Royal Dutch Shell chief financial officer Simon Henry announced that the company has expanded its list of possible sites for a future gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant in the U.S. to include Texas as well as Louisiana.

Constitution Pipeline Co., LLC, a joint development between Williams Partners L.P. and Cabot Oil & Gas Corp., announced the execution of precedent agreements for a proposed 121-mile pipeline.

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. announced the launch of a binding open season to solicit market interest for its Cochin Reversal Project.

The Dow Chemical Company will construct a new $1.7 billion world-scale ethylene production plant at Dow Texas Operations in Freeport, Texas.

ONEOK Partners, L.P. plans to invest approximately $340 million to $360 million to construct a new natural gas gathering and processing plant and related infrastructure in the Cana-Woodford Shale in Oklahoma.

Enterprise Products Partners LP (NYSE: EPD), Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: APC) and DCP Midstream LLC announced a joint venture to build the 435-mile Front Range natural gas liquids (NGL) pipeline in the DJ basin.

Ukraine is ready to invest up to EUR 790 million (US$1.035 billion) into the trans-Caspian gas pipeline project.

Moscow hosted a meeting between Alexander Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Young Sung Park, executive vice president of Korea Gas Corp. (Kogas).

Williams Olefins LLC awarded CB&I a $300 million contract for construction of a 1.95 billion pounds per year ethylene cracker expansion in Geismar, La.

ONEOK Partners, L.P. plans to invest $1.5 billion to $1.8 billion between now and 2015 to build a 1,300-mile crude-oil pipeline with the capacity to transport 200,000 barrels per day (b/d).

The midstream infrastructure build-out in the Marcellus shale will help the development of the Utica shale, according to a panel of experts at Hart Energy's recent Marcellus Midstream 2012 Conference in Pittsburgh, Pa.

ONEOK Partners, L.P. announced plans to invest another $140 million to $160 million to construct a 270-mile natural gas gathering system and related infrastructure in Divide County, N.D.

PT Duta Firza of Indonesia and LG International announced a joint venture to build a US$3 billion petrochemical refinery in Tangguh, Bintuni Bay, West Papua.

Experts on the environmental panel at the Marcellus Midstream conference agreed that good, solid engineering and environmental practices, along with new technologies, can help midstream infrastructure grow safely and profitably.

NET Midstream announced that Eagle Ford Midstream, LP, a wholly owned subsidiary of NET, will build a 105-mile, 24" - 30" diameter extension of its existing gas pipeline.