Laricina Energy Ltd., Calgary, has received approval from the Energy Resources Conservation Board of Alberta for its Stony Mountain Pipeline (SMP) in the western Athabasca oil sands region.

Plains All American Pipeline LP (PAA) is building a 95-mile extension of its existing Oklahoma crude oil pipeline system to service increasing production from the Granite Wash, Hogshooter, and Cleveland Sands producing areas in western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle.

Questar Pipeline Co. has started a binding open season to solicit support for an expansion of capacity out of the Uinta basin by extending its Jurisdictional Lateral 138 (JL138) to the Myton Yard.

Canada’s National Energy Board has approved toll methodology for the planned expansion of the Trans Mountain Pipeline between Edmonton, Alta., and Burnaby, BC, near Vancouver.

TC PipeLines LP (TCPL) has entered into agreements to acquire an additional 45% interest in each of Gas Transmission Northwest LLC (GTN) and Bison Pipeline LLC from TransCanada Corp. for an aggregate purchase price of $1.05 billion.

Gazprom has started construction of the Kazachya compressor station in Krasnodar Territory, part of its Southern Corridor natural gas transmission system feeding the South Stream export pipeline to Europe (OGJ Online, Apr. 4, 2013).

Double Eagle Pipeline LLC, a 50-50 joint venture of Magellan Midstream Partners and Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, has started shipping condensate for Eagle Ford shale producers in Karnes and Live Oak counties, Tex.

US Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) introduced a bill on May 9 that aims to expedite construction of US natural gas pipelines by streamlining the permitting process and expediting approvals.

Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GMBH has launched the nonbinding first phase of an open season to book capacity on the 800-mile Nabucco pipeline.

Canada’s minister of natural resources has warned officials of the European Union against “discriminatory treatment” of fuels made from products of Canadian oil sands.

Millennium Pipeline Co. is holding a nonbinding open season for firm transportation service through the use of both existing capacity and construction of at least one compressor station and about 60 miles of pipeline.

Enterprise Products Partners LP plans to add 4-million bbl of crude oil storage to its Enterprise Crude Oil Houston (ECHO) and Bertron sites and about 55 miles of 24-in. and 36-in. OD pipeline connecting ECHO to southeast Texas refineries.

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP is expanding its Sweeny Lateral pipeline running between the Kinder Morgan Crude Condensate (KMCC) pipeline and Phillips 66’s Sweeny refinery in Brazoria County, Tex.