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BP/Davy select EPC firms CB&I, Jacobs and Shaw for Fischer Tropsch deployment

BP and Davy Process Technology announced collaborations with three EPC contractors to promote the commercialization of the BP/Davy Fischer Tropsch process.

Kinder Morgan buys $920mn in US shale assets, will build $220mn crude/condensate pipeline

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMP) has agreed to pay approximately $855mn to Petrohawk Energy and assume approximately $65 million in debt for Petrohawk’s 50% interest in KinderHawk Field Services (the natural gas gathering and treating services provider in the Haynesville Shale) and a 25% interest in Petrohawk’s natural gas gathering and treating business in the Eagle Ford Shale.

New NGL fractionation facility to be built in Mont Belvieu, Texas

Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) and Regency Energy Partners will construct a 100,000 bpd natural gas liquids (NGL) fractionation facility at Mont Belvieu, Texas, through their Lone Star NGL joint venture.

El Paso Corp. to expand natural gas system

El Paso Corp. said that its subsidiary, El Paso Natural Gas Company (EPNG), has successfully closed companion open seasons and signed long-term agreements to expand its system.

Chevron to buy new US acreage in Marcellus Shale

Chevron has agreed to buy 228,000 net leasehold acres in the Marcellus Shale from Chief Oil & Gas and Tug Hill Inc., expanding its position in the rapidly growing US shale play.

Linde to build large hydrogen plant with China JV

Linde will build and operate a large hydrogen and synthesis gas plant in the Chongqing Chemical Park in western China in a joint enterprise with Chongqing Chemical & Pharmaceutical Holding Co. (CCPHC), the engineering and technology firm announced.

Enterprise to extend Texas crude oil pipeline from Eagle Ford shale

Enterprise Products Partners plans to build an 80-mile extension of its 350,000 bpd Eagle Ford shale crude oil pipeline, allowing it to serve growing production areas in the southwestern portion of the play.

NOVA inks ethane supply deal from Marcellus shale

NOVA Chemicals said it signed a memorandum of understanding with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Range Resources for a long-term supply of ethane from the Marcellus shale basin.

CB&I wins contract for propane dehydrogenation unit, polypropylene plant in Kazakhstan

CB&I announced today that Lummus Technology, a CB&I company, has been awarded a contract from Kazakhstan Petrochemical Industries (KPI) for the license and basic engineering of a propane dehydrogenation unit and a polypropylene plant.

Marubeni buys $270 million shale stake from Marathon

Marathon Oil has signed an agreement with Marubeni Denver Julesburg, a subsidiary of Marubeni Corp., under which Marathon will assign a portion of its interest in the Niobrara shale play within the DJ Basin of southeast Wyoming and northern Colorado.