Enbridge

In a court-ordered review, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers concluded that the Dakota Access Pipeline poses “no significant potential impact” to nearby hunting and fishing resources, and its crossing of the Missouri River does not create a “disproportionately high and adverse” risk to nearby Native American tribes, some of whom oppose the $3.8 billion, 1,200-mile crude oil pipeline. A federal judge ordered the review in June 2017, but allowed the pipeline to continue operations. Sponsor Energy Transfer Partners LP reported this June that the pipe, which has transported more than 100 million bbl, is moving 500,000 b/d, or close to half of the Bakken Shale’s daily production.

Enbridge Inc. will simplify its corporate structure by acquiring affiliated master limited partnership (MLP) Spectra Energy Partners LP (SEP) in an all-stock transaction valued at $3.3 billion (C$4.3 billion), the companies announced Friday.

Enbridge Inc. set a second-half 2019 target last Friday to complete its biggest and most hotly contested pipeline project, replacing and raising capacity on its Line 3 oil export conduit from Alberta across the U.S. Midwest.

Production gathering pipelines and processing plants in Canadian natural gas hot spots changed hands Wednesday, when Enbridge Inc. sold field operations in northern British Columbia (BC) and Alberta for C$4.3 billion ($3.3 billion).

Enbridge Inc. set a second half 2019 target for completing the replacement of its aging Line 3 oil export pipeline after winning a hotly contested approval on Thursday from the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission.

Four state agencies in New York are calling on FERC to better address the safety issues that officials claim were uncovered by an independent risk analysis of the Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) pipeline’s proximity to a nuclear power plant in Westchester County.

Pipeline giants Williams and Enbridge Inc. on Thursday announced they are simplifying their corporate structures in reaction to a FERC ruling in March that removed master limited partnership (MLP) tax benefits. Natural gas exporter Cheniere Energy Inc. also said it wants to acquire its partnership.

Rough weather in the nearby Gulf of Mexico (GOM) has delayed the start of construction of a portion of Valley Crossing Pipeline LLC’s Border Crossing Project, according to the company.

Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. on Wednesday announced that it has agreed to sell its Midcoast Operating, L.P. (Midcoast) midstream unit and related subsidiaries to AL Midcoast Holdings, LLC (AL Midcoast), an affiliate of ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC., in an all-cash deal for US$1.12 billion.