EQT Corp. will receive $3.3 billion to form a joint venture that will hold the ownership of the Mountain Valley Pipeline and other assets it got from the recent acquisition of Equitrans Midstream Corp.

EQT, a US-based natural gas producer, has announced a midstream JV with Blackstone Credit & Insurance (BXCI), a unit of investment major Blackstone. The JV includes EQT's interests in key infrastructure assets such as the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), transmission and storage facilities, as well as the Hammerhead Pipeline.

EQT Corporation (NYSE: EQT) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with funds managed by Blackstone Credit & Insurance ("BXCI"), to form a new midstream joint venture (the "JV") consisting of EQT's ownership interest in high quality contracted infrastructure assets: (i) Mountain Valley Pipeline,