Oil has started to flow through pipelines linking fields held by Beach Energy and its partners to the Moomba processing facility in South Australia.

Chevron Canada Ltd. plans to acquire a 50% state in the Kitimat LNG project and proposed Pacific Trail Pipeline (PTP) and a 50% interest in 644,000 acres in the Horn River and Liard basins in British Columbia.

Enbridge Inc. has launched a binding open season to solicit commitments from shippers for capacity on its proposed 165-mile Southern Access Extension crude oil pipeline, to be built, owned, and operated by subsidiary Enbridge Pipelines (Illinois) LLC.

Tesoro Corp. affiliate Tesoro Logistics LP (TLLP) bought Chevron Pipe Line Co.’s Northwest Products System.

Phillips 66 plans to form a master limited partnership with some of its transportation assets although the company said it’s still evaluating which assets will go into the MLP.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Opposition to the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline project has become more noisy than widespread, American Petroleum Institute officials said on Dec. 4 as Nebraska’s Department of Environmental Quality prepared to hold a public hearing on the project’s proposed new route later that day.