Kirkland Advises Harvest Midstream on $1 Billion Acquisition of MPLX Uinta and Green River Basin Gas Gathering & Processing Assets
Kirkland & Ellis advised Harvest Midstream on a purchase and sale agreement with MPLX LP (NYSE: MPLX) for the acquisition of an extensive natural gas gathering and processing network in the Uinta and Green River basins across Wyoming, Utah and Colorado for $1 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025 and marks a significant milestone in Harvest's continued evolution into one of the nation's leading privately held midstream companies.
The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Chad Smith, Will Eiland, Albert Jou, Jhett Nelson, Mohammad Alkadhem, Will Whitlock and Braxton Iden; environmental transactions lawyers Jon Kidwell and Thomas Boynton; tax lawyers David Wheat, Joe Tobias, Olivia Schmertzler and Brooke Schafer; and executive compensation lawyers Stephen Jacobson and Maddison Riddick.
