3 Deals to Watch: Crude, Coal and Diet Pills

ConocoPhillips (COP) Wednesday said it sold $2 billion worth of pipeline assets in two separate deals, which are a continuation of up to $20 billion in divestitures expected by 2012.

ConocoPhillips said it will be selling its 16.55% stake in Colonial Pipeline to Canadian pension fund Caisse de Dpt et Placement du Qubec for $850 million. The Houston -based company will also be selling its ownership of Seaway Crude Pipeline to Enbridge (ENB) for up to $1.15 billion. In a separate statement, Enbridge said it would use the purchase to reverse the direction of crude oil flows on the Seaway pipeline and transport oil from the delivery point of West Texas Intermediate in Cushing, Oklahoma to the Gulf Coast.

"These two sales of non-core pipeline assets are important components of our $15-20 billion divestiture program for the years 2010-2012," said Al Hirshberg, a senior vice president at ConocoPhillips in a statement announcing the deal.

With the deals, ConocoPhillips has accomplished roughly $10.5 billion in divestitures since 2010. In 2009, ConocoPhillips first announced a program to divest $10 billion of non-core oil assets like refineries and pipelines by 2011. With Wednesday's pipeline sales, it looks like the company's hit its target and added up to another $10 billion in sales expected by the end of 2012.