NuStar Energy LP has agreed to purchase crude oil pipeline, gathering, storage, and natural gas liquids assets in the Eagle Ford shale from TexStar Midstream Services LP.

Pembina Pipeline Corp. plans to significantly expand natural gas liquids and crude oil and condensate capacity on its Peace and Northern Pipeline Systems by a combined 108,000 b/d.

Mexico’s federal power company Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) has awarded TransCanada Corp.’s Mexican subsidiary Transportadora de Gas Natural del Noroeste the contract to build, own, and operate the El Oro-to-Mazatlan Pipeline (Mazatlan Pipeline) in Mexico.

Russia and Hungary have approved final investment for building the 229-km Hungarian section of the South Steam natural gas pipeline.

Mexico’s federal power company Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) awarded TransCanada Corp. Mexican subsidiary Transportadora de Gas Natural del Noroeste the contract to build, own, and operate the El Encino-to-Topolobampo Pipeline.

Enterprise Products Partners LP (EPP) reported that Phase 1 of its Enterprise Crude Houston (Echo) storage terminal in Harris County, Tex., is complete and receiving deliveries of crude oil. The first three tanks total 750,000 bbl.

The Western Australian government has called for tenders to design and construct a major natural gas trunkline to extend from the end of the Dampier-Bunbury line some 350 km southeast to reach Albany in the state’s far south.

TransCanada Corp. has agreed with Phoenix Energy Holdings Ltd. to develop the Grand Rapids Pipeline project in Northern Alberta.

NiSource Gas Transmission & Storage, a unit of NiSource Inc., plans to build its East Side Expansion project, adding capacity to its Columbia Gas Transmission (Columbia) system moving Marcellus shale natural gas produced in northern Pennsylvania to East Coast and mid-Atlantic markets.

Mexico’s Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) has awarded Sempra Mexico a contract to build, own, and operate a 500-mile, $1 billion pipeline network connecting the northwestern Mexico states of Sonora and Sinaloa.

DCP Midstream LLC announced Sand Hills Pipeline has initiated service from the South Texas Eagle Ford shale, offering transportation capacity for producers’ growing natural gas liquids volumes.

White Cliffs Pipeline LLC received sufficient binding shipper commitments during its recent open season to move forward with an expansion project for additional crude transportation service from Platteville, Colo., to Cushing, Okla.

Enbridge Inc. has entered a midstream services agreement with Encana Corp. to develop gas gathering and compression in the Peace River Arch (PRA) region of northwestern Alberta.

China National Petroleum Corp. has started construction of the country’s Third West-East Gas Pipeline (WEPP 3), comprising 7,378 km spread over one trunkline and eight branches.