Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE:SMLP) will seek M&A. J. Heath Deneke President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman said during the First Quarter 2022 Earnings Conference Call, "Before turning the call over to Bill, I also wanted to spend a little bit of time on M&A. So look, I think we all know M&A activity is certainly continuing to pick up momentum in the midstream sector. We've had several G&P transactions that have been announced over the past several months. And at Summit, we continue to think that M&A will be an important part of the story going forward.

We are pursuing both acquisition and divestiture opportunities that can help streamline our portfolio while building in-basin scale and synergies that we believe will lead to accelerated and highly accretive growth in the coming years". "We'll also continue to evaluate M&A opportunities across our footprint, which we think can further accelerate delevering, help streamline our portfolio and create long-term value for the company".