WBI Energy Inc. proposed a natural gas pipeline from far western North Dakota to western Minnesota where it would connect with Viking Gas Transmission Co.’s pipeline system.

Iroquois Gas Transmission System LP let an engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) contract to Gulf Interstate Engineering Co. for its 650-MMcfd Wright Interconnect natural gas pipeline expansion.

Enterprise Products Partners LP (EPP) has launched a binding open season for transporting propane to Mont Belvieu, Tex., on its Appalachia-to-Texas (ATEX) pipeline. ATEX already secured long-term contracts in place for ethane transportation to Mont Belvieu as of January 2012.

Gasunie of the Netherlands and Gazprom of Russia have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at streamlining cooperation in European natural gas markets.

Oman Oil Co. Exploration & Production has let a contract to National Petroleum Construction Co. of Abu Dhabi for two offshore pipelines serving a gas plant under construction in the Musandam area of Oman.

Increasing and improving oil and gas transmission systems will need to be a top priority if North America is to take full advantage of its potential resources in Canada, Mexico, and the US, panelists said during the United States Energy Association’s 2013 annual meeting.

Enterprise Products Partners LP (EPP) is developing two refined products export terminals to meet growing demand for additional products export capability on the US Gulf Coast.

Cheniere Energy Partners LP, Houston, has reached final investment decision (FID) to construct Trains 3 and 4 of its planned six-train Sabine Pass liquefaction project, the company reported.

GDF Suez has acquired a 9% share in Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GMBH—the partnership company developing the Nabucco-West pipeline—from Austria’s OMV AG.

Inpex Masela Ltd. and Shell Upstream Overseas Services (I) Ltd. have signed an agreement to acquire and split equally a 10% participating interest to be divested by PT EMP Energi Indonesia in the Abadi LNG project offshore Indonesia (OGJ Online, Jan. 25, 2013).

Approval of the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline project should be based on its merits, and not linked to higher taxes or more regulations, John A. Barrasso (Wyo.), John Hoeven (ND) and 22 other US Senate Republicans said in a May 23 letter to US President Barack Obama.