Another refinery designed to produce diesel from Bakken crude oil is in prospect in the Williston basin.

Teak Midstream LLC is building more than 200 miles of natural gas gathering and residue delivery pipelines and an adjoining 200 MMcfd cryogenic gas processing plant in South Texas to transport and process Eagle Ford shale gas.

Williams Partners LP has entered into a joint venture with Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. to build the 120-mile Constitution Pipeline, connecting Williams Partners’ natural gas gathering system in Susquehanna County, Pa., to the Iroquois Gas Transmission and Tennessee Gas Pipeline systems in Schoharie County, NY.

Forest Oil Corp. said it has amassed a combined 114,500 net acres in the West Texas Wolfbone and Wolfcamp shale plays that it said provides a “concentrated geographic footprint in the Delaware and Midland basins” that exposes the company to numerous vertical and horizontal oil objectives.

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. has filed regulatory applications for expansion of its Kirby in situ oil sands project in the southern Athabasca region of Alberta.

Devon Gas Services LP, Norman, Okla., has awarded a construction contract to KBR, Houston, to expand Devon’s 200-MMcfd gas processing plant in Canadian County, Okla.

Mitsubishi Corp. agreed to acquire a partnership with EnCana Corp. to develop Cutbank Ridge undeveloped lands in northeastern British Columbia. Terms call for Mitshbishi to invest $2.9 billion (Can.) for a 40% interest.

Energy Transfer Partners LP will further expand its previously announced Rich Eagle Ford Mainline (REM) pipeline and will build another cryogenic processing facility to facilitate multiple long-term, fee-based agreements with producers to provide natural gas gathering, processing, and liquids services from the Eagle Ford shale in South Texas.

The presidents of five US oil and gas trade associations quickly disputed US Sec. of the Interior Ken Salazar’s Feb. 15 statement that producers might welcome a national hydraulic fracturing standard based on forthcoming onshore federal regulations.