Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP and Copano Energy LLC signed a letter of intent to jointly provide gathering, transportation, and processing services in the Eagle Ford shale in South Texas.

Indonesia’s Port of Sabang, in Aceh Province on the island of Pulau Weh at the northern entrance to the Malacca Strait, is being readied to accommodate super tankers and super cargo ships.

Qatar’s state-owned Qatargas Operating Co. Ltd. boosted its exports of LNG to China by signing supply agreements with China National Offshore Oil Co. (CNOOC) and PetroChina International Co. Ltd.

BG Group signed a joint venture agreement with Brazil’s Petroleo Brasileiro SA to develop floating LNG (FLNG) as an additional option to commercialize the associated natural gas in the Santos basin presalt, off Brazil.

Russia’s Federal Tariff Service said it expects to approve the tariff for oil transportation through the East Siberia–Pacific Ocean (ESPO) pipeline in late November or early December.

Argentina's Federal Energy Secretariat has approved Apache Argentina's Gas Plus project to supply 10 MMcfd from Guanaco and Ranquil-Co fields in Neuquen province to Compania Administradora del Mercado Mayorista Electrico.

Petroleos Mexicanos subsidiary Pemex Exploration & Production (PEP) has awarded Copavisa the tender for construction of various pipelines in its Veracruz project.

Azerbaijan’s State Oil Co. of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR), following the signing of a similar agreement with Russia’s OAO Gazprom last month, has signed a memorandum of understanding to supply natural gas to National Iranian Gas Co. (NIGC) starting in 2010.