Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. plans to construct a cryogenic gas processing plant at its multi-product Ross Complex near Ross, North Dakota.

CenterPoint Energy Field Services, LLC has begun initial routing activities for a proposed gas gathering and processing system in the heart of the Mississippi Lime area of north central Oklahoma and south central Kansas.

The West Virginia House of Delegates passed House Bill 4086, which will provide substantial tax breaks for any company that spends at least $2 billion to build an ethane cracker in the state.

Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. (NYSE: MMP) launched two separate binding open seasons for interest in shipping oil from West Texas to Houston.

Keyuan Petrochemicals Inc. signed a cooperation agreement with Fangchenggang City to build a new production facility in Guangxi Province.

Foster Wheeler AG won a contract for a new LNG receiving terminal to be built in Ennore, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

The Broe Group announced that Halliburton will establish a major sand terminal within the Great Western Industrial Park to serve energy production demand in the Denver-Julesburg (DJ) Basin and burgeoning Niobrara Formation.

Mercuria Energy Trading, Inc. has started up a crude terminal in Texas for oil shipped on the Panhandle Northern Railroad (PNR), making it the latest large international trading house to enter the U.S. midstream arena.

The Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. (IOC) awarded a contract to Foster Wheeler India Pvt. Ltd. for a new LNG receiving terminal to be built in Ennore in the state of Tamil Nadu on India’s east coast.

Southwestern Energy Co’s hedging program, combined with a strong midstream division, will ensure that its cash flow is protected from turbulent prices and weather in 2012.

Spectra Energy Corp's Texas Eastern Transmission, LP (Texas Eastern) has reached binding agreements with two anchor shippers for its TEAM 2014 project.

Aither Chemicals of South Charleston, West Virginia announced plans to build a $750 million cracker in either Ohio, Pennsylvania or West Virginia.

Petrovietnam announced an agreement that calls for Qatar Petroleum International to fund a sizable portion of the total costs to build the $4 billion Long Son petrochemical complex.

SABIC and Sinopec signed a protocol of cooperation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to explore new business opportunities and confirm their commitment to the principles reached in earlier agreements.

Inpex Corp. and Total confirmed that the final investment decision (FID) on the $34 billion Ichthys LNG Project has been approved.