Moving Marcellus Production to the Marketplace Besides drilling and pipeline infrastructure, gathering, compression, processing and fractionation facilities—or midstream facilities—are needed to support Marcellus Shale natural gas production, says Randy Nickerson of MarkWest Energy Partners, the largest natural gas processor in Appalachia. “Wherever you find industry representatives discussing the development of the Marcellus field, the conversation inevitably includes the tremendous need for new midstream facilities to gather, compress and, in many cases, process the gas prior to delivering it into the large interstate gas pipeline systems,” says Nickerson, senior vice president and chief commercial officer. Nickerson will discuss these midstream facilities at 4 p.m., Monday, April 13 in his talk “Moving Marcellus Production to the Marketplace.” (Javascript is required to view Mediasite content)