Teak Midstream LLC is building more than 200 miles of natural gas gathering and residue delivery pipelines and an adjoining 200 MMcfd cryogenic gas processing plant in South Texas to transport and process Eagle Ford shale gas.

SemGroup Corp., Gavilon Group LLC unit Gavilon Midstream Energy LLC, and a unit of Chesapeake Energy Corp. plan to form a joint venture to build a 210-mile pipeline in western and north-central Oklahoma. The line will transport oil to a 1 million bbl storage facility in Cushing.

A study commissioned by the INGAA Foundation concluded that $229.1 billion in projected US midstream oil and gas investments and operations and maintenance outlays through 2035 would support an average of 125,339 jobs/year; generate nearly $57 billion in federal, state, and local taxes; and add $511.5 billion in total economic output.

Williams Partners LP has entered into a joint venture with Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. to build the 120-mile Constitution Pipeline, connecting Williams Partners’ natural gas gathering system in Susquehanna County, Pa., to the Iroquois Gas Transmission and Tennessee Gas Pipeline systems in Schoharie County, NY.

Sunoco Pipeline LP has begun binding open seasons for its West Texas–Longview Access and West Texas–Houston Access projects, developed to deliver crude oil from West Texas to the Mid-Valley Pipeline at Longview, Tex., and the Houston market, respectively.