Rex Energy Corp., State College, Pa., has received an air permit for its 40-MMcfd Sarsen cryogenic gas processing plant in Butler County from Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection.

El Paso Midstream Group Inc., a subsidiary of El Paso Corp., on Aug. 9 began a 30-day, nonbinding open season to solicit interest for its proposed Marcellus Ethane Pipeline System (MEPS).

Williams Partners LP plans to expand its cryogenic processing capacity in the Piceance basin, the partnership announced July 29 as part of its second-quarter 2010 earnings release.

Atlas Pipeline Partners LP reported entering into a definitive agreement to sell its Elk City natural gas gathering and processing system to Enbridge Energy Partners LP for $682 million in cash, subject to working capital adjustments.

Oneok Partners LP announced July 28 plans to install seven additional pump stations for about $36 million along its existing Sterling I natural gas liquids distribution pipeline, increasing its capacity by 15,000 b/d to be supplied by the partnership's Midcontinent NGL system.

Oneok Partners LP announced plans to build a 525-615-mile, 60,000 b/d NGL pipeline to move unfractionated NGLs from the Bakken shale in the Williston basin in North Dakota to the partnership's Overland Pass Pipeline, a 760-mile NGL pipeline extending from southern Wyoming to Conway, Kan.

Statoil, on behalf of Gassco AS, has signed a framework agreement with Foster Wheeler AG for front-end engineering design (FEED) services for upgrade of the Karsto gas processing plant in Norway.

Global oil demand will not grow by as much next year as it is expected to do this year, while supply from outside the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will continue to surge, says the International Energy Agency.

Eagle Ford Gathering LLC (EFG), a joint venture of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP and Copano Energy LLC, will construct 85 miles of 24-in. and 30-in. OD pipeline to move natural gas produced in the Eagle Ford shale by SM Energy Co. from La Salle, Dimmit, and Webb Counties in Texas to the Freer compressor station in Duval County, Tex., for transport on KMEP’s Laredo-to-Katy pipeline.

Enterprise Products Partners LP announced June 29 an additional expansion of its natural gas and natural gas liquids pipeline system in South Texas and Mont Belvieu, Tex. serving the Eagle Ford shale play.