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Enterprise Products Partners LP said it plans to build an 80-mile extension of its 350,000 b/d Eagle Ford Shale crude oil pipeline, which would allow the partnership to serve production in the southwestern portion of the play. The Phase II project would originate in Wilson County, TX, at the terminus of the previously announced 140-mile Phase I segment, and extend to near Gardendale, TX, in La Salle County, where a new central delivery point is planned that would feature 500,000 bbl of storage. Phase I is on schedule to begin service by the second quarter of 2012 with Phase II set to commence operations in the first quarter of 2013. When completed, the approximately 220-mile crude oil pipeline system would provide Eagle Ford producers with access to the Texas Gulf Coast refining complex through Enterprise’s network. The Phase II extension, which is being designed with a capacity of 200,000 b/d, is anchored by a 10-year agreement with Chesapeake Energy Marketing Inc., which has committed to 100,000 b/d of firm capacity.

West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, joined by leaders in the natural gas and chemical industries, announced Tuesday the formation of the Marcellus to Manufacturing Task Force, intended to harness the business opportunities surrounding the development of the Marcellus Shale.

Demand exceeding capacity has resulted in a linepack loss downstream of Stations 245 and 321, Tennessee said, prompting it to issue Critical Day 1 OFOs for all LMS-PA Balancing Parities in Zones 5 and 6 effective Sunday. The OFOs will be in addition to Action Alerts implemented Friday in those zones along with one in Zone 4, Tennessee said.

Williams Partners LP agreed to pay Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. $150 million for 75 miles of gathering pipelines and two compressor stations in Susquehanna County, PA. The midstream system, which the partnership would expand, now gathers about 230 MMcf/d of Cabot’s natural gas production. The partnership also obtained a 25-year dedicated gathering agreement for Cabot’s gas output in northeast Pennsylvania. As part of the arrangement Cabot increased its firm takeaway capacity to Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line south of Susquehanna County to 350 MMcf/d, up from a previously announced commitment of 150 MMcf/d.

Due to engine maintenance at several compressor stations along its Southeast Mainline (SEML), ANR anticipates the following SEML capacity reductions (from a 1,399 MMcf/d base): 285 MMcf/d Dec. 2-7, 105 MMcf/d Dec. 8-18 and 70 MMcf/d Dec. 19-31. “Based on current nominations, it is anticipated that the above reductions may result in the curtailment of Firm Secondary and IT services,” ANR said.

Pacific Gas & Electric did not extend a systemwide low-inventory OFO beyond Friday.

CenterPoint Energy said Friday that one of its natural gas compressor stations was “heavily damaged” in the Wednesday explosion and fire near the DCP Midstream East Texas gas processing plant north of Carthage, TX. DCP Midstream has said the explosion was the result of a third-party pipeline rupture outside the company’s property, but it was difficult to tell amidst the devastation at the blast site which of the confluence of pipelines in the area caused the accident.

CenterPoint Energy said Friday that one of its natural gas compressor stations was “heavily damaged” in the Wednesday explosion and fire near the DCP Midstream East Texas gas processing plant north of Carthage, TX. DCP Midstream has said the explosion was the result of a third-party pipeline rupture outside the company’s property, but it was difficult to tell amidst the devastation at the blast site which of the confluence of pipelines in the area caused the accident.

Williams’ Northwest Pipeline Co.’s proposed 178-mile pipeline paralleling an existing east-west line from the Columbia River Gorge across the northern side of the Columbia River in Washington state is getting back on track, a spokesperson told NGI. Company officials are to meet later this month with FERC staff to review pre-filing details. A formal filing is expected by fall.