Houston-based Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP (NYSE: KMP) said March 14 that it has closed its previously announced sale of its one-third interest in the Express-Platte Pipeline System to Spectra Energy Corp for approximately $380 million, pre-tax.

Brenham Oil & Gas Corp., a subsidiary of American International Industries Inc., has appointed Bryant Mook as president and COO of Brenham.

Capstone Natural Resources Partners LP, a Tulsa, Oklahoma-based oil and gas producing company, has acquired oil properties in Andrews and Gaines Counties in West Texas for $50 million.

Dallas-based Holly Energy Partners LP (NYSE: HEP) said March 8 that it is proceeding with the expansion of its crude oil transportation system in southeastern New Mexico in response to increased crude oil production in the area.

Houston-based Exterran Holdings Inc. (NYSE: EXH) and Exterran Partners LP (NASDAQ: EXLP) said March 8 that Exterran Partners will acquire assets from Exterran Holdings for consideration valued at $174 million including customer contracts relating to the operation of approximately 259,000 horsepower of compressor units.

V. Burns Hargis has resigned from the board of directors at Chesapeake Energy Corp.

Carla M. DiCicco has joined Steptoe & Johnson PLLC as Of Counsel to the firm. She joins the firm’s energy law team practicing out of the Southpointe Business Park office located in Canonsburg, PA.

As the demand for energy grows, opportunities exist in the ‘global energy journey,’ where the US and Russia hold key roles, said BP PLC chief executive Bob Dudley in an opening keynote address March 6 to attendees at IHS CERAWeek in Houston.