanded Targa's asset base and its participation in natural-gas gathering and processing.

  Source

• 2020.10

  Reported2020.11.17

  Targa divests Channelview business to Hartree[3]Targa将Channelview业务出售给Hartreerigzone.com

  Hartree Refining acquired Targa Resources' membership interests in Targa Channelview, LLC; the transaction closed in October 2020.

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3. 3Targa将Channelview业务出售给Hartreerigzone.com