Koch Pipeline Co LP received final shareholder approval to build a pipeline into Karnes County, Tex., that will transport 120,000 b/d of Eagle Ford shale crude by late 2012.

The shareholders and governing bodies of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium have unanimously approved a $5.4 billion expansion of the Caspian pipeline.

State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) and Turcas Rafineri AS have awarded Fluor Corp. a project management consultancy for a refinery to be built in Aliaga, Turkey.

Inpex Australia and Total SA have released tender documents for a number of onshore construction packages for their Ichthys LNG project in northwest Australia.

Velocity Midstream Partners LLC has begun construction on the initial 53 miles of its oil and condensate gathering system for Rosetta Resources Inc. and other producers in the liquids-rich portion of the Eagle Ford shale.

Rangeland Energy LLC will build, own, and operate a crude oil loading terminal and pipeline in Williams County, ND, serving the Bakken and Three Forks shale oil producing areas.

Design and construction costs for refining and petrochemical projects increased for the third 6-month period in a row, according to the IHS CERA Downstream Capital Costs Index (DCCI).

National Fuel Gas Supply Corp. and Empire Pipeline Inc., the operating companies that make up the pipeline and storage segment of National Fuel Gas Co., have begun two open seasons for firm transportation capacity from the Marcellus shale formation in the central and southwestern producing regions of Pennsylvania.

Meritage Midstream Services has completed its Fasken Ranch natural gas lateral pipeline, an extension to the company’s Eagle Ford Escondido Gathering System in Webb County, Tex.