Natural gas pipeline system
Crestwood Midstream Partners (CMP) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Mountaineer Keystone LLC, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to construct a 42mi, 16in diameter natural gas gathering system to serve MK's Marcellus Shale development program in Northeast West Virginia.
Cellulosic ethanol facility
Mascoma Corp. has signed a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy to assist in the design, construction and operation of a commercial-scale hardwood cellulosic ethanol facility in Kinross, Michigan.
Condensate processing facility
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners has announced that it will build, own and operate a petroleum condensate processing facility near its Galena Park terminal on the Houston Ship Channel.
Offshore vessels from Chilean shipyard
Maersk Supply Service has signed a contract with Chilean shipyard Asenav for two innovative new offshore vessels with an option for up to four additional vessels.
Magellan Pipeline ruptures
Representatives of Magellan Midstream Partners Bruce Heine have confirmed that a pipeline ruptured on December 11th when a landowner's bulldozer struck the pipeline in a cornfield, leaking 252,000-gallons of petroleum.