Tag: Oil Pipeline
Governor, Army Corps block deadline extension for Dakota Access protesters
Dakota Access protesters fear conflicts with law enforcement By Terray Sylvester Feb 16 (Reuters) – Federal officials and North Dakota’s governor on Thursday refused to extend next week’s evacuation deadline for activists living in camps that have been a base for months for demonstrations against the multibillion-dollar Dakota Access oil pipeline. Opponents of the 1,170-mile […]
Keystone XL: TransCanada to file 2 legal challenges to US gov’t rejection pipeline
Keystone XL challenges concern NAFTA breach and presidential power to kill pipeline CALGARY _ TransCanada launched a double-barrelled legal salvo Wednesday against the U.S. government over its rejection of the company’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline. The company said it intends to file a claim under Chapter 11 of the North American Free Trade Agreement in […]
TransCanada asks U.S. to pause Keystone XL pipeline process
Keystone XL delay requested, pending Nebraska dispute WASHINGTON _After waiting seven years for a decision, the company behind the proposed Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to Texas has asked the U.S. State Department to suspend its review of the project. The move comes as the Obama administration increasingly appeared likely to reject the pipeline permit […]
Dakota Access Pipeline pipe staged ahead of approval for proposed $3.8B project
Dakota Access Pipeline from North Dakota to Illinois BISMARCK, N.D. – Mountainous piles of steel pipe are being staged across four states in anticipation of building the biggest-capacity pipeline proposed to date to move crude from North Dakota’s prolific oil patch. But stockpiling the pipe is a gamble for the Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners’ Dakota Access Pipeline, […]
Initial report on California oil spill: Pipeline badly corroded
Over 100,000 gallons of oil spilled in California oil spill A pipeline rupture that spilled an estimated 101,000 gallons of crude oil near Santa Barbara last month occurred along a badly corroded section that had worn away to a fraction of an inch in thickness, federal regulators disclosed Wednesday. The preliminary findings released by the federal […]
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