Orca Exploration Group Inc., Dar es Salaam, has completed the SS-11 development well in Songo Songo field offshore Tanzania and expects it to be on production by September 2012.

The United Arab Emirates has inaugurated its 252-mile Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline (ADCOP) from Abu Dhabi to Fujairah. Oil exports from Fujairah will pass through the Gulf of Oman, bypassing the Strait of Hormuz.

The US Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration proposed a record $3.7 million fine and 24 enforcement actions against Enbridge Energy Partners LP for a July 2010 crude oil spill near Marshall, Mich.

US liquids pipeline operators adopted eight safety principles following the Association of Oil Pipe Lines and American Petroleum Institute Pipeline Subcommittee’s joint summer leadership meeting on June 24.

The Shah Deniz consortium has selected the Nabucco West project, which extends from the Turkish-Bulgarian border to Baumgarten in Austria, as the single pipeline option for the potential export of Shah Deniz II gas to Central Europe.

Turkey and Azerbaijan have agreed to build the 16-billion cu m/year Trans-Anatolian natural gas pipeline, transporting Azeri gas through Turkey to Europe.

Sunoco Pipeline LP has begun a binding open season on its Permian Express Phase I crude oil pipeline. The project would deliver 150,000 b/d of West Texas crude to the Gulf Coast.

Nova Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL), a wholly owned subsidiary of TransCanada Corp., received approval from Canada’s National Energy Board for its 972-MMcfd Leismer-to-Kettle River Crossover application.

Access Pipeline Inc. applied with Alberta’s Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) for approval to build and operate a 295-km, 42-in. OD expansion to its existing pipeline system.

National Fuel Gas Midstream Corp., Williamsville, NY, placed in service the Trout Run gathering system in Lycoming County, Pa., with initial production from four wells operated by NFG unit Seneca Resources Corp.

Magellan Midstream Partners LP and Occidental Petroleum Corp. have launched of an open season to assess customer interest in transporting Permian basin crude oil from Colorado City, Tex., to the Houston-Texas City refining complex.

Alberta’s Energy Resources Conservation Board is responding to a leak that occurred June 7 on Plains Midstream Canada’s 83,000 b/d Rangeland pipeline. The Rangeland system totals 761 miles of trunk and gathering line.

Enterprise Products Partners LP has begun accepting deliveries for and commissioning the first phase of its Eagle Ford crude oil pipeline between Wilson County and Sealy, Tex. (OGJ Online, Sept. 1, 2010).