North American

Northwest Pipeline Seeks Shipper Interest In Opal Market Link Project

Williams Partners L.P. announced Northwest Pipeline GP is launching an open season to seek interest from shippers to participate in its Opal Market Link project.

The FERC has approved Florida Gas Transmission Company (FGT) and Williams Partners’ proposal to connect the existing FGT and Transco natural gas pipeline systems with the Gulf LNG Clean Energy import terminal being developed near Pascagoula, MS.

El Paso Corporation’s Ruby Pipeline Project has received Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approval to proceed and begin construction.

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ONEOK Partners To Spend $700+ Million To Build NGL Projects

Officials with ONEOK Partners L.P. plan to spend $595-730 million to build NGL projects between now and 2013. Some $450 to $550 million will be used to build a 525-615-mile NGL pipeline that will transport 60,000 bpd of unfractionated NGLs from the Bakken Shale south through western North Dakota.

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. announced Sept. 1 that its operating subsidiaries have entered into long-term agreements with EOG Resources, Inc. to provide a comprehensive package of midstream energy services to EOG’s growing crude oil and natural gas production in the prolific Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas.

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CenterPoint Holds Open Season

CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Company (CEGT), an indirect, wholly owned interstate natural gas pipeline subsidiary of CenterPoint Energy, Inc. held a non-binding, three-week open season to gauge market interest in additional expansion of its 1.9 Bcf/d 42-inch Carthage to Perryville (Line CP) pipeline.

Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co., the wholly owned natural gas transmission pipeline subsidiary of MDU Resources Group, Inc., plans to expand its existing natural gas pipeline capacity by 33% in the Bakken production area in northwestern North Dakota.

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Global Industries Wins Pemex Contract

Global Industries, Ltd. has been awarded a contract by Pemex for pipeline work in the company’s Ku-Maloob-Zaap field in the Bay of Campeche.

Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP and Southcross Energy, LLC, with its affiliates announced plans to work together to provide infrastructure solutions to natural gas producers in the Eagle Ford Shale production area in South Texas.

Crosstex Energy, L.P. and Crosstex Energy, Inc. have entered into a 10-year firm transportation agreement with a major Barnett Shale producer for an additional 50 MMcf/d of natural gas on its North Texas gathering system.

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