NOAA issues final guidance for ocean noise impact on marine mammals

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Division issued final guidance to help federal agencies predict how manmade underwater sounds potentially affect marine mammals’ hearing. NOAA will use the guidance in its assessments and authorizations of offshore activities that produce underwater noise, it said on Aug. 3. Source: News

Iran Petroleum Contract gets cabinet okay

Iranian cabinet ministers have approved a model contract under which non-Iranian companies might participate in oil and gas exploration and development. Source: News

Canyon Midstream adds pipeline, compression in Permian basin

Canyon Midstream Partners LLC, Houston, has completed the addition of new pipeline and compression in Winkler County, Tex., as part of an ongoing expansion of its James Lake midstream system, which provides gas gathering, treating, and processing services to producers in the Permian basin. Source: News

Enbridge-Marathon venture buys interest in Bakken Pipeline

MarEn Bakken Co. LLC—an entity jointly owned by Enbridge Energy Partners LP and Marathon Petroleum Corp.—has agreed to acquire from Energy Transfer Partners LP (ETP) and Sunoco Logistics Partners LP a 36.75% interest in the Bakken Pipeline project for $2 billion. The Bakken system includes the Dakota Access pipeline and the Energy Transfer Crude Oil […]

EagleClaw advances midstream growth plans in Delaware basin

EagleClaw Midstream Ventures LLC, Midland, Tex., has entered a deal to acquire Houston-based PennTex Midstream Partners LLC subsidiary PennTex Permian LLC as part of an ongoing strategy to expand gathering, compression, treating, processing, and transportation services for producers in the Permian’s Delaware basin. Source: News