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Polarled – the first pipeline crossing the Arctic Circle
On 21 August the Polarled gas pipeline crossed 66 degrees and 33 minutes north of the equator becoming the first pipeline to take the Norwegian gas infrastructure across the Arctic Circle. This will open a new gas highway from the Norwegian Sea to Europe.

Matrix Service Company Awarded EPC of Crude Gathering Terminals Feeding the Dakota Access Pipeline
Matrix Service Company (Nasdaq:MTRX) announced today that its subsidiary, Matrix Service Inc., has been awarded the engineering, procurement and construction of the six gathering terminals for the Dakota Access Pipeline by Dakota Access, LLC, a subsidiary of Energy Transfer Partners. The pipeline will deliver light sweet crude from the Bakken and Three Forks production areas in North Dakota to Patoka, Ill. Terminals are planned for Stanley, Ramberg, Epping, Trenton, Watford City and Johnson Corner, all in North Dakota.

Enterprise to Sell Offshore Gulf of Mexico Business to Genesis
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE:EPD) today announced that it has executed definitive agreements to sell its offshore Gulf of Mexico pipelines and services business, which primarily consists of its Offshore Pipelines & Services business segment to Genesis Energy, L.P. (“Genesis”) for approximately $1.5 billion in cash. The transaction is expected to close during the third quarter of 2015. Enterprise’s offshore assets include its ownership interest in nine crude oil pipeline systems with more than 1,100 miles of pipeline; nine natural gas pipeline systems totaling approximately 1,200 miles of pipeline; and its ownership interest in six offshore hub platforms.

Williams Partners and Crestwood Midstream Partners Announce Commissioning of Bucking Horse Gas Processing Plant in Niobrara Shal
Williams Partners L.P. (NYSE: WPZ) and Crestwood Midstream Partners L.P. (NYSE: CMLP) today announced the commissioning of the Bucking Horse gas processing facility located in Converse County, Wyoming, adding 120 million cubic feet per day (“MMcf/d”) of processing capacity in the Powder River Basin (“PRB”) Niobrara Shale play.

Spectra Energy and Northeast Utilities Form Alliance with Iroquois Gas Transmission for Access Northeast Project
Spectra Energy Corp (NYSE: SE), Spectra Energy Partners (NYSE:SEP) and Northeast Utilities (NYSE: NU) today announced their Access Northeast Project has formed an alliance with Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P. to provide New England with additional access to abundant, low cost natural gas supplies.

TransCanada Launches Binding Open Season for Eastern Oil Pipeline
TransCanada Corporation (TSX, NYSE: TRP) (TransCanada) announced today that it will hold a binding open season to obtain firm commitments from interested parties for a pipeline to transport crude oil from Western Canada to Eastern Canadian markets.

NET Midstream Announces 124-mile, 42” Eagle Ford Shale Pipeline System to Mexico and Award of Long Term 2.1 Bcf/d Transportatio
NET Midstream (“NET” or the “Company”) today announced that NET Mexico Pipeline, LP, (“NET Mexico”), a wholly owned subsidiary of NET, will build a 124-mile, 42” diameter natural gas pipeline system to the Texas / Mexico border, with associated compression. NET Mexico will be anchored by a long term firm gas transportation agreement, for up to 2.1 Bcf/d, with MGI Supply Ltd., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Pemex Gas y Petroquímica Básica (“PEMEX Gas”), the Mexican state-owned gas company.

Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. Announces Feasibility Study for Crude Oil Shipping
Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ: CLMT) ("Calumet") announced it will explore the feasibility of building and operating a crude oil loading dock on Lake Superior, near its Superior, WI refinery, designed to load ships with heavy Canadian and light Bakken crude oil for shipment through connecting waterways.

The China National Petroleum Corporation and the Ministry of Mines and Energy strengthen cooperative ties
In the interest of increasing their participation in the exploration and production in Colombia, multinational oil giant China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and the Ministry of Mines and Energy of Colombia, exchanged views and explored new ways to enhance mutual cooperation in areas of common interest.

TransCanada Applies for Keystone XL Presidential Permit
TransCanada Corporation (TSX:TRP) (NYSE:TRP) (TransCanada) announced today it has submitted a Presidential Permit application to the U.S. Department of State (DOS) for the Keystone XL Pipeline from the U.S./Canada border in Montana to Steele City, Nebraska. TransCanada will supplement that application with an alternative route in Nebraska as soon as that route is selected.