Crosstex Energy companies, Crosstex Energy LP and Crosstex Energy Inc., will build Phase II of their Cajun-Sibon NGL pipeline extension and fractionator expansion in Louisiana.

BHP Billiton has sold all its interests in the Woodside Petroleum-led Browse LNG joint venture to PetroChina for $1.63 billion.

Montana’s Oil Pipeline Safety Review Council, formed July 20, 2011, in the wake of ExxonMobil Pipeline Co.’s 1,000-bbl crude spill into the Yellowstone River, has issued its recommendations to the governor’s office.

Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell discussed the possible export of natural gas from Alaska to Asia during a Dec. 10 meeting in Juneau with Korea Gas Corp.’s Chief Executive Kangsoo Choo. Parnell said he has scheduled meetings with other potential buyers of Alaska gas.

Costs for the Chevron Corp.-led Gorgon-Jansz LNG project offshore Western Australia have risen by $9 billion (Aus.) to now stand at an estimated $52 billion (Aus.) for the first three trains.

Enbridge Inc. has received sufficient shipper support to advance its Light Oil Market Access Program.

Noble Energy Inc. expects first-phase development of Leviathan offshore natural gas field will provide initial production of as much as 750 MMcfd for Israel via a northern entry point in 2016.

Energy Transfer Partners LP and Regency Energy Partners LP have placed their 570-mile Lone Star West Texas Gateway NGL Pipeline into service ahead of schedule.

A major user of natural gas for chemical production has added to criticism of the Department of Energy’s report on the economic benefits of US LNG exports, saying it gives insufficient attention to the benefits of gas use in domestic manufacturing (OGJ Online, Dec. 6, 2012).

Increased natural gas exports would broadly benefit the US economy, a Dec. 3 report commissioned by the US Department of Energy concluded.

The marketing arm of OAO Gazprom reports an LNG carrier it holds under charter successfully delivered last month the first LNG cargo via the “Northern Sea Route,” that is, over the top of Europe to Asia via seas usually icebound (OGJ Online, Jan. 9, 2012).

Atlas Pipeline Partners LP has agreed to buy Cardinal Midstream LLC. Owned or operated assets will include three cryogenic processing plants totaling 220 MMcfd capacity, about 66 miles of associated pipelines, and a gas treating business including 17 treatment plants in assorted hydrocarbon basins.